Lubomirski Confederation

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The Lubomirski Confederation was a rebellion between 1665 and 1666 by the Polish magnate and general Jerzy Sebastian Lubomirski against the Polish King John II Casimir and his reform plans (including the Vivente Rege ).

From his place of exile, Silesia, Lubomirski sought support from Emperor Leopold I , Elector Friedrich Wilhelm of Brandenburg and King Karl of Sweden , while the royal decisions in the Polish parliament were paralyzed by his followers in Poland by means of the Liberum Veto . Thanks to the support of discontented sections of the Polish nobility and unpaid, rebellious royal troops, Lubomirski put the royal contingent to flight several times, for example in 1665 near Czestochowa and 1666 near Mątwy, while Poland in the east was formally still at war with Russia from 1654 .

The Lubomirski Confederation ended on July 31, 1666 in the Treaty of Łęgonice, which obliged the Polish king to abandon his reform plans and as a negative consequence of the rebellion with Russia in 1667, giving up large areas in the east, to conclude the unfavorable truce of Andrussowo .

John II Casimir abdicated voluntarily as King of Poland in 1668, Lubomirski died in 1667 in exile in Silesia.

literature

  • Stanisław Płaza: Rokosz Lubomirskiego
  • M. Markiewicz: Historia Polski 1492-1795 , Kraków 2005, p. 551

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