Andrzej Tęczyński

Andrzej Tęczyński, (b. 1480 – 2 January 1536) Earl (title of the Holy Roman Empire, 1527), was a voivode of Lublin, voivode of Sandomierz, voivode of Kraków, Castellan of Kraków. He came from one of the most powerful clans in Lesser Poland, the Tęczyński family.

Career

Poland, Jura, Tenczyn Castle.

In addition to these titles Andrzej Tęczyński held offices as: starosta of Sandomierz, starosta of Belz, starosta Chełmski, starosta of Terebovlya, starosta of Krasnystaw, starosta of Hrubieszów, starosta of Sokal, starosta of Ratno Dolne, starosta of Tyszowce. He was murdered by an angry mob in the Franciscan church in Kraków on 2 January 1536 for having slapped a knave.[1][2]

He is one of the characters on the famous painting by Jan Matejko, Prussian Homage.

References

  1. Długosz, Jan (1887). Dzieła wszystkie, Volume 6. p. 297.
  2. Mikhail Leonovich Gasparov; Gerald Stanton Smith; Leofranc Holford-Strevens (1996). A history of European versification. Oxford University Press. p. 219. ISBN 0-19-815879-3.
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