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Aleksander Petrykowski

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Aleksander Petrykowski (d. 1672) was a Polish nobleman, starost of Nur and envoy to Crimea.

Family

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Kasper Niesiecki (d. 1744), a Polish heraldist, wrote his surname as Potrykowski.[1] This version was used by some authors.[2] Karol Szajnocha considered the version Potrykowski as the right one.[3] However modern historians used the version Petrykowski.[4] In biographical entires in the Polski słownik biograficzny Aleksander and his brother were described as Petrykowski (Potrykowski).[5][6]

Aleksander Petrykowski was a member of the noble family, which used Paprzyca as the coat of arm.[1]

He was son of Walerian Petrykowski.[5] His brother was Hieronim Petrykowski, later podkomorzy of Warsaw (podkomorzy warszawski) and member of parliament (sejm walny) of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.[5][6]

Aleksander Petrykowski was married to Helena Oleśnicka.[5] He left three children: son Jan and two daughters, Anna, wife of Krzysztof Jarzyna, and Teofila, wife of Bogusław Hulewicz.[5] Jan Petrykowski was later married to Lukrecja Radecka with whom got two children: son Adam and daughter Teofila.[1]

Life

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Aleksander inherited the village Petrykozy.[5] In 1648 he was one of electors of king Jan II Kazimierz.[5][2] On August 21, 1658 he became a podstoli of Warsaw (podstoli warszawski).[5]

In 1660 he received two king's villages in Rawa's voivodeship: Długołęka and Niedrzaków.[5]

On August 8, 1664 he became a podczaszy of Warsaw (podczaszy warszawski).[5] In the same year Petrykowski became a starost of Nur.[5]

In November 1664 he sent as an envoy to the Khan.[4][5]

He was sent to Khan again in August 1672 to make him a peace broker between Poland and Ottoman.[7]

Footnotes

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  1. ^ a b c Niesiecki, p. 468.
  2. ^ a b Zaprzeniec z Siemuszowej Pietruski, Oswald (1845). Elektorów poczet którzy niegdyś głosowali na elektów Jana Kazimierza r. 1648, Jana III r. 1674, Augusta II r. 1697 i Stanisława r. 1764 najjaśniejszych królów polskich, wielkich książąt litewskich, i t. d., i t. d. Lwów: Nakładem Kajetana Jabłońskiego. p. 284.
  3. ^ Szajnocha, Karol (1865). Przegląd krytyczny pierwszej większej połowy dzieła o stronach XLVIII 856: Jakóba Michałowskiego Księga pamiętnicza. Lwów: Nakładem Karola Wilda. p. 37-38.
  4. ^ a b Wójcik, p. 97.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Dzięgielewski, p. 708.
  6. ^ a b Dzięgielewski, Jan (1980). "Petrykowski (Potrykowski) Hieronim". Polski Słownik Biograficzny. Vol. 25. Polska Akademia Nauk & Polska Akademia Umiejętności. p. 709.
  7. ^ Bartoszewicz, p. 152.

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