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Coat of arms
  
Leliwa

Noble family
  
Sieniawski family

Spouse(s)
  
Elzbieta Lubomirska

Name
  
Adam Sieniawski

Adam Mikolaj Sieniawski
Father
  
Mikolaj Hieronim Sieniawski

Mother
  
Cecylia Maria Radziwill

Died
  
18 February 1726 Lwow, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

Adam Mikolaj Sieniawski (1666–1726) was a Polish noble (szlachcic), military leader.

Son of Hetman Mikolaj Hieronim Sieniawski and the daughter of Court and Grand Marshal Prince Aleksander Ludwik Radziwill, Princess Cecylia Maria Radziwill, He married Elzbieta Lubomirska, daughter of Court and Grand Marshal Prince Stanislaw Herakliusz Lubomirski, in 1687.

He was voivode of Belz Voivodeship from 1692 to 1710, Field Crown Hetman since 1702, Great Crown Hetman since 1706, Castellan of Krakow since 1710. Starost of Lviv, Rohatyn, Lubaczow, Stryj and Piaseczno.

In 1697 he supported Francois Louis, Prince of Conti as candidate for king of Poland but accepted the election of August II. As commander of the Sandomierz Confederation, he thwarted the attempt to unite forces of Stanislaw Leszczynski with them of Charles XII of Sweden. Later, in opposition to King August II.

Like his father he participated in the Vienna expedition of 1683. He led the left wing of Polish forces at the Battle of Vienna.

References

Adam Mikolaj Sieniawski Wikipedia


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