Jan Piotr Sapieha [SEP] place of death
Jan Piotr Sapieha
Jan Piotr Sapieha (English: "John Peter Sapieha", 1569–1611) was a Polish nobleman, general, politician, diplomat, governor of Uświat county, member of the Parliament and a skilled commander of the Polish troops stationing in the Moscow Kremlin.
Sapieha was a participant of the Polish-Swedish War – he brought a private regiment of 100 Cossacks, and commanded the right wing, consisting of 400 royal hussars and mounted 700 Cossack, of the Polish army during the famous Battle of Kircholm in
nine children. Among others:
- Andrzej Stanisław Sapieha, castellan of Troki and Wilno, married Anna Heidenstein
- Paweł Jan Sapieha, Hetman, married firstly Zofia Zienowicz and secondly Barbara Kopeć
- Krystyna Sapieha, married firstly Voivode of Rawa and Łęczyca Stanisław Radziejowski h. Junosza and secondly Voivode of Inowrocław Krzysztof Gembicki h. Nałęcz
Legacy.
Jan Piotr Sapieha is one of the personas on the famous painting by Jan Matejko: "Kazanie Skargi" (The Sermon of Piotr Skarga).
Polish actor Michał Żebrowski portrayed