Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whai wāhi ia ki te Pakanga o Smolensk, ā, i te tau 1634 i herea poto ai ia e ngā 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 roto i te
I haere tahi ia ki a 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.