Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki

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Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki
Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki
Born May 31, 1640(1640-05-31)
in Wiśniowiec, Poland (now Ukraine)
Died November 10, 1673 (aged 33)
in Lwów, Poland (now Ukraine)
Buried Wawel Cathedral, Świętokrzyska Chapel (buried on January 31, 1676)
Reign June 19, 1669
to November 10, 1673
Coronation September 29, 1669
in Wawel Cathedral, Kraków
Family or dynasty Wiśniowiecki
Coat of Arms Korybut.
Parents Jeremi Michał Wiśniowiecki
Gryzelda Konstancja Zamoyska
Marriage and children with Eleonora Maria Josefa of Austria:
 none

Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki (May 31, 1640 – November 10, 1673), son of Jeremi Michał Wiśniowiecki and his wife Gryzelda Konstancja Zamoyska, was King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth from September 29, 1669, to his death in 1673.

In 1670 he was married to Eleonora Maria Josefa, Archduchess of Austria, a Habsburg, born 1653 at Regensburg died 1697 at Vienna, daughter of Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor by his third wife Eleonora Gonzaga.

Michal Korybut owed allegiance to the Imperial Habsburgs as a member of the Order of the Golden Fleece.

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[edit] Royal titles

  • Official Latin version: Michael I, Dei Gratia rex Poloniae, magnus dux Lithuaniae, Russiae, Prussiae, Masoviae, Samogitiae, Livoniae, Smolensciae, Kijoviae, Volhyniae, Podoliae, Podlachiae, Severiae, Czernichoviaeque, etc.

(citation from one contemporary document: "Michael primvs, Dei gratia rex Poloniae, magnus dvx Lituaniae, Russiae, Prussiae, Masouiae, Samogitiae, Kiiouiae, Volhyniae, Podlachiae, Podoliae, Liuoniae, Smolensciae, Seueriae Czernihouiaeque etc"

[edit] Biography

Michał Korybut Wisniowiecki. Drawing by Jan Matejko
Michał Korybut Wisniowiecki. Drawing by Jan Matejko

Following the abdication of King Jan II Kazimierz Waza and the end of The Deluge, the Polish nobility elected Michał Wiśniowiecki king. Michał was the son of a successful but controversial military commander, Jeremi Michał Wiśniowiecki, known for his ruthless actions against Bohdan Chmielnicki's Uprising.

Michał Wiśniowiecki's reign was less than successful. His father's military fame notwithstanding, Michał lost a war against the Turks, who occupied Podole.[1] He was unable to cope with his responsibilities and with Poland's quarreling factions. On his death, Jan Sobieski was elected King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and crowned as John III.

[edit] Ancestors

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Michał Wiśniowiecki
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Michał Wiśniowiecki
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Halszka Zenowiczówna
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Jeremi Wiśniowiecki
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Ieremia Movilă
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Regina Mohyła
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Elżbieta Csomortány
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Jan Zamoyski
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Tomasz Zamoyski
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Barbara Tarnowska
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Gryzelda Konstancja Zamoyska
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Aleksander Ostrogski
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Katarzyna Ostrogska
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Anna Kostka
 
 
 
 
 
 

[edit] Gallery

Clementinum in Prague, where he studied.[2]

Election of Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki at Wola.

His portrait in coronation robes by Daniel Schultz.

Battle of Khotyn on 11 November 1673.

[edit] See also

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Poczet.com, Michał Korybut Wisniowiecki.
  2. ^ www.wladcy.myslenice.net, Michał I Tomasz Wiśniowiecki herbu Korybut.


Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki
Born: 31 May 1640 Died: 10 November 1673
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