Jan Dobrogost Krasiński
Jan Dobrogost Krasiński | |
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Teresa Chodkiewicz Teresa Jadwiga Jabłonowska | |
| Issue | with Teresa Chodkiewicz Stanisław Bonifacy Krasiński |
| Father | Jan Kazimierz Krasiński |
| Mother | Urszula Grzybowska |
Jan Dobrogost Bonawentura Krasiński (English: John Krasinski, 10 June 1639 – 21 February 1717) was a Polish
szlachcic
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Biography
He was the son of
.Linked with the court of John III Sobieski, he was an ally, adviser and a friend of the king. He participated in the Battle of Vienna in 1683 commanding a winged hussars squadron.
He became an elector at the court of King Augustus II the Strong in 1697.
Krasiński was a great patron of the arts and founder of many art galleries in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Between 1682 and 1695 he ordered to build a magnificent palace in Warsaw, known today as the Palace of the Commonwealth.
He was buried in Węgrów.
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