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Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki
Image:MWisniowiecki.jpg
Reign	From June 19, 1669 until November 10, 1673
Elected	On June 19 1669 in Wola, today suburb of Warsaw, Poland
Coronation	On September 29, 1669 in the Wawel Cathedral, Kraków, Poland
Coat of Arms	Korybut
Parents	Jeremi Michał Wiśniowiecki Gryzelda Konstancja Zamoyska
Consorts	Elenora Maria Habsburg
Children	none
Date of Birth	July 31, 1640
Place of Birth	Wiśniowiec, Poland, (now Ukraine)
Date of Death	November 10, 1673
Place of Death	Lwów, Poland, (now Ukraine)
Place of Burial	Wawel, Świętokrzyska Chapel, Kraków, Poland buried on January 31, 1676

Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki (July 31, 1640 – November 10, 1673), son of Jeremi Michał Wiśniowiecki and his wife Gryzelda Konstancja Zamoyska, was King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth from September 29, 1669, to his death in 1673.

In 1670 he was married to Eleonora Maria Josefa, Archduchess of Austria, a Habsburg, born 1653 at Regensburg died 1697 at Vienna, daughter of Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor and stepdaughter of his third wife Eleonore Gonzaga.

Michal Korybut owed allegiance to the Imperial Habsburgs as a member of the Order of the Golden Fleece.

[edit] Royal titles

• Official Latin version: Michael I, Dei Gratia rex Poloniae, magnus dux Lithuaniae, Russie, Prussiae, Masoviae, Samogitiae, Livoniae, Smolenscie, Kijoviae, Volhyniae, Podoliae, Podlachiae, Severiae, Czernichoviaeque, etc.
  

(citation from one contemporary document: "Michael primvs, Dei gratia rex Poloniae, magnus dvx Lituaniae, Russiae, Prussiae, Masouiae, Samogitiae, Kiiouiae, Volhyniae, Podlachiae, Podoliae, Liuoniae, Smolensciae, Seueriae Czernihouiaeque etc"

• English translation: Michael I, by God's grace King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania, Ruthenia [Ukraine and Belarus], Prussia, Masovia, Samogitia, Livonia, Smolensk, Kyiv, Volhynia, Podolia, Podlachia, Severia and Chernihiv, etc.

[edit] Biography

Following the abdication of King Jan II Kazimierz Vasa and the end of The Deluge, the Polish nobility (szlachta) elected Michał Wiśniowiecki king. He was the first monarch of Polish origin since the last of the Jagiellon Dynasty, Zygmunt II August, had died in 1572. Michał was the son of a successful but controversial military commander, Jeremi Michał Wiśniowiecki, known for his ruthless actions against Bohdan Chmielnicki's Uprising.

Michał Wiśniowiecki's reign was less than successful. His father's military fame notwithstanding, Michał lost a war against the Turks, who occupied Podole. He was unable to cope with his responsibilities and with Poland's quarreling factions. On his death, Jan Sobieski was elected King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

[edit] See also

• History of Poland (1569-1795)

Preceded by: Jan II Kazimierz

King of Poland 1669–1673

Succeeded by: Jan III Sobieski

<tr><th colspan="2">Monarchs of Poland</th></tr> <tr><th>Piast</th><td>Siemowit •Lestko •Siemomysł •Mieszko I •Boleslaw I the Brave •Mieszko II Lambert •Bezprym •Mieszko II Lambert •Casimir I the Restorer •Boleslav II the Bold •Władysław I Herman •Zbigniew of Poland •Bolesław III Wrymouth •Władysław II the Exile •Bolesław IV the Curly •Mieszko III the Old •Casimir II the Just •Leszek I the White •Władysław III Spindleshanks •Władysław Odonic •Mieszko IV Tanglefoot •Konrad I of Masovia •Henry I the Bearded •Henry II the Pious •Konrad I of Masovia •Bolesław V the Chaste •Leszek II the Black •Henryk IV Probus •Premislas II</td></tr> <tr><th>Přemyslid</th><td>Venceslaus II •Wenceslaus III</td></tr> <tr><th>Piast</th><td>Władysław I the Elbow-high •Casimir III the Great</td></tr> <tr><th>Angevin</th><td>Ludwik the Hungarian •Jadwiga Angevin</td></tr> <tr><th>Jagiellon</th><td>Władysław II Jagiełło •Władysław III of Varna •Casimir IV Jagiellon •John I Albert •Alexander Jagiellon •Sigismund I the Old •Sigismund II Augustus</td></tr> <tr><th>Elected</th><td>Henry III of France •Anna Jagiellon •Stefan Batory •Sigismund III Vasa •Władysław IV Vasa •John II Casimir •Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki •John III Sobieski •August II the Strong •Stanisław Leszczyński •Augustus II the Strong •Stanisław Leszczyński •August III the Saxon •Stanisław August Poniatowski</td></tr> be:Міхал Вішнявецкі

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