Michał Wiśniowiecki (1529–1584)

Michał Wiśniowiecki or Mykhailo Vyshnevetsky (1529–1584) was a Ruthenian noble (szlachcic) of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. He was a prince at Wiśniowiec, magnate, Senior of Registered Cossacks, Hetman of Zaporozhian Cossacks, castellan of Bracław and Kijów (now Kyiv),^[1] starost of Czerkasy, Kaniów, Lubeka and Łojów. Great-grandfather of the future King of Poland, Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki.

Michał Wiśniowiecki
Coat of arms	Korybut
Born	1529
Died	1584
Family	Wiśniowiecki
Consort	Halszka Zenowiczówna h. Deszpot
Father	Aleksander Wiśniowiecki h. Korybut
Mother	Katarzyna Skoruta z Mołdaczyc h. Korczak

Wisnowiecki was born before the Union of Lublin in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

Marriage and issue

Michał married Halszka Zenowiczówna h. Deszpot and had five children^[2]

• Aleksander Wiśniowiecki (ca. 1560–1594), starost of Czerkasy, Kaniów, Korsuń Szewczenkowski, Lubeka and Łojów, married Helena Jełowiecka h. Jełowiecki
• Michał Wiśniowiecki (died 1616), married Regina Mohyła, father of Jeremi Wiśniowiecki, grandfather of King Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki
• Jerzy Wiśniowiecki (died 1618), married Teodora Czaplica h. Kierdeja
• Maryna Wiśniowiecka, married Teodor ks. Drucki-Horski h. Druck
• Zofia Wiśniowiecka (1595 – died after 1612), married Jerzy Ostafi Tyszkiewicz h. Leliwa

See also

• List of szlachta

Bibliography

• Filip Sulimierski, Bronisław Chlebowski, Władysław Walewski, Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, t. V, Warszawa, 1880–1902, s. 36.