Jan Daniłowicz

Jan Daniłowicz
Coat of arms	Sas
Consort	Barbara Krasicka Zofia Żółkiewska
Issue with Barbara Krasicka Katarzyna Marcjanna with Zofia Żółkiewska Zofia Teofila Daniłowiczówna Stanisław Daniłowicz Jan Daniłowicz Dorota Daniłowiczówna
Full name Jan Daniłowicz na Olesku herbu Sas
Family	Daniłowicz
Father	Stanisław Daniłowicz
Mother	Katarzyna Tarło
Born	1570
Died	1628 Lwów

Jan Daniłowicz (1570–1628) was a Polish nobleman, voivode of the Ruthenian Voivodeship and grandfather of King Jan III Sobieski.

He was voivode of the Ruthenian Voivodship since 1613, castellan of Lviv since 1612, Great Krajczy of the Crown since 1600, Great Podczaszy of the Crown, łowczy of Belz, starost of Belz, Busk, Korsuń and Chyhyryn. In his youth he fought with the Tatars. In 1594 he participated in the suppression of the Nalyvaiko Uprising.

With his first wife Barbara Krasicka he had two daughters:

• Katarzyna – wife of Andrzej Firlej
• Marcjanna – wife of Stefan Koniecpolski

In 1605 he married Zofia Żółkiewska the daughter of Great Hetman of the Crown Stanisław Żółkiewski and had four children:

• Zofia Teofila – mother of King of Poland Jan III Sobieski
• Stanisław (d. 1636) – killed by Tatars
• Jan (b. 1613, d. 1618)
• Dorota – Benedictine Abbess in Lwów since 1640

Coat of arms

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  Coat of arms of Jan Daniłowicz. Sas, Topór, Herburt and Korczak (from his mother Katarzyna Tarło h. Topór, and his grandmothers Katarzyna Odnowska h. Herburt, and Regina Malczycka h. Korczak) coats of arms in Olesko castle main gate.

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  Main gate of the Olesko Castle.

Bibliography

• (Polish) Kazimierz Lepszy, Jan Daniłowicz, w: Polski Słownik Biograficzny, Kraków 1938, t. IV, s. 414-415.

External links

• Olesko Castle

References