Michał Wiśniowiecki | |
House-Type: | Szlachta |
Noble Family: | Wiśniowiecki |
Coa: | Korybut |
Father: | Aleksander Wiśniowiecki h. Korybut |
Mother: | Katarzyna Skoruta z Mołdaczyc h. Korczak |
Spouse: | Halszka Zenowiczówna h. Deszpot |
Spouse-Type: | Consort |
Birth Date: | 1529 |
Death Date: | 1584 |
Michał Wiśniowiecki or Mykhailo Vyshnevetsky (1529 - 1584) was a Ruthenian noble (szlachcic) of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. He was a prince at Wiśniowiec, magnate, Senior of Registered Cossacks, Hetman of Zaporozhian Cossacks, castellan of Bracław and Kijów (Kyiv or Kiev),[1] starost of Czerkasy, Kaniów, Lubeka and Łojów. Great-grandfather of the future King of Poland, Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki.
Wisnowiecki was born before the Union of Lublin in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
Michał married Halszka Zenowiczówna h. Deszpot and had five children[2]