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Mikołaj Hieronim Sieniawski
Mikolaj Hieronim Sieniawski
Noble Family Sieniawski
Coat of Arms Leliwa
Parents Adam Hieronim Sieniawski
Wiktoria Elżbieta Potocka
Consorts Cecylia Maria Radziwiłł
Children with Cecylia Maria Radziwiłł
Adam Mikołaj Sieniawski
Joanna Sieniawska
Teofilia Sieniawska
Date of Birth 1645
Place of Birth ?
Date of Death December 15, 1683
Place of Death ?

Mikołaj Hieronim Sieniawski (1645-1683) was a Polish noble (szlachcic), military leader, politician.

Son of the starost of Lwów Adam Hieronim Sieniawski and Wiktoria Elżbieta Potocka, the daughter of Hetman Stanisław "Rewera" Potocki. He married in 1662 the daughter of Court and Grand Marshal Prince Aleksander Ludwik Radziwiłł, Princess Cecylia Maria Radziwiłł.

Leliwa Coat of Arms

He was Grand Guardian of the Crown since 1644, Great Chorąży of the Crown since 1668, Court Marshall of the Crown since 1676, starost of Lwów since 1679, voivode of Volhynian Voivodship since 1679, Field Crown Hetman since 1682 and starost of Radom, Rohatyn, and Piaseczno.

He became famous as a talented commander in wars against Cossacks and Tatars during the reign of King Jan II Kazimierz. In the rank of a Chorąży he companioned Jan Sobieski in the Chocim expedition.

He was Marshal of the Coronation Sejm on March 2 - March 14, 1676 in Kraków.

Like his son Adam Mikołaj, he participated in the Vienna expedition of 1683.