Jan Kostka ( 1529 - May 31, 1581 ) - Polish statesman and tycoon , royal secretary (from 1554 ), podskarby of Prussian land ( 1554 ), Malbork economy ( 1554 ), Gdansk chestnut ( 1556 ), governor of Sandomierz ( 1574 - 1581 ). The elder is Malbork , Plotsky , Tchevsky , Golubsky and Lipenets.
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| Predecessor | Spitech Jordan | ||||||
| Successor | Stanislav Shafranets | ||||||
| Birth | 1529 Stembark | ||||||
| Death | May 31, 1581 Yaroslav | ||||||
| Kind | Bones | ||||||
| Father | Stanislav Kostka | ||||||
| Mother | Elzbieta from Helenberg | ||||||
| Spouse | 1) Jadwiga Przherebskaya 2) Sophia Odrovonge | ||||||
| Children | from the first marriage: Stanislav and Elzbieta from second marriage: Jan, Anna and Katarzyna | ||||||
Twice claimed the royal throne of the Commonwealth ( 1573 , 1575 ).
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Biography
Representative of the Polish magnate family Kostka coat of arms of the Dombrow . The son of the governor of Pomeranian and Helmna Stanislav Kostka ( 1487 - 1555 ) and Elzbieta from Helenberg.
He was educated in Germany, Flanders and Spain. In 1568, Jan Kostka was appointed by the Polish King Sigismund Augustus the head of the Maritime Commission. He was engaged in the organization of the Polish navy. He was a supporter of the union between the Kingdom of Poland and Royal Prussia .
He participated in the signing of acts of the Union of Lublin (1569) and the Warsaw Confederation (1573) .
Family and Children
1st wife since 1555, Jadwiga Przherebskaya, children from their first marriage:
- Stanislav Kostka (died in his youth)
- Elzbieta Kostka, husband - Gdansk casserole Maciej Żaliński
2nd wife from 1575 Sofia Odrovonzh (c. 1540 - 1580 ), daughter of the governor of Russia Stanislav Odrovonzh , widow of Jan Krzysztof Tarnowski . Thanks to the marriage with Sofia, Odrovonge received the city of Yaroslav in his possession. Children from a second marriage
- Jan Kostka (d. 1592 ), headman of Lipinets and Svetsky
- Anna Kostka ( 1575 - 1635 ), wife from 1592 of the governor of Volyn, Prince Alexander Konstantinovich of Ostrog ( 1571 - 1603 )
- Katarzyna Kostka ( 1576 - 1648 ), husband - subordinate the great crown Adam Jerome Senyavsky (c. 1576 - 1619 ).
Sources
- Augustinovich K.A. Jan Kostka and Jan Dulsky: two Prussian nobles in the service of the Polish-Lithuanian Republic // Slavs and their neighbors. The Middle Ages are an early new time. Issue 9. - Moscow, 1999. - S. 114-123.