Jakub Potocki
Jakub Potocki (* around 1554 in Kamieniec Podolski , † January 26, 1613 in Złoty Potok ) was a member of the Potocki magnate family , a Polish military leader and voivode general of Podolia . In 1607 he was a member of the Sejm for the Halitscher Land .
Life
Potocki grew up at the court of Sigismund II August . In the military service of Sigismund III. he fought in Wallachia against Michael the Brave , the Tatars and in Livonia against Charles IX. of Sweden and against the Zebrzydowski rebellion of 1606/1607. During the Smuta Potocki took part in the siege of Smolensk in the war against Russia . After the death of his brother Jan, he took command and took the city. As a successor to the brother, he received the post of Voivode of Bracław Voivodeship .
family
Potocki was the son of Mikołaj Potocki-Pilawa (1517 / 1520-1572), castellan of Kamieniec Podolski and Starost of Chmielnik and Kamieniec, and his wife Anna Czerminska. His brothers were reformed and he converted to the Catholic faith himself. Potocki founded the Dominican monastery Jezupol with his first wife Jadwiga Prusinowska († 1604) and gave the place this name in 1597. His son Mikołaj Potocki (called Bärentatze , around 1595-1651) was castellan of Cracow and in 1637 became field hetman and in 1646 until his death Grand Hetman of the Polish Crown .
The second wife Jadwiga Tarnowska was a daughter of Stanisław Tarnowski (before 1541-1618), Starost von Busko and Stopnica . The sons of the second marriage were Jan, who died in Turkish captivity , Stanisław (1607–1647), colonel in the army and commissioner for the Cossacks, and the Dominican Dominik Jakub (1608–1639), who died as designated bishop of Kulm .
His nephew Stanisław "Rewera" Potocki (1579-1667) became Grand Hetman in 1654, he was the son of his brother Andrzej Potocki († 1609).
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Potocki, Jakob (Wojwode) . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 23rd part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1872, p. 158 f. ( Digitized version ).
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Potocki, Jakub |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish military leader and voivode general |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1554 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kamieniec Podolski , Poland-Lithuania |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 26, 1613 |
| Place of death | Zloty Potok , Poland-Lithuania |