Mikołaj Oleśnicki the younger
Polish noble
Died when: 71 years 227 days (859 months)Star Sign: Taurus
Mikolaj Olesnicki the younger (30 April 1558 - 13 December 1629) was a Polish nobleman and latterly voivode of Lublin.He was son of Jan Olesnicki, lord of Chmielnik in the voivodie of Sandomir His uncle was Lord Mikolaj Olesnicki the elder (d. 1556) a Polish Calvinist nobleman who established the first Protestant academy in Poland at Pinczów in 1550, and his aunt Zofia Olesnicka (d. c.1567) was the first notable Polish woman poet.
Raised a Calvinist, he converted in 1598 to Roman Catholicism, and became an important figure at court.
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