Jerzy Jazłowiecki

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Jerzy Jazłowiecki
Coat of arms	Abdank
Issue Mikołaj Jazłowiecki Hieronim Jazłowiecki Michał Jazłowiecki Druzjanna Jazlowiecki
Noble family	Jazłowiecki
Father	Mikołaj Jazłowiecki
Mother	Ewa Podfilipski
Born	1510
Died	1575

Jerzy Jazłowiecki (1510–1575) was a Polish nobleman (szlachcic) and magnate. Great Crown Hetman 1569–1575, Field Crown Hetman in 1569. Jerzy was voivode of the Podole Voivodship since 1567, of the Ruthenian Voivodship since 1569, and castellan of Kamieniec Podolski since 1564 as well.

In 1564 as royal emissary he was sent to sultan Suleiman the Magnificent. During the interregnum in 1573 he was a proposed candidate of the so-called "Piast party" in the election for the Polish throne. In the late 1550s. he converted to Calvinism and became an ardent supporter of the Polish Reformed Church.

Abdank Jazłowiecki coat of arms

Great Crown Hetmans of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth

Persondata
Name	Jazlowiecki, Jerzy
Alternative names
Short description	Polish noble
Date of birth	1510
Place of birth
Date of death	1575
Place of death

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