Janusz Wiśniowiecki

Janusz Wiśniowiecki
Coat of arms	Korybut
Born	1598
Died	1636
Family	Wiśniowiecki
Consort	Katarzyna Eugenia Tyszkiewicz
Issue	Dymitr Jerzy Wiśniowiecki Konstanty Krzysztof Wiśniowiecki
Father	Konstanty Wiśniowiecki
Mother	Anna Zachorowska h. Korczak

Prince Janusz Wiśniowiecki (1598–1636) was Polish nobleman, koniuszy wielki koronny (i.e. High Royal Equerry) from 1633, starost of Krzemieniec.

In 1631 after the death of Jerzy Zbaraski inherited Puławy.

Marriage and issue

Janusz married Katarzyna Eugenia Tyszkiewicz on 19 September 1627 in Wilno, the daughter of voivode of Mścisław, Troki and Wilno Janusz Skumin Tyszkiewicz h. Leliwa and had four children:

• Dymitr Jerzy Wiśniowiecki (1631–1682), married Marianna Zamoyska h. Jelita, later Princess Teofila Ludwika Zasławska
• Konstanty Krzysztof Wiśniowiecki (1633–1686), married Urszula Teresa Mniszech, daughter of castellan of Nowy Sącz Franciszek Bernard Mniszech, later Anna Chodorowska h. Korczak
• Anna Wiśniowiecka
• Barbara Katarzyna Wiśniowiecka

Legacy

Samuel Twardowski, a 17th-century Polish poet and writer, wrote an epic Książę Wiśniowiecki Janusz (or Prince Janusz Wiśniowiecki).[1]

Bibliography

• Ilona Czamańska: Wiśniowieccy. Monografia rodu. Poznań: Wydawnictwo Poznańskie, 2007, ISBN 83-7177-229-7.

References

• Marek, Miroslav. "Genealogy of Wiśniowiecki-Zbaraski family". Genealogy.EU. {{cite web}}: External link in |publisher= (help)