Coat of arms Name Jan Firlej Parents Piotr Firlej | Mother Katarzyna Teczynska | |
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Consort Zofia Boner (Bonarowa)Zofia Dzik (Doliwa)Barbara Mniszech Children Henryk Firlej, Piotr Firlej, Jan Firlej, Mikolaj Firlej, Andrzej Firlej Grandparents Mikolaj Firlej (died 1526) | ||
Great-grandparents Piotr z Dabrowicy | ||
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Jan Firlej (c. 1521, Dąbrowica, Lublin County – 1574, Kock) was a Polish nobleman (szlachcic), and Calvinist activist.
Jan became Great Marshal of the Crown in 1563 and starost of Kraków in 1572. He agreed with the candidature of Henryk Walezy for the Polish throne only on the condition that Henryk signing the Henrican articles. Voivode of Belz, Lublin and Kraków.
Around 1555 he founded a Calvinist church in Kock, and build a family residence there.
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