Nicholas Sieniawski ( Polish Mikołaj Sieniawski ) (c. 1489 - February 2, 1569 ) - one of the largest Polish magnates , full crown guard (1531), Galician subcommittee (1532), Galitsky and Kolomian warden (1534), Belzi chestnut (1537) , governor of Belz (1542-1553), full crown hetman ( 1539 - 1561 ), Russian governor ( 1553 - 1569 ), great crown hetman ( 1561 - 1569 )
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| Predecessor | Jan Amor Tarnovsky | ||||||
| Successor | Jerzy Yazlovetsky | ||||||
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| Predecessor | Jan Cola | ||||||
| Successor | Jerzy Yazlovetsky | ||||||
| Birth | 1489? | ||||||
| Death | February 2, 1569 Berezhany (now - Ternopil region , Ukraine ) | ||||||
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| Kind | Senyavsky | ||||||
| Father | Raphael from Seniava | ||||||
| Mother | Agnieszka Gebrovskaya | ||||||
| Spouse | Katarzyna Kola | ||||||
| Children | Jerome Yarosh Senyavsky, Nikolai Senyavsky, Anna Senyavskaya, Katarzyna Senyavskaya, Jan Senyavsky and Rafail Senyavsky | ||||||
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Biography
The eldest son of the coronet Galician Raphael from Senyavi (d. 1518) and Agnieszka Gebrowska. He took part in hostilities on the southeastern borders of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania . In 1512 he participated in the battle with the Crimean Tatars near Lopushny. Since 1518 he served as captain under King Sigismund I the Old. Since 1522, a participant in numerous battles with the Crimean Tatars and Moldavians. In the years 1530-1537. served as captain of the cavalry in Podillia. Trying to stop the destructive Tatar-Turkish attacks on Ukrainian lands, he organized a series of military campaigns on the Crimean Khanate , in particular on the fortress Ochakov and Belgorod-Dniester . Built for his residence Berezhansky castle . Nicholas Senyavsky led the defense of the southern Polish borders. In 1531 he participated in the defeat of the Moldavian army in the battle of Obertyn .
He actively intervened in Moldovan affairs. In 1552, with the support of Nicholas Senyavsky, the Moldovan throne was taken by Alexander Lepusnianu , who became the Polish Lennik .
Family
Around 1511, he married Katarzyna Kola (d. After 1544), the daughter of a subcommittee of the Galician and full hetman of the crown, Jan Kol.
Children
- Jerome Yarosh Senyavsky (1516-1579) - Kastelian Kamenetsky and Russian governor
- Senyavsky, Nikolai (1520-1584) - full crown hetman and Kamenetsky chestnut
- Anna Senyavskaya - the wife of the Kastelian of Krakow Trying Jordan
- Yan Senyavsky (d. 1583) - judge of the Zemsky Galician and Lviv coughtan
- Katarzyna Senyavskaya (d. Before 1569) - wife from 1543 Andrzej Bucecki Tvorowski (d. 1569)
- Raphael Senyavsky (d. 1592) - Kamenetsky's chestnut (1589)