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Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki

1640 - 1673

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Michael I (Polish: Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki, Lithuanian: Mykolas I Kaributas Višnioveckis; 31 May 1640 – 10 November 1673) was the ruler of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth as King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 29 September 1669 until his death in 1673. Michael was chosen partly because of the merit of his father, prince Jeremi Wiśniowiecki, a powerful border magnate who had helped suppress the rebellious Cossacks during the Khmelnytsky Uprising. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki has received more than 188,336 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia. Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki is the 2,793rd most popular politician (up from 2,799th in 2019), the 109th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 99th in 2019) and the 38th most popular Ukrainian Politician.

Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki was a Polish military commander and nobleman. He was one of the most successful military commanders in the history of Poland, and was the first person to hold the position of the Grand Crown Hetman. He is most famous for being the father of King John III Sobieski, who led the Polish forces to victory over the Ottoman Empire in the Battle of Vienna.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki ranks 2,793 out of 19,576. Before him are Theophano, Gudrun Burwitz, Chilperic I, Absalon, Cecily Neville, Duchess of York, and Bolesław Bierut. After him are Causantín mac Cináeda, Baldwin I, Margrave of Flanders, Mykola Azarov, John William Friso, Prince of Orange, Jacob Zuma, and Nigel Farage.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1640, Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki ranks 5. Before him are Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor, Philippe I, Duke of Orléans, Man in the Iron Mask, and Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart, Marquise de Montespan. After him are Pu Songling, La Voisin, Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe, Gaspar Sanz, Aphra Behn, Antoine Coysevox, and Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland. Among people deceased in 1673, Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki ranks 5. Before him are Molière, Charles de Batz de Castelmore d'Artagnan, Margaret Theresa of Spain, and Salvator Rosa. After him are Semyon Dezhnev, Joan Blaeu, Regnier de Graaf, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Eugene Maurice, Count of Soissons, Barent Fabritius, and Robert Moray.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki ranks 109 out of 1,365. Before him are Nestor the Chronicler (1056), Karol Szymanowski (1882), Lev Shestov (1866), Yevgeny Primakov (1929), Gregory Skovoroda (1722), and Vsevolod I of Kiev (1030). After him are Lee Strasberg (1901), Boris Shcherbina (1919), Ivan Paskevich (1782), Stepan Makarov (1848), Alexander Archipenko (1887), and Sofia Rotaru (1947).

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Among POLITICIANS In Ukraine

Among politicians born in Ukraine, Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki ranks 38. Before him are Nikolai Podgorny (1903), Karl Radek (1885), Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860), Edward Rydz-Śmigły (1886), Yevgeny Primakov (1929), and Vsevolod I of Kiev (1030). After him are Boris Shcherbina (1919), Anatoly Lunacharsky (1875), Nikolai Tikhonov (1905), Sviatopolk II of Kiev (1050), Anastasia of Kiev (1023), and Sviatoslav II of Kiev (1027).

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