Jan Kostka
Noble Family Szlachta The szlachta was a legally privileged noble class with origins in the Kingdom of Poland. It gained considerable institutional privileges during the 1333-1370 reign of Casimir the Great. In 1413, following a series of tentative personal unions between the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Kingdom of...	Kostka
Coat of Arms Polish heraldry Polish heraldry is a branch of heraldry focused on studying the development of coats of arms in the lands of historical Poland , as well as specifically-Polish traits of heraldry. The term is also used to refer to Polish heraldic system, as opposed to systems used elsewhere, notably in Western Europe...	Dąbrowa
Parents	Stanisław Kostka Elżbieta z Eilemberku
Consorts	Jadwiga Przerębska Zofia Odrowąż Zofia Odrowaz Zofia Odrowąż was a Polish noble lady.Daughter of castellan and voivode Stanisław Odrowąż and Anna of Masovia from the Piast dynasty.She married Hetman Jan Krzysztof Tarnowski in 1555 and castellan and voivode Jan Kostka in 1569....
Children	with 1555 Jadwiga Przerębska Stanisław Wojciech Kostka Jan Kostka Jadwiga Konopacka Elzbieta Róza-Zalińska Anna Tomicka with 1569 Zofia Odrowąż Zofia Odrowaz Zofia Odrowąż was a Polish noble lady.Daughter of castellan and voivode Stanisław Odrowąż and Anna of Masovia from the Piast dynasty.She married Hetman Jan Krzysztof Tarnowski in 1555 and castellan and voivode Jan Kostka in 1569.... Jan Kostka Anna Magdalena Kostka Anna Kostka Katarzyna Sieniawska
Date of Birth	ca. 1529
Place of Birth	Sztemberk v. Stążków
Date of Death	31 May 1581
Place of Death	Jarosław

Jan Kostka (ca. 1529–1581) was a Polish

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

 noble and a candidate in elections for the new King of Poland in 1572. He was also an advisor to Kings Henry of Valois

Henry III of France

Henry III was King of France from 1574 to 1589. As Henry of Valois, he was the first elected monarch of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth with the dual titles of King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1573 to 1575.-Childhood:Henry was born at the Royal Château de Fontainebleau,...

 and Stefan Batory

Stefan Batory

Stephen Báthory was a Hungarian noble Prince of Transylvania , then King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania . He was a member of the Somlyó branch of the noble Hungarian Báthory family...

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He was a courtier and a secretary of the King, Podskarbi

Podskarbi

Podskarbi in Poland then in Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was minister responsible for the treasury. Since 1569 also a senatorial office. The title although meaning treasurer can be deconstructed as "under[King]-treasury" - treasury as an old-fashioned adjective...

 of Duchy of Prussia since 1555, castellan

Castellan

A castellan was the governor or captain of a castle. The word stems from the Latin Castellanus, derived from castellum "castle". Also known as a constable.-Duties:...

 of Gdańsk

Gdansk

Gdańsk is a Polish city on the Baltic coast, at the centre of the country's fourth-largest metropolitan area.The city lies on the southern edge of Gdańsk Bay , in a conurbation with the city of Gdynia, spa town of Sopot, and suburban communities, which together form a metropolitan area called the...

 in 1556–1574, voivode of Sandomierz Voivodeship

Sandomierz Voivodeship

Sandomierz Voivodeship was a unit of administration and local government in Poland from the 14th century to the partitions of Poland in 1772–1795. It was part of the Little Poland region. Originally Sandomierz Voivodeship also covered the area around Lublin, but in 1474 its three eastern counties...

 since 1574, and president of the Komisja Morskia (Sea Commission). He advocated for a union of Royal Prussia

Royal Prussia

Royal Prussia was a Region of the Kingdom of Poland and of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth . Polish Prussia included Pomerelia, Chełmno Land , Malbork Voivodeship , Gdańsk , Toruń , and Elbląg . It is distinguished from Ducal Prussia...

 with the Crown

Crown of the Polish Kingdom

The Crown of the Kingdom of Poland , or simply the Crown , is the name for the unit of administrative division, the territories under direct administration of Polish nobility from middle-ages to late 18th century...

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In 1574 and 1575, he was proposed as candidate for King of Poland (see http://www.uni-mannheim.de/mateo/camenaref/cmh/cmh303.html).