Jan Tęczyński (1485–1553)


John Gabriel Tęczyński Chamberlain and voivode of Sandomierz, Castellan and the governor of Lublin, the Speaker of the court of the Crown, Castellan of Wojnicki, Count of the Holy Roman Empire.

Family

Born in 1485 into the Szlachta Topór coat of arms to mother Anna Konińska of Konin of the House of Tęczyński and his father Jana Konińskiego. His Grandfather was Gabriel Tęczyński and uncles Stanislaus Tęczyński and Andrew Tęczyński , and four sisters.
His wife Dobrochna Sapieżanka h. Fox was the daughter of Jana Sapiehy a royal secretary and chancellor of Queen Helena, the governor of Podlasie and Marshall of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. They had a son Stanislav Gabriel Tęczyński who was Castellan of Lviv, and provincial governor of Krakow, and a daughter Beata Tęczyńską, whose husband was John Zabrzeziński - the son of Jan Jurjewicz Zabrzeziński. His second wife Anna was the daughter of John and Anna Buczacki.

Early life

In his youth he studied at the Academy of Krakow and grew up at the court in Königsberg where he was a close confidant of Queen Bona; In 1510, together with his brothers and Stanislaw Andrzej he purchased half of Krasnik In 1527AD Emperor Charles V granted him the title of Count Imperia Sacri Romani and Polish King Sigismund I made him ambassador to the kings of Hungary and Czech.

Career

A successful politician at court, he was:
He died on May 21, 1553 and is buried in Krasnik.