Jan Krzysztof Tarnowski
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| 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... |
Tarnowski Tarnowski Tarnowski is the surname of a Polish szlachta family. Because Polish adjectives have different forms for the genders, Tarnowska is the form for a female family member.-History:... |
| 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... |
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| Parents | Jan Tarnowski Jan Tarnowski Jan Amor Tarnowski was a Polish szlachcic . He was Grand Crown Hetman from 1527 and was the founder of the city of Tarnopol, where he built the Ternopil Castle and the Ternopil Lake.... Zofia Szydłowiecka |
| Consorts | 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 | none |
| Date of Birth | January 1, 1537 |
| Place of Birth | ? |
| Date of Death | April 1, 1567 |
| Place of Death | Gorliczyn |
Count Jan Krzysztof Tarnowski (1537–1567) 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 (szlachcic). Son of Hetman
Hetman
Hetman was the title of the second-highest military commander in 15th- to 18th-century Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, which together, from 1569 to 1795, comprised the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, or Rzeczpospolita....
Jan Amor Tarnowski and Zofia Szydłowiecka. He was married to 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....
since 1555.
He was owner of Tarnów
Tarnów
Tarnów is a city in southeastern Poland with 115,341 inhabitants as of June 2009. The city has been situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship since 1999, but from 1975 to 1998 it was the capital of the Tarnów Voivodeship. It is a major rail junction, located on the strategic east-west connection...
, Wiewiórka
Wiewiórka
Wiewiórka may refer to the following places:*Wiewiórka, Łódź Voivodeship *Wiewiórka, Subcarpathian Voivodeship *Wiewiórka, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship...
, Przeworsk
Przeworsk
Przeworsk Ukrainian: Переворськ, is a town in south-eastern Poland with 15,675 inhabitants, as of 2 June 2009. Since 1999 it has been in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship, and is the capital of Przeworsk County....
, Rożnów
Roznów
Rożnów may refer to the following places in Poland:*Rożnów, Lower Silesian Voivodeship *Rożnów, Lesser Poland Voivodeship *Rożnów, Opole Voivodeship...
and Stare Sioło
Stare Siolo
Stare Sioło is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Oleszyce, within Lubaczów County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately west of Oleszyce, west of Lubaczów, and east of the regional capital Rzeszów....
. Secretary of the King since 1554, 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 Wojnicz
Wojnicz
Wojnicz is a town in Tarnów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship.The Battle of Wojnicz took place here on September 23, 1655, against Sweden.- People :* Sebastian Lubomirski* Jan Wielopolski the elder* Jan Krzysztof Tarnowski* Chaim Kreiswirth, rabbi...
, starost of Sandomierz
Sandomierz
Sandomierz is a city in south-eastern Poland with 25,714 inhabitants . Situated in the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship , previously in Tarnobrzeg Voivodeship . It is the capital of Sandomierz County . Sandomierz is known for its Old Town, a major tourist attraction...
, Stryj
Stryj
Stryj may refer to:*Stryj, Lublin Voivodeship *Stryi, Ukraine - Stryj in Polish...
and Dolina
Dolina
Dolina may refer to:Places*Dolyna, a city in Ukraine*Dolina, Tržič, a village in Tržič municipality in Slovenia*Dolina, Szczecin, Poland*Dolina, Lower Silesian Voivodeship *Dolina, Łódź Voivodeship...
.
Jan Kochanowski
Jan Kochanowski
Jan Kochanowski was a Polish Renaissance poet who established poetic patterns that would become integral to Polish literary language.He is commonly regarded as the greatest Polish poet before Adam Mickiewicz, and the greatest Slavic poet, prior to the 19th century.-Life:Kochanowski was born at...
dedicated his poem Chess
Chess (poem)
Chess is a poem written by Jan Kochanowski, first published in 1564 or 1565. Inspired by Marco Girolamo Vida's Scacchia Ludus, it is a narrative poetry work that describes a game of chess between two men, Fiedor and Borzuj, who fight for the right to marry Anna, princess of Denmark...
to him.