Stefan Kunicki

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Stefan Kunicki
Stephan Kunicki
Hetman of Right-bank Ukraine
In office
August 24, 1683 – 1684
Succeeded byAndrii Mohyla
Personal details
Borncirca 1640
Died1684
Mohyliv, Ottoman Empire

Stefan Kunicki (Ukrainian: Стефан Куницький or Степан Куницький; c. 1640 – 1684) was a Ruthenian military commander and hetman of Right-bank Ukraine. He was also a member of the Polish nobility.[1][2]

Biography

Kunicki's origin is unknown, also as his youth and beginning of military career.

Jan III Sobieski.[4] In February 1675 Dymitr Jerzy Wiśniowiecki nominated him deputy starosta of Nemyriv.[4] In spring 1676 he went to Moldavia[5] to rescue his nephews and other relatives from Turkish captivity.[4] As a podstarości he also worked in the field of the intelligence service. He collected information from Polish agents about the Turkish and Tatar armies for hetman Dymitr Jerzy Wiśniowiecki.[4]

In the second half of 1676 the situation in

Yuri Khmelnytsky was released from Turkish prison and furnished with the title "prince of Rus".[4] Turkey chose Nemyriv as a capital of Khanate of Ukraine.[6] Nonetheless, Kunicki did not fear a Turkish or Tatar invasion of Nemyriv.[7]

On December 4, 1678 colonel Hawryło Nehrebecki captured Nemyriv. It isn't known if Kunicki left town before the arrival of Nehrebecki or if he stayed for some time after 4 December.[7] Neither is it known what he did between 1678 and 1683, though he may have spent some time in Volhynia at the property of Dymitr Jerzy Wiśniowiecki.[7]

In 1683 he invaded Moldavia then advanced towards

Mohyliv. Andriy Mohyla, leader of the infantry, had to fight the Tatars alone but he successfully returned to Mohyliv. Mohyla's troops were very angry about Kunicki's behaviour[8] and he was sentenced to death and executed.[9] The infantry and cavalry proclaimed Mohyła as the new hetman.[9][5]

He was married to

Elena Kunitskaya
.

Notes

  1. ^ Тарас Чухліб (2008). "Зимовий похід 1683/1684 рр. українського козацтва проти Османів до причорноморського Степу" (PDF). Інститут історії України НАНУ.
  2. ^ a b c d Wagner (2005). "Materiały do biografii hetmana kozackiego Stefana Kunickiego": 385. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ^ Wdowiszewski (1987). "Regesty nobilitacji w Polsce (1404-1794)": 89. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ^ a b c d e f Wagner (2005). "Materiały do biografii hetmana kozackiego Stefana Kunickiego": 386. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. ^ a b Тарас Чухліб (2008). "Зимовий похід 1683/1684 рр. українського козацтва проти Османів до причорноморського Степу" (PDF). Інститут історії України НАНУ.
  6. ^ Rawita-Gawroński (1919). Ostatni Chmielniczenko (Zarys monograficzny) 1640-1679. pp. 138–139.
  7. ^ a b c Wagner (2005). "Materiały do biografii hetmana kozackiego Stefana Kunickiego": 387. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  8. ^ Rolle (1880). Zameczki podolskie. p. 208.
  9. ^ a b Rolle (1880). Zameczki podolskie. p. 209.

References

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