Stefan Potocki

Stefan Potocki
Coat of arms Clan Pilawa
Noble family Potocki
Father Mikołaj Potocki
Mother Zofia Firlej
Born 1624
Died May 19, 1648 (aged 2324)

Stefan Potocki (1624 – May 19, 1648) was a Polish nobleman, starosta of Nizhyn of the Potocki family.

In the Battle of Zhovti Vody Stefan Potocki was wounded, taken prisoner of war and died from gangrene on May 19, 1648.[1]

Potocki was portrayed by Henryk Sienkiewicz in With Fire and Sword (1884).

Juliusz Kossak: Death of Stefan Potocki at the Battle of Zhovti Vody 1648

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