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- Sieniawski is a Polish surname, it may refer to: Adam Hieronim Sieniawski (1576–1616), Polish–Lithuanian noble Adam Hieronim Sieniawski (1623–1650), Polish noble, starost of Lwów since 1648, Field Clerk of the Crown since 1649 Adam Mikołaj Sieniawski (1666–1726), Polish noble (szlachcic), military leader
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The Sieniawski family (plural: Sieniawscy, feminine form: Sieniawska) was a Polish szlachta family. They were magnates in the First Republic of Poland. Their properties were inherited by the Czartoryski family after the family expired in the 18th century.
Sieniawski. A Polish magnate family which was influential in Polish political and military affairs in the 16th to 18th centuries and had extensive landholdings in Galicia (around Sieniawa) and Podilia. Some of its members played a significant role in the history of Ukraine.
Mikołaj Sieniawski (c. 1489 – 1569) was a notable Polish magnate, military commander and a prominent politician of his times. He built stone Brzeżany Castle round which the modern town of Berezhany has developed. Since 1539 Mikołaj Sieniawski served as a Field Hetman of the Crown and took
Sieniawski, Adam Mikołaj, b ca 1666, d 1726 in Lviv. Polish magnate; last of the Sieniawski dynasty. He was the voivode of Belz (from 1692), royal field hetman (from 1702), royal grand hetman (from 1706), and castellan of Cracow (from 1710). He fought against the Cossacks led by Semen Palii (1703–4) and was supported by Muscovy in his ...
Sieniawski reopened the battle by sending out a choragiew (standard Polish cavalry unit) of Crown hussars. These crashed through two enemy lines but the 150 or so horsemen were unequal to the task. Forced to retreat they lost a third of their number. Falsely anticipating an Ottoman advance the overzealous Sieniawski sent in a second choragiew ...
Sieniawa's history dates back to the 17th century, and the town owes its existence to the once powerful Sieniawski family. It was founded in 1676, on initiative of Voivode of Volhynia and Starosta of Lwow, Mikolaj Hieronim Sieniawski, who owned enormous estates in eastern lands of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Mikołaj Sieniawski (c. 1489 – 1569) was a notable Polish magnate, military commander and a prominent politician of his times. He built Brzeżany Castle round which the modern town of Berezhany has developed. He is not to be confused with his descendant Mikołaj Hieronim Sieniawski, who was also a...
