Jan Tarnowski

Deceased Person

1550 – 1605

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Who was Jan Tarnowski?

Jan Tarnowski was Archbishop of Gniezno and Primate of Poland. His coat of arms was Rola.

Jan was secretary of King Stefan Batory of Poland and a trusted adviser of King Sigismund III Vasa of Poland. In 1581 he became Referendarz of the Crown and in 1591 Deputy Chancellor of the Crown. He became also bishop of Poznań in 1598, bishop of Kujawy in 1600 and in 1604 Archbishop of Kraków and simultaneously Primate of Poland.

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Born
1550
Religion
  • Catholicism
Died
Sep 14, 1605

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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