Łukasz Opaliński (1581–1654)

For other people by the same name, see Łukasz Opaliński (disambiguation).

Łukasz de Bnin Opaliński of Łodzia coat of arms (1581–1654)^[1] was a Polish nobleman.

Łukasz Opaliński
Coat of arms	Clan Łodzia
Born	1581
Died	1654
Noble family	Opaliński
Consorts	Anna Pilecka Zofia Daniłowicz Elżbieta Firlej
Father	Andrzej Opaliński
Mother	Katarzyna Kościelecka

He was castellan of Poznań from 1615,^[2] Court Marshal of the Crown from 1630,^[3] Grand Marshal of the Crown in 1634–1650,^[4] voivode of the Rawa Voivodeship,^[5] starost Wałecki, Leżajski, Hrubieszowski, Kolski, Odolanowski, Śremski, Łosicki, Ratneński, Ujski and Pilski.^[6] He was an enemy of Stanisław Stadnicki.

In 1620 when Michał Piekarski tried to attack king Sigismund III Vasa, Opaliński threw himself between them, saving the king. He also probably snatched his ax and overpowered him.^[7]

He was a supporter and trusted retainer of King Władysław IV Vasa, considered efficient and just. At the same time he was merciless in exploiting the crown lands he was entrusted as a starost.

He had three wives, Anna Pilecka, Zofia Daniłowicz and Elżbieta Firlej. He had two children with Pilecka, Elżbieta Opalińska and Konstancja Opalińska, as well as one child with Daniłowicz, Katarzyna Opalińska.

Founder of basilica in Leżajsk.

References

1. Słownik polskich teologów katolickich (in Polish). Akademia Teologii Katolickiej. 1981. p. 257. ISBN 978-83-7072-405-4. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
2. Kroniki benedyktynek poznańskich (in Polish). Wydawn. Miejskie. 2001. p. 282. ISBN 978-83-87847-52-4. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
3. Radziwiłł, Albrycht Stanisław (1968). Memoriale rerum gestarum in Polonia, 1632-1656: 1632-1633 (in Latin). Zakład Nardowy im. Ossolińskich. p. 5. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
4. Czartoryskich, Muzeum Narodowe w Krakowie Zbiory (1978). Muzeum Narodowe w Krakowie, Zbiory Czartoryskich: historia i wybór zabytków (in Polish). Arkady. p. 151. ISBN 978-83-213-2863-8. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
5. Władza i społeczeństwo w XVI i XVII w prace ofiarowane Antoniemu Mączakowi w sześćdziesiątą rocznicę urodzin. Państw. Wydawn. Naukowe. 1989. p. 192. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
6. "Łukasz Opaliński (z Bnina Opaliński) h. Łodzia". www.ipsb.nina.gov.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 12 February 2024.
7. Kuras, Katarzyna (2017). "Ceremony and Space: Contact between the Nobles and the Monarch from the 16th to the 18th Century in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth". Annales Universitatis Apulensis Series Historica. 21 (1): 45–72. ISSN 1453-9306. Retrieved 12 February 2024.