Krzysztof Zbaraski
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Szlachta
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Polish heraldry
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Anna Czetwertyńska
Krzysztof Zbaraski (sometimes mistakenly written as Krzysztof Zbarski; 1580 – 6 March 1627) was a Polish-Lithuanian
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth was a dualistic state of Poland and Lithuania ruled by a common monarch. It was the largest and one of the most populous countries of 16th- and 17th‑century Europe with some and a multi-ethnic population of 11 million at its peak in the early 17th century...
member of the gentry social class
Social class
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(szlachta
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...
). During his life he was a Master of the Stables of the Crown (or koniuszy koronny), a member of special committee for Cossacks and tariff
Tariff
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s, a skilled diplomat
Diplomat
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, and a politician
Politician
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of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth was a dualistic state of Poland and Lithuania ruled by a common monarch. It was the largest and one of the most populous countries of 16th- and 17th‑century Europe with some and a multi-ethnic population of 11 million at its peak in the early 17th century...
. He was Starost of Krzemieniów, Wiślica
Wislica
Wiślica is a village in Busko County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Wiślica. It lies on the Nida River, approximately south of Busko-Zdrój and south of the regional capital Kielce...
, Hrubieszów
Hrubieszów
Hrubieszów is a town in southeastern Poland, with a population of 18,661 . It is the capital of Hrubieszów County. Since 1999 Hrubieszów has been part of Lublin Voivodeship . Earlier, 1975–98, it had been part of Zamość Province...
and Bolesławiec.
Zbaraski served as Commonwealth ambassador
Ambassador
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to the Ottoman Empire
Ottoman Empire
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from 1622 to 1624. His diplomatic mission
Diplomatic mission
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's entry to Constantinople
Constantinople
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was famous for its display of wealth. Zbaraski paid most of the mission's costs. For 30,000 talar
Talar
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s, the mission ransom
Ransom
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ed prisoners from battle of Cecora
Battle of Tutora (1620)
The Battle of Ţuţora was a battle between the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and Ottoman forces , fought from 17 September to 7 October 1620 in Moldavia, near the Prut River.- Prelude :Because of the failure of Commonwealth diplomatic mission to Constantinople, and violations of the Treaty of...
, including Stanisław Koniecpolski. The mission was described in 1633 in the diary
Diary
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of the mission's secretary
Secretary
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, Samuel Twardowski
Samuel Twardowski
Samuel Twardowski was a Polish poet, diarist, and essayist who gained popularity in 17th century Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, called by his contemporaries 'Polish Virgil.'-Life and works:...
Przewazna legacja JO Ksiazecia Krzysztofa Zbaraskiego (The Important Mission of His Grace Duke Krzysztof Zbaraski).
Zbaraski was the brother of Jerzy Zbaraski
Jerzy Zbaraski
Jerzy Zbaraski was a Polish-Lithuanian szlachcic.He was Krajczy of the Crown since 1612, Podczaszy of the Crown since 1619, Castellan of Kraków since 1620 and Starost of Pinsk, sokalski, radohoski. Brother of Krzysztof Zbaraski. Last of the Zbaraski family....
(who died in 1631 as last of the Zbaraski family). He sponsored the Jesuit collegium in Winnica
Winnica
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.