Jan Dobrogost Bonawentura Krasiński (English: John Krasinski , 10 June 1639 – 21 February 1717) was a Polish nobleman (szlachcic ).
Biography
He was the son of Jan Kazimierz Krasiński and Ursula Grzybowska. In his youth he studied in the Netherlands and France. Jan became a Royal Colonel (pułkownik królewski ) in 1665, and became Recorder of the Crown and voivode of Płock Voivodeship in 1688. He was also starost of Łomża , Warsaw , Nowe Miasto Korczyn , Przasnysz , Sztum , and Opinogóra Górna .[ 1]
In 1673, he took part in the victorious Battle of Khotyn .[ 2] John III Sobieski , he was an ally, adviser and a friend of the king. He participated in the Battle of Vienna in 1683 commanding a winged hussars squadron.[ 2]
He became an elector at the court of King Augustus II the Strong in 1697.
Krasiński was a great patron of the arts and founder of many art galleries in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth . Between 1682 and 1695 he ordered to build a magnificent palace in Warsaw , known today as the Palace of the Commonwealth .[ 3]
He was buried in Węgrów .
References
^ Chłapowski, Krzysztof (2017). Starostowie niegrodowi w Koronie 1565-1795 Materiały źródłowe [Starosts in the Crown 1565-1795. Source materials ] (in Polish). Warsaw: Bellerive-sur-Allier. p. 283. ^ a b "Jan Dobrogost Krasiński" . wegrow.com.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 21 May 2024 .^ Stefan Kieniewicz, ed. (1984). Warszawa w latach 1526-1795 (Warsaw in 1526-1795) (in Polish). Warsaw. ISBN 83-01033-23-1 {{cite book }}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link )
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