Jan Lipski of Łada coat of arms (1589–1641) was a bishop of Chełmno (1636–1639), crown referendary and Archbishop of Gniezno and Primate of Poland

Archbishops of Gniezno and Primates of Poland

Archbishops of the Archdiocese of Gniezno and simultaneously Primates of Poland since 1418. They also served as interrex in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.*Since 1821 until 1946 in personal union with the Archdiocese of Poznań....

 (from 1639).

Born in a noble family (szlachta

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...

) he chose an ecclesiastical career. He held several important posts at the court of Polish king Zygmunt III Waza and his wife Constance of Austria

Constance of Austria

Archduchess Constance of Austria was a Queen consort of Poland.-Biography:...

, later at the court of Władysław IV Waza. He became the bishop of Chełmno in 1636 and archbishop of Gniezno in 1639.

In 1637 he was sent by king Władysław to Vienna

Vienna

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 to escort his future wife, Cecylia Renata. At that time Emperor Ferdinand of the Holy Roman Empire gave him the title of count

Count

A count or countess is an aristocratic nobleman in European countries. The word count came into English from the French comte, itself from Latin comes—in its accusative comitem—meaning "companion", and later "companion of the emperor, delegate of the emperor". The adjective form of the word is...

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He died in 1641 in his palace in Łyszkowice; it was rumored that he was poisoned by the Protestants.