KAZIMIERZ PIWARSKI
HIERONIM LUBOMIRSKI
GREAT HETMAN OF THE CROWN
Cracow 1929, General Store in Gebethner's Bookstore and Company, pp. IV 199, format: 15,5x24 cm
Issue 1.
"When, in 1704, King Charles XII of Sweden, having a large part of Poland in his hands, decided to finally end the war with Saxon, Augustus II, by way of dethroning King "Strong" and choosing a new ruler of the Republic favorable to himself - then he looked around for the most suitable candidate for this dignity. After Sobieski's imprisonment by Sas, the matter was not easy to resolve. Asked by Charles for his opinion, Primate Radziejowski mentioned several names of Polish lords, after all, emphasizing that the greatest prospects, in his opinion, had Hieronim Augustyn Lubomirski, Great Hetman of the Crown.
At the time, Hieronim Lubomirski stood at the height of his turbulent career. In a manifesto issued at the end of 1704 to clear himself of the heavy accusations leveled against him by the broad masses of the nobility, the hetman stressed that during his life he had passed through numerous career levels, reaching the highest honors and offices. From his youth he served his homeland," he wrote, "rendering warlike service from the eighteenth year of his youth until this advanced age, never having missed a campaign, and assisting all public councils of the Republic. I walked through the ranks to the honors, to this first in the Senate and the army having come to dignity."
Indeed, Lubomirski's biography, is a sizable rag of our history. Hieronim takes his first steps in the arena of public life and in the military camp during the reign of Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki. Against the backdrop of the reign of John III, his activity already stands out strongly. It is safe to say that there was no major military action, almost no court intrigue, or major political action in which one could not find the participation of Hieronim Lubomirski.
In the interregnum after John III, his role is already decisive. Finally, the first years of August II and the time of the Northern War allow him to stand out at the forefront of events - then, from beyond the mists of uncertainty and the vapors of misfortune, flooding the areas of the Republic, the phantom of the royal crown appeared to his eyes, just for one moment, only to soon disappear irretrievably and plunge the Hetman into the greyness of the last days of his life." source: Napoleon V Publishing.
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