Marcin Kątski

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Count
Marcin Kątski
Urszula Denhof
FatherWojciech Kątski, Count Brochwicz
MotherAnna ze Stogniewów, Countess Lubicz

Count Marcin Kazimierz Kątski of

Voivode of Kiev (1684–1702) and Castellan of Kraków
(1706–1710).

Kątski took part in all campaigns led by King

Parkany
.

Biography

Early life and studies

King

John II Casimir to the Dnieper river in Ruthenia
.

Military career and politics

Kątski became the General of Artillery of the Crown in 1667. He Participated in all of the campaigns of chief captain,

John Sobieski, including the siege of Vienna
in 1683, when Kątski was only an artillery commander. However all of the armies of the Allies commanded by him managed to get through with 28 guns through the hills of the Viennese Woods.

During the reign of

Kamieniec Podolski
and regained the fortress.

During his military career, Kątski received merit for the development of Polish artillery and fortifications. His effort was visible at the confluence of the

Zbrucz
rivers where a neglected defensive castle developed into the famous fortress and stronghold called Okopy Św. Trójcy (lit. Trenches of Holy Trinity).

In 1669 Kątski killed, in a

Kiev and provincial governor and castellan of Kraków
.

Marriage and issue

Marcin Kazimierz Kątski married

Urszula Denhof, countess Denhof, daughter of treasurer Teodor Denhof, count Denhof and Katharina Francis von Bessen and had three children:[1][2]

Bibliography

  • Marcin Kątski, Diariusz wyprawy wiedeńskiej króla Jana III w roku 1683, 2003
  • Polski Słownik Biograficzny, t. 12, s. 316
  • Piotr Salamon, Marcin Kazimierz Kątski 1635–1710 zarys biograficzny, Kraków 2013
  • Jan Wimmer: Generał Marcin Kątski, 1954

References
  1. ^ "Genealogia dynastyczna". Archived from the original on 2013-12-24. Retrieved 2013-12-22.
  2. ^ "Marcin Kącki z Kątów h. Brochwicz".

External links

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