Stefan Potocki, voivode of Bratslav
Stefan Potocki | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1568 |
| Died | 1631 |
| Noble family | Potocki |
| Issue | Piotr, Paweł |
Stefan Potocki (1568 – 1631) was a Polish nobleman and military commander who was palatine of Bratslav.[1] He was also starost of Felin and Kamieniec.[2]
Stefan, son of Mikołaj,[3] was born into the prominent Potocki family. In February 1606, he married Maria, the daughter of Ieremia Movilă.[4] In 1607, he campaigned in Moldavia to successfully place Maria's brother, Constantin Movilă, on the Moldavian throne.[5] From 1609 to 1611, he campaigned during the Polish–Swedish War and Polish–Russian War.[6] In 1612, he again entered Moldavia to support Constantin, but Stefan was captured by the Ottomans during the Battle of Cornul lui Sas.[6] He was imprisoned in the Yedikule Fortress until 1615, and his supporters had to pay a ransom of 300,000 ducats for his release.[2][7] The issue of Stefan's capture even reached Sigismund III, who requested Emperor Matthias' diplomatic assistance with the release.[6]
Stefan was a convert from Calvinism to Catholicism. He founded a Dominican convent and church in Potok Złoty where he was later buried.[8][1] As the owner of Buczacz,[7] he also led the development of fortifications in that town.[9]
Stefan is the father of writer Paweł Potocki.[10][3] Stefan is also the grandfather of archbishop Teodor Andrzej Potocki.[3]
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References
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- ^ a b Wasiucionek, Michal (2019). The Ottomans and Eastern Europe. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 102. ISBN 9781788318587.
- ^ a b c Smoleński, Władysław (1898). Dzieje narodu polskiego (in Polish). Vol. II. Kraków. p. 10. OCLC 812675335 – via Google Books.
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- ^ Wasiucionek 2019, p. 132.
- ^ a b c Skowron, Ryszard, ed. (2024). The House of Vasa and The House of Austria. Correspondence from the Years 1587 to 1668. Part I: The Times of Sigismund III, 1587–1632. Vol. 2. Katowice: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego. p. 267. ISBN 978-83-226-4447-8.
- ^ a b Bartov, Omer (2022). Tales from the Borderlands. Yale University Press. p. 20. ISBN 9780300265002.
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- ^ Bartov, Omer (2018). Anatomy of a Genocide. Simon & Schuster. pp. n.p. ISBN 9781451684551.
- ^ Bushkovitch, Paul (2000). "Cultural Change among the Russian Boyars 1650-1680. New Sources and Old Problems". Forschungen zur osteuropäischen Geschichte. ISSN 0067-5903.