Rafał Leszczyński (1526-1592)

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Rafał Leszczyński (1526 - 1592) of Wieniawa coat of arms was a voivode of the Brześć Kujawski Voivodeship from 1545-1550; castellan of Śrem in 1580, starost of Radziejów, sejm marshal, one of the leaders of the execution movement and reformation.

Opponent to Zygmunt August marriage with Barbara Radziwiłłówna (around 1548); also around that time he joined the Czech Brethren and became one of the leading Polish representatives of that faith. In 1550 he resigned his voivoide office, and was elected a deputy to the Sejm and later became a sejm marshal. He was a vocal opponent of the Roman Catholic clergy and a supporter of the Union of Lublin.

Father of Andrzej Leszczyński, also voivode of Brześć Kujawski.