Jan Wezyk
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Jan Wężyk of Wąż Coat of Arms, was the bishop of Przemyśl (from 1619/1620 until 1626) and archbishop of Gniezno, (from 1626), Primate of Poland and interrex
(for 9 months) after the death of king Sigismund III Vasa
in 1632, before the royal election of Władysław IV Waza.
As the interrerx he supported improving the procedures of the royal elections. He was a political ally of Polish queen consort Constance of Austria
, and took part in reform of church law in Poland.
He authored Synodus provincialis Gnesnensis A.D. 1628 die 22 mai celebrata (1629), Synodus provincialis Gnesensis (1634), and Constitutiones Synodorum Metropolitanae Ecclesiae Gnesnensis Provincialium (1630).
Interrex (Poland)
The institution of interrex existed in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, whose ruling classes liked to view their Republic or Commonwealth as an heir to Roman republican traditions...
(for 9 months) after the death of king Sigismund III Vasa
Sigismund III Vasa
Sigismund III Vasa was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, a monarch of the united Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1587 to 1632, and King of Sweden from 1592 until he was deposed in 1599...
in 1632, before the royal election of Władysław IV Waza.
As the interrerx he supported improving the procedures of the royal elections. He was a political ally of Polish queen consort Constance of Austria
Constance of Austria
Archduchess Constance of Austria was a Queen consort of Poland.-Biography:...
, and took part in reform of church law in Poland.
He authored Synodus provincialis Gnesnensis A.D. 1628 die 22 mai celebrata (1629), Synodus provincialis Gnesensis (1634), and Constitutiones Synodorum Metropolitanae Ecclesiae Gnesnensis Provincialium (1630).