Stanislav Revera Potocki ( Polish: Stanisław Rewera Potocki , 1579 - February 27, 1667 ) - Polish statesman and military leader, commander. The Podolsky subcomory (1621), the elder Galitsky (1627), the Kastelian Kamenetsky (1628), the governor of Bratslav (1631–1636), Podolsky (1636–1655), Kiev (1655–1658) and Krakow (1658–1667), the crown hetman (1652–1654), the great hetman of the crown (1654–1667), the headman of Radom, Krasnostavsky, Medicitsky, lordly, Grodetsky, Kolomeysky, Ropchitsky, Mostsky, Drahimsky, Letichivsky and Dolinsky. In his honor was named the city of Stanislav founded by his son Andrzej , now Ivano-Frankivsk .
| Stanislav Revera Potocki | |||||||
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| Stanisław Rewera Potocki | |||||||
 Posthumous portrait of Bachiarelli (XVIII century) | |||||||
 Coat of arms "Pilyava" | |||||||
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| Predecessor | Mikolai Potocki | ||||||
| Successor | Jan Sobieski | ||||||
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| Predecessor | Martin Casanovsky | ||||||
| Successor | Stanislav Lyantskoronsky | ||||||
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| Predecessor | Stefan Potocki | ||||||
| Successor | Lukash Zholkevsky | ||||||
| Birth | 1579 Pogaytsy | ||||||
| Death | February 27, 1667 Pogaytsy | ||||||
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| Kind | Potocki | ||||||
| Father | Andrzej Potocki | ||||||
| Mother | Sofia Pyasetskaya | ||||||
| Spouse | 1) Sofia Kalinovskaya 2) Anna Grave | ||||||
| Children | from the first marriage: Andrzej, Felix Casimir, Victoria Elzbieta and Anna | ||||||
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| Religion | and | ||||||
Biography
The second son of Andrzej Potocki (d. 1609), royal captain, subordinate Podolsk and Kamenetsky's chestnut, and Sophia Pyasetskaya. He came from the magnate Potocki family , owned significant lands in Galicia and in Podillia .
In his youth he moved from Calvinism to Catholicism. He received a good education at home and abroad, visited France and Holland. In 1607, he began his military career, along with his father and uncles on the side of the Polish king Sigismund Wazy, participated in the battle with the Rokosans of Zebrzydowski near Guzov . In 1608, he participated in the military campaign of his uncle Stefan Potocki in Moldova, where Konstantin Mogila was seated on the throne of the throne. In 1609-1611 participated in the siege of the Polish-Lithuanian troops of Smolensk . He fought with the Turks in the Battle of Tsetsorsky in 1620 and the Battle of Khotyn in 1621.
He held high government posts in the Commonwealth . Since 1627 he was the headman of Galician, from 1628 he was a Kamenetz-Podolsky cough -dog , from 1631 Bratslav and from 1636 the governor of Podolsk.
In 1637-1638 he led the Polish military units during the suppression of the Cossack uprisings Pavlyuk , Ostryanin and Guni . During the Battle of Zbor, he saved the king from a dangerous position, for which he was subsequently one of his favorites. In 1652 he was appointed full hetman , in 1653 - the Kiev governor.
Since 1654 - the great hetman crowned Commonwealth. During the Russian-Polish war of 1654-1667 he led the Polish army in the battle of Akhmatov in 1655, which ended in a draw. Six months later, was defeated by the Russian-Cossack army in the battle of Gorodok . During the " Swedish Flood " surrendered to the Swedes, but soon joined the Tyshovets Confederation and participated in the expulsion of the Swedes from Poland. In 1656, in the battle of Warsaw with the Swedish- Brandenburg army, Stanislav Pototsky commanded the right flank of the Polish-Lithuanian army. In 1657, the great crown hetman Stanislav Revera Potocki participated in hostilities against the Transylvanian prince Gyorgy Rakotsi and took part in the defeat of his army under the Black Island in Podolia.
Since 1658, the Krakow governor. In the summer of 1660, Stanislav Pototsky, along with the crown hetman, crowned Jerzy Lubomirski, commanded the Polish-Tatar troops, who defeated the Russian army under the command of boyar Vasily Borisovich Sheremetev near Lubar and near Chudnov .
In 1665, he fought on the side of Polish King Jan Casimir Waza against the rebellious full hetman of the crown, Jerzy Lubomirski, and was defeated by him in the battle of Czestochowa . During his military career he participated in forty-six battles. He died in Podgaytsy in February 1667.
Family
Stanislav Pototsky was twice married. His first wife was Sofia Kalinovskaya (d. After 1645). In 1658/1661 secondly married Anna Mogile (d. c. 1665), daughter of the Moldavian ruler Jeremiah Mogila (d. 1606), from whom she had no children.
Children
- Andrzej Potocki (d. 1691) - Krakow's chestnut and full crown hetman.
- Felix Casimir Potocki (1630–1702) - Kraków's chestnut and great crown hetman.
- Victoria Elzhbeta Pototskaya (+ after 1670) - 1st husband - full crown clerk Jerome Adam Senyavsky, 2nd husband - governor of Bratslav Andrzej Potocki (d. 1663).
- Anna Pototskaya - 1st husband - Rogatinsky headman Jan Zygmund Ostrog, 2nd husband - voivode Maximilian Przherebsky of Seradz.