Andrzej Opalinski (1575-1623)
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Andrzej Opaliński of Łodzia coat of arms, was a Polish–Lithuanian nobleman
and Catholic priest. Bishop of Poznań from 1607 till his death in 1623.
Son of the Great and Court Crown Marshal, Andrzej Opaliński (1540-1593)
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Supporter of king Sigismund III Vasa
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Szlachta
The szlachta was a legally privileged noble class with origins in the Kingdom of Poland. It gained considerable institutional privileges during the 1333-1370 reign of Casimir the Great. In 1413, following a series of tentative personal unions between the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Kingdom of...
and Catholic priest. Bishop of Poznań from 1607 till his death in 1623.
Son of the Great and Court Crown Marshal, Andrzej Opaliński (1540-1593)
Andrzej Opalinski (1540-1593)
Andrzej Opaliński , of Łodzia coat of arms, was a Polish–Lithuanian nobleman. Court Crown Marshal from 1572; Great Crown Marshal from 1574, starost of Greater Poland from 1598....
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Supporter of king Sigismund III Vasa
Sigismund III Vasa
Sigismund III Vasa was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, a monarch of the united Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1587 to 1632, and King of Sweden from 1592 until he was deposed in 1599...
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