Feliks Zamoyski (?-1535) was a Polish nobleman (szlachcic). Szlachta ( pronounced: [ʃlaxta]) was the noble class in Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania ( Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth). ... Zamoyski family coat of arms: Jelita. ... History The history of Polish heraldry is an integral part of the history of szlachta, or a local class of nobility. ... Jelita - is a Polish Coat of Arms. ... (14th century - 15th century - 16th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 15th century was that century which lasted from 1401 to 1500. ... Events January 18 - Lima, Peru founded by Francisco Pizarro April - Jacques Cartier discovers the Iroquois city of Stadacona, Canada (now Quebec) and in May, the even greater Huron city of Hochelaga (now Montreal) June 24 - The Anabaptist state of Münster (see Münster Rebellion) is conquered and disbanded. ... Events January 18 - Lima, Peru founded by Francisco Pizarro April - Jacques Cartier discovers the Iroquois city of Stadacona, Canada (now Quebec) and in May, the even greater Huron city of Hochelaga (now Montreal) June 24 - The Anabaptist state of Münster (see Münster Rebellion) is conquered and disbanded. ... This article needs cleanup. ...
He became the voivode of Belz Voivodship in 1514, the Lowczy of Chelmno in 1517, and the Wojski of Chelmno, Tax collector (poborca) of Chelmno and Belz in 1524. He also became the District Writer of Chelmno in 1525 and the Podkomorzy of Chelmno. For the heavy metal music band see Voivod (band). ... Bełz Voivodship (Polish: Województwo Bełskie, Latin: Palatinatus Belzensis) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland from 14th century to the partitions of Poland in 1772_1795. ... Events March - Louis XII of France makes peace with Emperor Maximilian. ... The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ... The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ... Events January 22 - Battle of Ridanieh. ... Wojski was a office in medieval Poland. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Events March 1, 1524/5 - Giovanni da Verrazano lands near Cape Fear (approx. ... Events January 21 - The Swiss Anabaptist Movement was born when Conrad Grebel, Felix Manz, George Blaurock, and about a dozen others baptized each other in the home of Manzs mother on Neustadt-Gasse, Zürich, breaking a thousand-year tradition of church-state union. ... The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (or The Republic of the Two Nations, Rzeczpospolita Obojga Narodów in Polish; Belarusian: Рэч Паспалі́тая) was a federal monarchy-republic formed by the Kingdom of Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania, between 1569 and 1795. ...
In opposition to the king, Zamoyski advocated religious tolerance, opposed the growing power of the Roman Catholic Church and Jesuits, and warned against forcing the Commonwealth into useless dynasty wars with Sweden, especially with the constant danger from the Ottoman Empire.
Zamoyski failed to dethrone Sigismund but won for himself a free hand in the Moldavian campaign where in 1595 he helped hospodar Ieremia Movilă (Jeremi Mohyła) to gain the throne.
Jan Zamoyski is one of the characters in the famous painting by Jan Matejko: Sermon of Skarga.
By the early 17th century, the magnates of Poland and Lithuania were in near-total control of the Commonwealth — or rather, they managed to ensure that no reforms be carried out that might weaken their privileged status.
Zamoyski's progressive legal code, containing elements of constitutional reform, failed to be adopted by the Sejm.
A number of magnates who had opposed the Constitution from the start, such as Feliks Potocki and Ksawery Branicki, asked Tsarina Catherine to intervene and restore their privileges abolished under the Constitution.
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