Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - I whai wāhi ia ki te Pakanga o Smolensk
I te tau 1634 i herea poto ai e nga Rūhia. I te tau 1639 ka noho ia hei kaitiaki mo te hetman o Lithuania - i muri mai ko ia te Hekeretari o te Royal. Mai i te 1648 ki te 1650 i uru ia ki te whakakore i te whakaoho a Khmelnytsky. I te wa o te whakaekenga a Sweden i haere tahi ia me John II Casimir Vasa ki Silesia a ko ia anake te rangatira o Lithuania ki te haina i te Whakahoahoa Łańcut. I te tau 1653 ka riro ia hei castellan o Smolensk a i te tau 1656 ka riro ia hei voivode o Vitebsk.