Jan Piotr Sapieha
Noble person
1569 – 1611
Who was Jan Piotr Sapieha?
Jan Piotr Sapieha was a Lithuanian nobleman; starosta at Uświat, king's colonel, member of the Sejm, commander of the Polish- Lithuanian crew at the Kremlin, nicknamed Hetman.
Son of Paweł Sapieha and Anna Chodkiewiczówna, married to Zofia Weiher, father of Paweł Jan Sapieha.
Participant of the Polish-Swedish War - brought a private chorągiew of 100 Cossacks, and commanded he right wing of Polish-Lithuanian army during the famous Battle of Kircholm in 1605. Participant of the Polish-Muscovite War, where he commanded the failed siege of Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra in 1608 and later fought anti-Polish Muscovite forces near Moscow.
He died on October 15 during the siege of Moscow Kremlin, at his own will buried at Leipalingis, Lithuania.
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- Born
- 1569
Bykhaw - Children
- Died
- Oct 15, 1611
Moscow Kremlin
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on July 23, 2013
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