Mikołaj Sieniawski

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Mikołaj Sieniawski (ca. 1489-1569) was a notable Polish magnate, military commander and a prominent politician of his times. Since 1539 he served as a Field Hetman of the Crown and took part in most wars Poland was engaged in. Most notably he organized several successful raids to the area of the Ottoman Empire and Crimea. Between 1542 and 1553 he was also the voivode of the Bełz Voivodship and after that time he rose to be a voivod of the Ruthenian Voivodship, one of the richest and most populous regions of the Republic. In 1563 he was promoted to the rank of Grand Crown Hetman, that is the de facto commander in chief of the entire Polish army.

He is not to be confused with his distant relative Mikołaj Hieronim Sieniawski, who was also a hetman in 1682 and 1683.

Field Crown Hetmans of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

Jan Koła | Mikołaj Sieniawski | Jerzy Jazłowiecki | Mikołaj Sieniawski | Stanisław Żółkiewski | Stanisław Koniecpolski | Marcin Kazanowski | Mikołaj Potocki | Marcin Kalinowski | Stanisław "Rewera" Potocki | Stanisław Lanckoroński | Jerzy Sebastian Lubomirski | Stefan Czarniecki | Jan Sobieski | Dymitr Jerzy Wiśniowiecki | Stanisław Jabłonowski | Mikołaj Hieronim Sieniawski | Andrzej Potocki | Feliks Kazimierz Potocki | Hieronim Augustyn Lubomirski | Adam Mikołaj Sieniawski | Stanisław Mateusz Rzewuski | Stanisław Chomętowski | Jan Klemens Branicki | Wacław Rzewuski | Franciszek Ksawery Branicki | Seweryn Rzewuski

Great Crown Hetmans of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

Mikołaj Kamieniecki | Mikołaj Firlej | Jan Tarnowski | Mikołaj Sieniawski | Jerzy Jazłowiecki | Mikołaj Mielecki | Jan Zamoyski | Stanisław Żółkiewski | Stanisław Koniecpolski | Mikołaj Potocki | Stanisław "Rewera" Potocki | Jan Sobieski | Dymitr Jerzy Wiśniowiecki | Stanisław Jan Jabłonowski | Feliks Kazimierz Potocki | Hieronim Augustyn Lubomirski | Adam Mikołaj Sieniawski | Stanisław Mateusz Rzewuski | Józef Potocki | Jan Klemens Branicki | Wacław Rzewuski | Franciszek Ksawery Branicki | Piotr Ożarowski