Mikołaj Potocki
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| Mikołaj Potocki | |
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| Noble Family | Potocki |
| Coat of Arms | Piława |
| Parents | Jakub Potocki Jadwiga Prusinowska |
| Consorts | Zofia Firlej Elżbieta Kazanowska |
| Children | with Zofia Firlej Piotr Potocki Stefan Potocki Mikołaj Potocki Marianna Potocka Wiktoria Potocka Henryk Potocki with Elżbieta Kazanowska Jakub Potocki Joanna Potocka Dominik Potocki |
| Date of Birth | 1595 |
| Place of Birth | ? |
| Date of Death | November 20, 1651 |
| Place of Death | ? |
Mikołaj "Niedźwiedzia Łapa" Potocki, (1595-20th November 1651) was a Polish noble (szlachcic), magnate and Field Crown Hetman of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1637 to 1646, Great Crown Hetman from 1646 to 1651, voivode of Braclaw Voivodship from 1636, from 1646 castellan of Kraków.
Captured during the battle of Cecora by Turks. In 1633 during the battle of Paniowce, along with Jeremi Wisniowiecki and Stanisław Koniecpolski defeated the Turk forces under Abaza pasza.
In 1637 defeated rebelious Cossacks under Paweł Pawluk at the battle of Kumejki and in 1638 forced Dymitr Hunia to surrender. After those victories over Cossacks he recievied large estates on Ukraine (Kresy).
During the Sejm of 1646 he opposed plan of the king Władysław IV Waza to wage war against the Turks.
He was known to be very oppressive to peasantry and Cossacks. His behaviour was one of the causes of the Bohdan Khmelnytsky rebellion. In 1648 he disregarded monrach's orders and attacked rebellious Cossacks on Ukraine. He was defeated during battle of Żółte Wody and battle of Korsuń and captured by Tatars years. In April 1650 released from jasyr, during 28-30 June he was victorious over Tatar and Cossack forces at the battle of Beresteczko.
On 18 September of 1651, after the indecisive battle of Biała Cerkwia he negotiated a treaty with the Cossacks.
Died on 20th November 1651.
References
- Hetmani Rzeczypospolitej Obojga Narodów; Bellona, Warsaw, 1994 ISBN 8311082758
