Jeremi MichaÅ Koribut WiÅniowiecki (1612- August 20, 1651) was a notable member of the gentry of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, prince at WiÅniowiec, Åubny and Chorol and a father of future Polish king MichaÅ Korybut WiÅniowiecki.
Jeremi himself married Gryzelda Zamoyska, daughter of Chancellor Tomasz Zamoyski in 1639.
In 1641, after the death of his uncle Konstanty WiÅniowiecki, Jeremi became the last adult male of the WiÅniowiecki family and inherited all the remaining estates of the clan, despite a brief conflict with Aleksander Ludwik RadziwiÅÅ who also claimed the inherited land.
The most notorious practitioner of szlachta terror tactics was JeremiWisniowiecki, the wealthiest magnate in the land.
When the rebellion caught him on his estates on the Left Bank, Wisniowiecki mustered his well trained private army of 6000, gathered together as many of the terrified nobles, priests, and Jews as he could, and set off on an epic, roundabout retreat to the west.
Although Wisniowiecki's feats won him adulation in Poland, they so infuriated the Ukrainian masses that they would brook no talk of compromise and vowed to fight him to the death.
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