Michael Korybut Wiśniowiecki

Michael Korybut Wiśniowiecki
Portrait of King Michael, unknown Polish painter from XVII century
King of Poland
Reign	June 19, 1669- November 10, 1673
Coronation	September 29, 1669
Predecessor	John II Casimir Vasa
Successor	John III Sobieski
Spouse	Eleonora Maria of Austria
House	Wiśniowiecki
Father	Jarema Wisniowiecki
Mother	Gryzelda Konstancja Zamoyska
Born	July 31, 1640(1640-07-31) Wiśniowiec, Poland (now Ukraine)
Died	November 10, 1673(1673-11-10) (aged 33) Lwów, Poland (now Ukraine)
Burial	Wawel Cathedral, Świętokrzyska Chapel (buried on January 31, 1676)
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Coat of Arms of Michal Korybut Wiśniowiecki as King of Poland

Michael Korybut Wiśniowiecki (Polish: Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki, Lithuanian: Mykolas I Kaributas Višnioveckis; July 31, 1640 – November 10, 1673), son of Jarema Wisniowiecki 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 of Austria, (in Polish: Eleonora Wiśniowiecka or Eleonora Habsburżanka) a Habsburg, born 1653 at Regensburg died 1697 at Vienna, daughter of Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor, by his third wife Eleonora Gonzaga.

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

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")

• English translation: Michael I, by the Grace of God, King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania, Ruthenia, Prussia, Masovia, Samogitia, Livonia, Smolensk, Kiev, Volhynia, Podolia, Podlachia, Severia and Chernihiv, etc.

Biography

Michał Korybut Wisniowiecki. Drawing by Jan Matejko

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

Michael Wiśniowiecki's reign was less than successful. His father's military fame notwithstanding, Michał lost a war against the Turks, who occupied Podole (see Polish–Ottoman War (1672–1676)) ^[1] He was unable to cope with his responsibilities and with Poland's quarreling factions. After his death, John Sobieski was elected King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and crowned as John III.

Ancestors

Gallery

Clementinum in Prague, where he studied.[2]

Election of Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki at Wola.

Battle of Khotyn on 11 November 1673.

See also

• History of Poland (1569-1795)
• Wiśniowiecki family

References

External links

• Media related to Michael Korybut Wisniowiecki at Wikimedia Commons