Mikołaj Zebrzydowski
Mikołaj Zebrzydowski (1553–1620) of Radwan Coat of Arms, voivode of Lublin from 1589, Grand Crown Marshal 1596–1600, voivode of Kraków from 1601.
Zebrzydowski was born in 1553 in Kraków. From 1560 to 1569 he attended a jesuit collegium at Braniewo. He took part in wars of Stefan Batory against Moscow, as a follower of kanclerz Jan Zamoyski. He had excellent contacts with the Vatican
Early on he supported the election of Zygmunt Vasa (during the interregnum) as king of Poland-Lithuania. Soon however, he became dissatisfied with Zygmunt's attempts to strengthen royal power and weaken the nobility (szlachta). In 1606 Zebyrzdowski organized a legal rebellion - rokosz of Zebrzydowski against Zygmunt. Defeated in 1607, after which he retired to a monastery. Sponsored the creation of the city of Kalwaria Zebrzydowska.
Mikołaj Zebrzydowski is one of the personas on the famous painting by Jan Matejko: the sermons of Piotr Skarga.
Father of Jan Zebrzydowski.
See also
References
- "Zebrzydowski Mikołaj". Internetowa encyklopedia PWN (in Polish). Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN. Retrieved 2008-02-17.
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