Michał Kazimierz Pac
Polish-Lithuanian nobleman (c. 1624 – 1682) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Michał Kazimierz Pac (Lithuanian: Mykolas Kazimieras Pacas; c. 1624 – 4 April 1682) was a nobleman and prominent military leader of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, and of one the most influential members of the magnate Pac family. Educated by Jesuits and Mikołaj Krzysztof "the Orphan" Radziwiłł, Pac joined the military at a young age and rose through its ranks to fight against Russian, Turkish, and Swedish armies. Throughout his life, Pac was the Field Hetman of Lithuania, Voivode of Smolensk, as well as Great Hetman.[2] Known for being a devout and ambitious personality of the Baroque period, Pac was interred below the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, Vilnius along with a memorial plaque he commissioned.[3]
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Michał Kazimierz Pac | |
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Great Hetman of Lithuania | |
Reign | 1663–1667 |
Predecessor | Paweł Jan Sapieha |
Successor | Kazimierz Jan Sapieha |
Born | c. 1624 |
Died | 4 April 1682 Vokė, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth |
Buried | Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, Vilnius |
Noble family | Pac |
Father | Piotr Pac |
Mother | Halszka (Elżbieta) Szemiot[1] |
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