Jeremi Wiśniowiecki
Noble person
1612 – 1651
Who was Jeremi Wiśniowiecki?
Jeremi Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki was a notable member of the aristocracy of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Prince of Wiśniowiec, Łubnie and Chorol in the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland and the father of the future King of Poland, Michael I.
A notable magnate and military commander with Ruthenian and Moldavian origin, Wiśniowiecki was heir of one of the biggest fortunes of the state and rose to several notable dignities, including the position of voivode of Ruthenian Voivodship in 1646. His conversion from Eastern Orthodoxy to Roman Catholicism caused much dissent in Polish occupied Ruthenia and Ukraine. Wiśniowiecki was one of the wealthiest magnates of Poland, ruling over lands inhabited by 230,000 people.
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- Born
- Aug 17, 1612
Volhynia - Also known as
- Jeremi Wisniowiecki
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- Religion
- Catholicism
- Died
- Aug 20, 1651
Pavoloch
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on July 23, 2013
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