Field hetman of Lithuania
The Field Hetman of Lithuania ( Polish Hetman polny litewski ) was the second highest general after the Grand Hetman of Lithuania during the personal union of Poland-Lithuania between the 15th and 18th centuries in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania . After the establishment of the personal union, the post of field hetman and grand hetman was created in both Lithuania and Poland. These command posts were separated from each other and could not be accompanied by one and the same person.
The field hetman was responsible for guarding the borders of the kingdom in peacetime. The defense of the eastern border against the Cossacks and Tatars was his main task. He always stayed with the army and was in command in peacetime.
During a battle, the Grand Hetman led the order of the battle. The field hetman was mostly responsible for the weak wing of the attack formation in order to be able to intervene quickly.
| List of field hetmans of Lithuania | ||
|---|---|---|
| appointment | Abdication death |
Surname |
| 1521 | 1531 | Jerzy Radziwiłł |
| 1531 | 1536 | vacant |
| 1536 | 1541 | Andrzej Niemirowicz |
| 1541 | 1553 | vacant |
| 1553 | 1561 | vacant |
| 1561 | 1566 | Grzegorz Chodkiewicz |
| 1566 | 1569 | vacant |
| 1569 | 1571 | Roman Sanguszko |
| 1571 | 1572 | vacant |
| 1572 | 1589 | Krzysztof Radziwiłł |
| 1589 | 1600 | vacant |
| 1600 | 1605 | Jan Karol Chodkiewicz |
| 1605 | 1615 | vacant |
| 1615 | 1635 | Krzysztof Radziwiłł |
| 1635 | 1646 | Janusz Kiszka |
| 1646 | 1654 | Janusz Radziwiłł |
| 1654 | 1662 | Wincenty Korwin Gosiewski |
| 1662 | 1663 | vacant |
| 1663 | 1667 | Michał Kazimierz Pac |
| 1667 | 1668 | Władysław Wołłowicz |
| 1668 | 1680 | Michał Kazimierz Radziwiłł |
| 1680 | 1681 | vacant |
| 1681 | 1682 | Kazimierz Jan Sapieha |
| 1682 | 1684 | Jan Samuelowicz Ogiński |
| 1684 | 1685 | vacant |
| 1685 | 1701 | Józef Bogusław Słuszka |
| 1701 | 1702 | vacant |
| 1702 | 1703 | Michał Serwacy Wiśniowiecki |
| 1703 | 1707 | Grzegorz Antoni Ogiński |
| 1707 | 1709 | Michał Serwacy Wiśniowiecki |
| 1709 | 1709 | Ludwik Konstanty Pociej |
| 1709 | 1728 | Stanisław Ernest Denhoff |
| 1710 | 1711 | Jerzy Hieronim Kryszpin-Kirszensztein |
| 1728 | 1735 | vacant |
| 1735 | 1744 | Michał Kazimierz Radziwiłł Rybeńko |
| 1744 | 1762 | Michał Józef Massalski |
| 1762 | 1775 | Aleksander Michał Sapieha |
| 1775 | 1780 | Józef Sylwester Sosnowski |
| 1780 | 1791 | Ludwik Tyszkiewicz |
| 1791 | 1792 | vacant |
| 1792 | 1793 | Szymon Marcin Kossakowski |
| 1793 | 1794 | Józef Zabiełło |
Individual evidence
literature
- Zdzisław Żygulski , Hetmani Rzeczypospolitej , Kraków 1994 (Polish edition)
- Maciej Franz, Wojskowość Kozaczyzny Zaporoskiej w XVI-XVII wieku , Toruń 2004 (Polish edition)