Jan Wielopolski
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Noble Family 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...	Wielopolski
Coat of Arms Polish heraldry Polish heraldry is a branch of heraldry focused on studying the development of coats of arms in the lands of historical Poland , as well as specifically-Polish traits of heraldry. The term is also used to refer to Polish heraldic system, as opposed to systems used elsewhere, notably in Western Europe...	Starykoń
Parents	Jan Wielopolski Jan Wielopolski (XVII-1688) Count Jan Wielopolski was a Polish noble .Son of District Judge and Podkomorzy Kasper Wielopolski and Elżbieta Broniewska... Zofia Kochanowska
Consorts	Aniela Febronia Koniecpolska Konstancja Krystyna Komorowska Marie Anne d'Arquien
Children	with Konstancja Krystyna Komorowska Ludwik Jan Wielopolski Jan Kazimierz Wielopolski Franciszek Wielopolski Franciszek Wielopolski Count Franciszek Wielopolski was a Polish noble .He was the son of Deputy and Grand Chancellor Jan Wielopolski and Konstancja Krystyna Komorowska... Konstancja Krystyna Wielopolska with Maria Anna d'Arquien]] Jozef Jan Wielopolski Maria Teresa Wielopolska
Date of Birth	c. 1630
Place of Birth	?
Date of Death	February 15, 1688]
Place of Death	?

Count Jan Wielopolski (c. 1630-1688) was a Polish

Poland

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 aristocrat (szlachcic) and politician.

Son of castellan

Castellan

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 and voivode Jan Wielopolski and Zofia Kochanowska. He was married to Aniela Febronia Koniecpolska and Konstancja Krystyna Komorowska since 1665. His third wife Marie Anne de la Grande d'Arquien he married in July 1678 in Lwów.
He was Stolnik

Stolnik

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 of the Crown since 1664, General starost of Kraków

Kraków

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 since 1667, Deputy Chancellor the Crown since 1677 and Grand Chancellor of the Crown since 1678.

Starost of Biecz

Biecz

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, Bochnia

Bochnia

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, Nowy Targ

Nowy Targ

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 and Dolina

Dolina

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.

Educated in Kraków

Kraków

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 and Strasbourg

Strasbourg

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. Since 1661 frequent deputy to the Sejm from Little Poland

Lesser Poland

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 province.

He supported King Jan II Kazimierz who wanted to institute an "election vivente rege

Vivente Rege

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", where the king's successor was elected

Elective monarchy

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 before the old king died. This would allow for the king to have input in the election, giving him more power.

Wielopolski was Marshal of the extraordinary Sejm

Sejm

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 in Warsaw

Warsaw

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 on February 20 - May 1, 1662.

At the end of his life he was in opposition to King Jan III Sobieski.

He was deft in extending the wealth and power of the family. His marriage with Konstancja Krystyna Komorowska caused (in the next generation) in overtaking of large properties by the Wielkopolski family in 1729.