Aleksander Koniecpolski (1620–1659)

For other people of this name, see Aleksander Koniecpolski (disambiguation).
Aleksander Koniecpolski
Coat of arms

Pobóg

Wife Joanna Barbara Zamoyska

Issue

Family Koniecpolski
Father Stanisław Koniecpolski
Mother Krystyna Lubomirska
Born 1620
Podhorce
Died March 30, 1659
Podhorce

Prince Aleksander Koniecpolski (16201659) was a Polish nobleman. He became the Grand Standard-Bearer of the Crown in 1641, the Palatine of Sandomierz Voivodeship in 1656, and the Starost of Perejasław, Korsun, Płoskirow and Dolina. He was the son of the famous hetman Stanisław Koniecpolski.

During the Chmielnicki Uprising, he was elected to be one of the regimentarz of Pospolite ruszenie and took part in the losing battle of Pyliavtsi in 1648.[1]

References

  1. Jacek Jędruch (1998). Constitutions, elections, and legislatures of Poland, 1493–1977: a guide to their history. EJJ Books. p. 148. ISBN 978-0-7818-0637-4. Retrieved 13 August 2011.


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