Jerzy Wołodyjowski

Herb Korczak, the coat of arms of Jerzy Wołodyjowski

Jerzy Wołodyjowski (* 1620 in Maków near Kamieniec Podolski ; † August 26, 1672 in Kamieniec Podolski, then Kingdom of Poland ) was a Polish nobleman who belonged to the Korczak coat of arms . He was in the military service of the Polish crown and was Truchseß of Przemyśl .

He got the cavalry position in the fortress of Kamieniec Podolski from Hetman Jan Sobieski . In 1669 he was promoted to colonel. He died on August 26, 1672 in the fortress of Kamieniec Podolski, during an Ottoman siege , when the ammunition dump was blown up shortly before the surrender by the artillery commander Hekling .

Jerzy Wołodyjowski was immortalized in the novel Pan Wołodyjowski (Colonel Wołodyjowski) by the Polish writer Henryk Sienkiewicz .

Footnotes

↑ Adam Przyboś: Hejking. W: Polski Słownik Biograficzny. T. IX. 1961–1962, pp. 351–352. {Polish}

personal data
SURNAME	Wołodyjowski, Jerzy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Polish nobleman who belonged to the Korczak coat of arms community
DATE OF BIRTH	1620
PLACE OF BIRTH	Maków near Kamieniec Podolski
DATE OF DEATH	August 26, 1672
Place of death	Kamieniec Podolski

[1] Adam Przyboś: Hejking. W: Polski Słownik Biograficzny. T. IX. 1961–1962, pp. 351–352. {Polish}