Mikołaj Kamieniecki

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Mikołaj Kamieniecki
Noble Family Kamienicki
Coat of Arms Pilawa
Parents Henryk Kamieniecki
Katarzyna Pieniążkówna
Consorts  ?
Children  ?
Date of Birth 1460
Place of Birth Erenberg, (pl.Odrzykoń)
Date of Death April 15, 1515
Place of Death Kraków

Mikołaj Kamieniecki (1460-1515) was a Polish nobleman (szlachcic) and the first Great Hetman of the Crown.

Mikołaj was the oldest son of castellan of Sanok Henryk Kamienicki and Katarzyna Pieniążkówna. He was owner of Odrzykonie, Węglówka, Kombornia, Wola Komborska, Jabłonica, Malinówka and the Kamieniec (ger.Erenberg) castle. A trusted co-worker of King Jan I Olbracht and Kazimierz Jagiellończyk.

He became castellan of Sandomierz, voivode of the Kraków Voivodship and was Great Hetman of the Crown from 1503 until 1515.

Mikołaj defeated Vlachs in the Battle of Czerniowce during the Moldavian campaign in 1509 and Turks in 1512 in the Battle of Łopuszno.

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