Jan Piotr Sapieha

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Jan Piotr Sapieha
Noble Family	Sapieha
Coat of Arms	Lis
Parents	Paweł Sapieha ?
Consorts	?
Children	Jan Paweł Sapieha
Date of Birth	1569
Place of Birth	Bykhov/Mogilev
Date of Death	October 15, 1611
Place of Death	Moscow Kremlin

Jan Piotr Sapieha (1569-1611) was a Polish nobleman (szlachcic). Starosta uświacki, pułkownik królewski, son of Paweł Sapieha (1523-1580) and Anna Chodkiewiczowna (1540- 1595), married to Zofia Weiher, father of Jan Paweł Sapieha. Participant of the Polish-Swedish War - brought a private chorągiew of 100 Cossacks, and commanded he right wing (400 hussars, 700 Cossack cavalry) of Polish army during the famous Battle of Kircholm in 1605. Participant of the Polish-Muscovite War (1605-1618), where he commanded the failed siege of Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra in 1608 and later fought anti-Polish Muscovite forces near Moscow (the so called First Volunteer Army, led by Prokopy Lyapunov). Died on October 15 during the siege of Moscow Kremlin, buried at Leipunai/Vilnius.

Jan Piotr Sapieha is one of the personas on the famous painting by Jan Matejko: the sermons of Piotr Skarga.