Kazimierz Lew Sapieha, of Lis coat of arms (1609-1656)
Marshal of the regular Seym in Warsaw 20 I-4 III 1637
Grand Clerk of Lithuania from 1633, Marshal of the Court of Lithua-
nia from 1637, Vice-Chancellor of Lithuania from 1645.
Son of
Lew Sapieha,
Grand Hetman of Lithuania (pos.2),
extensively educated - studied in Vilna, Munich, Lowanium
in 1621-30, had command of seven languages. He participated in
the negotiations with Muscovy ended by Polanowo truce (1634).
He was in close relations with King Władysław IV, on whose behalf
he welcomed on the border Queen Marie-Louise arriving in Poland;
he was appointed by the monarch to be the executor of his last will.
He repelled Chmielnicki's invasion on Lithuania, which brought him
thanks in the 1649 Seym. His Seym speech 'Oratis ad Reipublicae
Polonae Senatores a 1649 dictata' was frequently quoted as a model
deputy statement. He opened the civil and canonic law faculties
at the Vilna Academy, which received his rich library as well.
He founded a Kartuzy monastery at Bereza.
Portrait of Kazimierz Lew Sapieha, 1667
- engraved by Wawrzyniec Willatz
- capperplate, 15,2cm x 12,5cm
- The National Museum in Warsaw (cat. no Gr.Pol.13271)