Bogusław Leszczyński, count of
LesznoLeszno , German Lissa, is a town in central Poland with 63,955 habitants ....
(1614–1659) from the
LeszczyńskiLeszczyński, plural: Leszczyńscy is the surname of a Polish noble family. Some Polish surnames have different forms for the genders, Leszczyńska is the form for a female family member.-History:...
Family of
Holy Roman EmpireThe Holy Roman Empire was a union of territories in Central Europe during the Middle Ages and the Early Modern period under a Holy Roman Emperor. The first emperor of the Holy Roman Empire was Otto I, crowned in 962. The last was Francis II, who abdicated and dissolved the Empire in 1806 during...
counts, was a
PolishPoland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe . Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
noble (szlachcic) and
politicianA politician or political leader is an individual who is involved in influencing public decision making. This includes people who hold decision-making positions in government, and people who seek those positions, whether by means of election, coup d'état, appointment, electoral fraud, conquest,...
from Wielkopolska region. Traveled abroad from 1632-1636 with his tutor
John JonstonJohn Jonston was a Polish scholar and physician, descended from Scottish nobility and closely connected to the Polish Leszczyński magnates.-Life:...
, studied under
ComeniusJohn Amos Comenius was a Czech teacher, scientist, educator, and writer. He was a Unity of the Brethren/Moravian Protestant bishop, a religious refugee, and one of the earliest champions of universal education, a concept eventually set forth in his book Didactica Magna...
.
Bogusław held the following official positions:
- General Starost of Greater Poland
Greater Poland or Great Poland, Polish Wielkopolska is a historical region of west-central Poland. Its chief city is Poznań...
in 1642
- Grand Treasurer of the Crown in 1650
- Deputy Chancellor of the Crown in 1658
- Starost of Bydgoszcz
Bydgoszcz is a city currently located in northern Poland, on the Brda and Vistula rivers, with a population of 360,142 , agglomeration more than 400 000, which makes it the 8th biggest city in Poland...
, SamborSambor may refer to:* Sambor I, Duke of Pomerania * Sambor II, Duke of Pomerania * Sambor, a prince of Rugia * Sambir, Ukraine* Prasat Sambour District, a district of Kampong Thom province, Cambodia...
, MiędzyrzeczMiędzyrzecz is a town in western Poland with 18,584 inhabitants . The capital of Międzyrzecz County, it was part of the Gorzów Wielkopolski Voivodeship from 1975-1998. Since the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998, Międzyrzecz has been situated in the Lubusz Voivodeship...
, OstrówOstrów is a Polish name for a river island. It appears in several Polish toponyms:* Ostrów Lubelski, a town in Lublin Voivodship * Ostrów Mazowiecka, a town in Masovian Voivodship...
, CzłuchówCzłuchów is a town in the region of Middle Pomerania, northwestern Poland, with some 14,610 inhabitants .Człuchów has been the capital of Człuchów County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship since 1999...
and OsiekOsiek is a village in Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Osiek. It lies approximately south of Oświęcim and west of the regional capital Kraków....
.
He was the son of
castellanA castellan was the governor or caretaker of a castle or keep. The word stems from the Latin Castellanus, derived from castellum "castle".-Duties:...
and voivode, count Rafał Leszczyński and Anna Radzimińska.
Noble FamilySzlachta is the noble class in the Kingdom of Poland, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the increasingly polonized territories under their control . The nobility arose in the late Middle Ages and existed through the 18th century and into the 20th century...
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LeszczyńskiLeszczyński, plural: Leszczyńscy is the surname of a Polish noble family. Some Polish surnames have different forms for the genders, Leszczyńska is the form for a female family member.-History:...
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Coat of ArmsThe history of Polish heraldry is an integral part of the history of the Szlachta, the Polish nobility.-History:Unlike the case of Western Europe, in Poland, the szlachta did not emerge from the feudal class of knights under Chivalry, but stemmed from an earlier Slavic class of Free Warriors or...
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Wieniawa |
| Parents |
Rafał Leszczyński
Anna Radzimińska |
| Consorts |
Anna Dönhoff
Joanna Katarzyna Radziwiłł |
| Children |
with Anna Denhoff
Bogusław Leszczyński
Jan Przecław Leszczyński
Rafał Leszczyński
Aleksandra Cecylia Leszczyńska |
| Date of Birth |
1614 |
| Place of Birth |
WiślicaWiślica is a village in Busko County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Wiślica. It lies on the Nida River, approximately south of Busko-Zdrój and south of the regional capital Kielce...
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| Date of Death |
23 September 1659 |
| Place of Death |
Warsaw Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River roughly from both the Baltic Sea coast and the Carpathian Mountains. Its population as of 2009 was estimated at 1,709,781, and the Warsaw metropolitan area at approximately 2,785,000...
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Bogusław Leszczyński, count of
LesznoLeszno , German Lissa, is a town in central Poland with 63,955 habitants ....
(1614–1659) from the
LeszczyńskiLeszczyński, plural: Leszczyńscy is the surname of a Polish noble family. Some Polish surnames have different forms for the genders, Leszczyńska is the form for a female family member.-History:...
Family of
Holy Roman EmpireThe Holy Roman Empire was a union of territories in Central Europe during the Middle Ages and the Early Modern period under a Holy Roman Emperor. The first emperor of the Holy Roman Empire was Otto I, crowned in 962. The last was Francis II, who abdicated and dissolved the Empire in 1806 during...
counts, was a
PolishPoland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe . Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
noble (szlachcic) and
politicianA politician or political leader is an individual who is involved in influencing public decision making. This includes people who hold decision-making positions in government, and people who seek those positions, whether by means of election, coup d'état, appointment, electoral fraud, conquest,...
from Wielkopolska region. Traveled abroad from 1632-1636 with his tutor
John JonstonJohn Jonston was a Polish scholar and physician, descended from Scottish nobility and closely connected to the Polish Leszczyński magnates.-Life:...
, studied under
ComeniusJohn Amos Comenius was a Czech teacher, scientist, educator, and writer. He was a Unity of the Brethren/Moravian Protestant bishop, a religious refugee, and one of the earliest champions of universal education, a concept eventually set forth in his book Didactica Magna...
.
Bogusław held the following official positions:
- General Starost of Greater Poland
Greater Poland or Great Poland, Polish Wielkopolska is a historical region of west-central Poland. Its chief city is Poznań...
in 1642
- Grand Treasurer of the Crown in 1650
- Deputy Chancellor of the Crown in 1658
- Starost of Bydgoszcz
Bydgoszcz is a city currently located in northern Poland, on the Brda and Vistula rivers, with a population of 360,142 , agglomeration more than 400 000, which makes it the 8th biggest city in Poland...
, SamborSambor may refer to:* Sambor I, Duke of Pomerania * Sambor II, Duke of Pomerania * Sambor, a prince of Rugia * Sambir, Ukraine* Prasat Sambour District, a district of Kampong Thom province, Cambodia...
, MiędzyrzeczMiędzyrzecz is a town in western Poland with 18,584 inhabitants . The capital of Międzyrzecz County, it was part of the Gorzów Wielkopolski Voivodeship from 1975-1998. Since the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998, Międzyrzecz has been situated in the Lubusz Voivodeship...
, OstrówOstrów is a Polish name for a river island. It appears in several Polish toponyms:* Ostrów Lubelski, a town in Lublin Voivodship * Ostrów Mazowiecka, a town in Masovian Voivodship...
, CzłuchówCzłuchów is a town in the region of Middle Pomerania, northwestern Poland, with some 14,610 inhabitants .Człuchów has been the capital of Człuchów County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship since 1999...
and OsiekOsiek is a village in Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Osiek. It lies approximately south of Oświęcim and west of the regional capital Kraków....
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He was the son of
castellanA castellan was the governor or caretaker of a castle or keep. The word stems from the Latin Castellanus, derived from castellum "castle".-Duties:...
and voivode, count Rafał Leszczyński and Anna Radzimińska. After the death of his father in 1636 he inherited
LesznoLeszno , German Lissa, is a town in central Poland with 63,955 habitants ....
,
RadzyminRadzymin is a town in Poland and is one of the distant suburbs of the city of Warsaw. It is located in the powiat of Wołomin of the Masovian Voivodeship. The town has 7,595 inhabitants , but the surrounding commune is heavily populated and has an additional 11,000 inhabitants.Radzymin was located...
and part of Warsawian
PragaPraga is a historical borough of Warsaw, the capital of Poland. It is located on the east bank of the river Vistula. First mentioned in 1432, until 1791 it formed a separate town with its own city charter.- History :...
. Bogusław married twice, first to countess Anna Doenhoff, from a prominent Pomeranian family, in 1629 and later to the daughter of Court and Grand Marshal Prince Aleksander Ludwik Radziwiłł, princess Joanna Katarzyna Radziwiłł, in 1658.
Bogusław Leszczyński was a Czech brethren. Converted to
CatholicismCatholicism is a broad term for the body of the Catholic faith, its theologies and doctrines, its liturgical, ethical, spiritual, and behavioral characteristics, as well as a religious people as a whole...
in 1642 but always supported Protestants. He was a frequent deputy and known orator of the
SejmThe Sejm is the lower house of the Polish parliament. Each member of Sejm is called Poseł.Before the 20th century, the term "Sejm" referred to the entire three-chamber Polish parliament, comprising the lower house , the upper house and the King. It was commonly termed a three-estate parliament...
, the
lower houseA lower house is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the upper house.Despite its theoretical position "below" the upper house, in many legislatures worldwide the lower house has come to wield more power...
of the Polish
parliamentA parliament is a legislature, especially in those countries whose system of government is based on the Westminster system modeled after that of the United Kingdom. The name is derived from the French parlement, the action of parler : a parlement is a discussion. The term came to mean a meeting at...
. He was a political rival of
Krzysztof OpalińskiKrzysztof Opaliński was a Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth noble , politician and writer . Voivode of Poznań, starosta kowelski, śremski, osiecki, międzyłęski.- Biography :Son of Piotr Opaliński...
. Also, he was often in opposition to plans of king Władysław IV Waza.
During the
SwedishSweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe...
invasion of 1655 ("
The DelugeIn the history of Poland and Lithuania, the Deluge commonly refers to a series of wars in the mid-to-late seventeenth century which left the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in ruins....
"), he was committed by a chapter of the Sejm to defend the province of Greater Poland, but instead Bogusław began to negotiate with the Swedes and the Prussian elector.
Although considered a great speaker, he was also criticised by many for being selfish and dishonorable. He was suspected of defalcation of money and royal jewels. A telling story is that when he was offered a Chancellor's post, he bribed the members of the parliament to grant him "
absolutionAbsolution is a traditional theological term for the forgiveness experienced in the traditional Churches in the Sacrament of Reconciliation.-Roman Catholic Church:...
", and when one of them later opposed him, he asked, curious: "Who's this son of a bitch that I failed to pay off?" After his death in 1659, deputies of the Sejm in 1662 were appointed to take matters up with his beneficiaries.
Bogusław held the following Sejm positions in
WarsawWarsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River roughly from both the Baltic Sea coast and the Carpathian Mountains. Its population as of 2009 was estimated at 1,709,781, and the Warsaw metropolitan area at approximately 2,785,000...
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- Marshal of the ordinary Sejm on 20 July – 4 October 1641,
- Convocation sejm
Convocation sejm was a special sejm in pre-partition Poland that, upon vacancy of the throne, was summoned to Warsaw by the Primate of Poland, acting as interrex....
on 16 July – 1 August 1648
- Member of ordinary Sejm of 22 November 1649 – 13 January 1650
Bogusław's grandson Stanisław become known as King Stanisław Leszczyński. Descendants include most of modern-age Catholic royals of Europe.