Jan Piotr Sapieha | |
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| Pan Hetman | |
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| Coat of arms | Lis |
| Born | 1569 Bychów, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth |
| Died | 15 October 1611 Moscow Kremlin |
| Family | Sapieha |
| Consort | Zofia Weiher |
| Father | Paweł Sapieha |
| Mother | Anna Chodkiewicz |
Jan Piotr Sapieha (English: John Peter Sapieha, 1569–1611) was a Polish-Lithuanian nobleman, general, politician, diplomat, governor of Uświat county, member of the Parliament and a skilled commander of the Polish troops stationing in the Moscow Kremlin.
Sapieha was a participant of the Polish-Swedish War – he brought a private regiment of 100 Cossacks, and commanded the right wing, consisting of 400 winged hussars and mounted 700 Cossack, of the Polish-Lithuanian army during the famous Battle of Kircholm in 1605. He also participated in the Polish–Muscovite War (1605–18), where he commanded the failed siege of Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra in 1608 and later fought anti-Polish Muscovite forces near Moscow, led by Prokopy Lyapunov. He died suddenly on 15 October, during the siege of the Moscow Kremlin.[1]
Known for his ruthlessness towards the Russian peoples, he was nicknamed Pan Hetman, literally meaning Mr General.[1]
- ^ a b "Jan Piotr Sapieha h. Lis". Archived from the original on 2016-09-02. Retrieved 2015-01-22.