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Jan Firlej

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Jan Firlej
Coat of arms
Bornabt. 1521
Dąbrowica, Lublin County
Died(1574-04-25)25 April 1574
Kock
FamilyFirlej
ConsortZofia Boner (Bonarowa)
Zofia Dzik (Doliwa)
Barbara Mniszech
Issuewith Zofia Boner
Mikołaj Firlej
Andrzej Firlej
Jan Firlej
Piotr Firlej with Zofia Dzik
Anna Firlej
Henryk Firlej
FatherPiotr Firlej
MotherKatarzyna Tęczynska

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 Bełz, Lublin and Kraków.

Around 1555 he founded a Calvinist church in Kock, and build a family residence there.[1]

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  1. ^ (in Polish) Kock - historia miasta Archived 2007-10-08 at the Wayback Machine