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 | After M. Raczkowicz's death, Bialystok became the property of the Wiesiolowski - late Mikolaj's wife - Katarzyna Wollowiczowna, bequested the assets on her second husband, Piotr Wiesiolowski. |
| Piotr Wiesiolowski junior, who owned Bialystok between 1556 - 1621, Grand Marshal, was most merit to city from family. |
| After the death of the last Wiesiolowski (Krzysztof) in 1645, Bialystok was incorporated into the Tykocin Region and became part of Poland. |
| History of the Raczki Area & the Ostrowskis (5148 words) |
| There may be another explanation for his opposition to Sobieski: apparently the two had fought a duel in their youth over a woman whom they were both courting (http://www.ststanislas.org/poland/jansobieski.html). |
| Another reference to the portrait, one that includes Krzysztof's wife's full name (Clara Isabelle de Mailly Lascaris), is at http://lkma.w3.lt/annuals/19annual_en.html. |
| According to Daniel Stone, Krzysztof was Vice-Chancellor of Lithuania and leader of the Royal Party in Lithuania in 1661 and 1662, when a group of nobles controlled the Sejm and demanded Pac's execution because of his support of the King, Jan Kazimierz. |
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