Marcin Kazanowski

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

You have new messages (last change).

For other Marcin Kazanowski, see Marcin Kazanowski (?-1587)

Marcin Kazanowski

Kazanowski

Noble Family

Coat of Arms

Grzymała

Parents

Mikołaj Kazanowski
Katarzyna N.

Consorts

Katarzyna Starzycka

Children

Dominik Aleksander Kazanowski

Date of Birth

1563/66

Place of Birth

Date of Death

October 19, 1636

Place of Death

Marcin Kazanowski, (1563/1566-19th October 1636, the year of birth is not certain due to several conflicting sources) was a noble (szlachcic), magnate, castellan of Halice from 1622, voivode of Podole Voivodship from 1632 and Field Crown Hetman of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1633.

Married to Katarzyna Starzycka in 1600. Parent of Dominik Aleksander Kazanowski (1605-1648), voivode of Bracław.

Grzymała Coat of Arms

His family, the Kazanowski family, descendants of Komesi Mediolańcy founded to town of Kazanów in 1566.

Under hetman Stanisław Koniecpolski, he was one of the commanding officers in the Battle of Górzno in 1629 against the Swedes.

The discovery legend of the Madonna Bołszowiecka relates that during one of battles against Tatars, hetman Kazanowski discovered the icon of the Blessed Virgin. This was viewed by his troops as a miracle and boosted their morale, leading to a victory.

Under king Władysław IV Waza, he also participated in the wars against the Russian Empire.