Wiśniowiecki
The noble coat of arms of the Wiśniowiecki family, Korybut community of coats of arms
Michael I. Wiśniowiecki , King of Poland (1640–1673)
Wiśniowiecki is the name of an important Polish noble family of Ruthenian origin. The family seat was Wiśniowiec (today Wyschniwez , Ukraine , Ukrainian: Вишнівець). The feminine form of the name is Wiśniowiecka .
history
The founder of the family was Knjas Michał Zbaraski Wiśniowiecki (d. 1516 or 1517), presumably a successor of the Rurikids , although the family relied on their vote from Grand Duke Gediminas of Lithuania and the family of the Kaributas (Korybut), the ruler of Nowhorod-Siwerskyj called. In the late 16th century, the family converted to Catholicism through Jeremi Wiśniowiecki and was Polonized. The family died out with Michał Serwacy Wiśniowiecki in 1744 in the male line.
Name bearer
Significant bearers of this name were:
- Dmytro Wyschneweckyj "Bajda" (approx. 1535–1563), Lithuanian-Ruthenian prince and general, popular first ataman of the registered Cossacks of Zaporozhye , founder of the Sitsch of Zaporozhye
- Jeremi Wiśniowiecki (Ukrainian Ярема Вишневецький , Polish Jeremi Wiśniowiecki ) (1612–1651), popular Polish prince, commander in nine wars and civil servant ( Starost , Vojewode ); Father of the Polish King Michael I (Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki)
- Michael I. Korybut Wiśniowiecki (1640–1673), Polish prince and statesman (King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania).
- Michał Serwacy Wiśniowiecki (1680–1744), Lithuanian Grand Hetman and Grand Chancellor
literature
- Jan Widacki, Kniaz Jarema , Wydawnictwo Naukowe “Slask”, Katowice 1984. ISBN 978-83-216-0440-4 . (Polish)