Janusz Świerczowski

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Janusz Świerczowski († 1530 in Poland ) was a Polish nobleman , officials in the civil service and officer .

Life

Świerczowski was castellan of Wiślica and starost of Terebowlja and Lublin . He took part in the rank of hetman of the royal Polish court in the Muscovite-Lithuanian War 1512-1522 as a subordinate of the Lithuanian Grand Hetman Konstantin Ivanovich Ostroschski . In the battle of Orscha in 1514, next to Wojciech Sampoliński , he led a 5,000-strong cavalry against the army of Grand Duke Vasily III. on.

He was also tenants of the royal domain of Ropczyce consisting Bratkowice and Mrowla in today's district Rzeszów was.

Janusz Świerczowski died in 1530.

Comments and individual evidence

  1. ↑ Rzeczpospolita of March 25, 2006, No. 72, ORSZA ROK 1514, Bitwa pod Orszą
  2. ↑ According to Paweł Jasienica: Polska Jagiellonów , p. 318, he fought on the side of Poland-Lithuania against the Grand Duchy of Moscow in 1514
personal data
SURNAME Świerczowski, Janusz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish nobleman, civil servant and officer
DATE OF BIRTH 15th century
DATE OF DEATH 1530
Place of death Poland