Jan Wejher
Encyclopedia
Jan Wejher was a Polish
nobleman, son of Ernest Wejher and Anna Mortęska. He held many offices and was an officer of the army in the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth and a courtier of the Polish king Sigismund III from the age of thirteen.
in Sweden. He fought in the victorious Battle of Stegeborg
and was wounded in the Battle of Stångebro
. He helped defend Gdańsk
from the Swedes in their raids in the early 17th century. From 1609 he was engaged in the Polish–Muscovite War.
He was a Voivode of Malbork and Chełmno.
; they had five sons and three daughters:
Sons:
Daughters:
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...
nobleman, son of Ernest Wejher and Anna Mortęska. He held many offices and was an officer of the army in the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth and a courtier of the Polish king Sigismund III from the age of thirteen.
Military service and political activity
Wejher accompanied the King in his campaign to crush the rebellion of Duke CharlesCharles IX of Sweden
Charles IX of Sweden also Carl, was King of Sweden from 1604 until his death. He was the youngest son of King Gustav I of Sweden and his second wife, Margaret Leijonhufvud, brother of Eric XIV and John III of Sweden, and uncle of Sigismund III Vasa king of both Sweden and Poland...
in Sweden. He fought in the victorious Battle of Stegeborg
Battle of Stegeborg
The Battle of Stegeborg took place on a meadow near Stegeborg Castle, Sweden on September 8, 1598. It is part of the so-called War against Sigismund, in turn part of the Polish-Swedish Wars....
and was wounded in the Battle of Stångebro
Battle of Stångebro
The Battle of Stångebro or Battle of Linköping took place at Linköping, Sweden on September 25, 1598, and effectively ended the personal union between Sweden and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, that had only existed since 1592...
. He helped defend 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...
from the Swedes in their raids in the early 17th century. From 1609 he was engaged in the Polish–Muscovite War.
He was a Voivode of Malbork and Chełmno.
Personal life
Wejher married to Anna Szczawińska, the daughter of the starost of MirachowoMirachowo
Mirachowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kartuzy, within Kartuzy County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Kartuzy and west of the regional capital Gdańsk....
; they had five sons and three daughters:
Sons:
- Jakub WejherJakub WejherJakub Weiher , a member of the Polish line of the Weyher family from Germany was a Count of the Holy Roman Empire and member of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth szlachta . His coat of arms was Wejher...
- Ludwik WejherLudwik WejherLudwik Wejher was a Polish nobleman, son of Jan Wejher and Anna Szczawińska. He was a collonel of the Polish army and held other offices in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth....
- Jan Wejher (the younger)
- Karol Wejher
- Mikołaj WejherMikołaj WejherMikołaj Wejher was a Polish nobleman from the prominent Wejher family. He was the son of Jan Wejher and Anna Szczawińska.He held various offices in the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth. He was Voivode of Malbork since 1641 and Voivode of Chełmno since 1643. Mikołaj was also starost of Radzyń and...
Daughters:
- Zofia Potulicka, 2-do voto Leska
- Elżbieta Massalska
- Zuzanna Wejher (entered a monastery)