Stanisław "Rewera" Potocki
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| Stanisław "Rewera" Potocki | |
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| Coat of arms | Piława |
| Spouse(s) | Zofia Kalinowska Anna Mohyła |
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| Andrzej Potocki Feliks Kazimierz Potocki Wiktoria Elżbieta Potocka Anna Potocka Prokop Potocki |
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| Noble family | Potocki |
| Father | Andrzej Potocki |
| Mother | Zofia Piasecka |
| Born | 1589 Pidhaitsi, Poland |
| Died | 27 February 1667 (aged 77–78) Pidhaitsi, Poland |
Stanisław "Rewera" Potocki (1579–1667) was a Polish-Lithuanian noble, magnate and military leader.
Son of Rotmistrz Andrzej Potocki and Zofia Piasecka. Father of Hetman Feliks Kazimierz Potocki and Hetman Andrzej Potocki. Initially a lukewarm member of the Polish Reformed Church, under the influence of Jesuits and his first wife he converted from Calvinism to Catholicism. Married to Zofia Kalinowska since the 17th century and Anna Mohyła since c. 1658-1661.
He was podkomorzy of Podolia since 1621, castellan of Kamianets-Podilskyi since 1628, voivod of Bratslav Voivodeship since 1631 and Podolia voivodeship since 1636.
Field Crown Hetman since 1652, Great Crown Hetman since 1654, voivod of Kiev Voivodship since 1655, voivode of Kraków Voivodship since 1658.
Starost of Halych, Radom, Krasnystaw, Ropczyce, Medyka, Bar, Grodziec, Kolomyia, Mostyska, Drahimów, Letychiv and Dolina.
He fought inter alia in the Battle of Cecora in 1620 and the Battle of Chocim in 1621. In 1654 defeated at the Battle of Gródek Jagielloński by the Russians and Cossacks; soon afterards, during "The Deluge" he surrendered to Swedish troops, but later he joined the Tyszowce Confederation and fought on the side of King Jan II Kazimierz against Sweden. He defeated the Cossack and Russian army at the Battle of Ochmatów in 1655. In 1660 together with Hetman Jerzy Sebastian Lubomirski, he stopped Russian army of V.B. Shriemietiev and forced to surrender at Cudnów.
From 1665 to 1666 he fought on the side of the King, against the Lubomirski Rokosz.
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