Michał Wiśniowiecki (1529–1584) Explained

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.

Marriage and issue

Michał married Halszka Zenowiczówna h. Deszpot and had five children[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Filip Sulimierski, Bronisław Chlebowski, Władysław Walewski: Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, t. V. Warszawa: 1880-1902, s. 36.
  2. Web site: Genealogia dynastyczna . Genealogia.grocholski.pl . 2015-12-23.