ALEKSANDER KORWIN GOSIEWSKI, of Ślepowron coat of arms (d.1639)
Marshal of the extraordinary Seym in Warsaw 3-24 XII 1613
Starost of Punsk and Wieliszew, Referendary of Lithuania from 1610,
Grand Clerk of Lithuania from 1615, Palatine of Smoleńsk from 1625,
Field Clerk of Lithuania from 1630.
A diplomat, advocate of Polish armed interference in Muscovy
during the reign of Zygmunt III Vasa and Władysław IV.
He bravely led his own military unit in the battle of Kircholm (1605).
Between 1606-11 he took part in the campaigns of both False Dimitris.
He distinguished himself in the battlefield of Smolensk in 1610.
A military commander - fought with the Swedes in Livonia (1621-28).
During the 1633-34 war with Muscovy he went to relieve besiedged
Smolensk, defended Witebsk, Orsza and Mscislaw and then participated
in peace talks (Polanowo truce)
Portrait of Aleksander Korwin Gosiewski, 19th c.
- engraved by Antoni Tepplar from a drawing of Ks. Prek
- copperplate, 30x19,2 cm
- The National Museum in Cracow, (cat. no III-ryc. 28083)