Marcin Zborowski

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Polish noble

Gender:

Male

Places:

Poland

Is:

Noble

Work field:

Royals

Birth:

1492

Death:

1565

Family:

Father:

Andrzej Zborowski

Siblings:

Piotr Zborowski

Children:

Jan Zborowski Andrzej Zborowski Samuel Zborowski Krzysztof Zborowski Krystyna Zborowska Piotr Zborowski

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Marcin Zborowski (c. 1495 – 25 February 1565) was a Polish castellan (Polish: kasztelan) of Kalisz (since 1543), voivod (wojewoda) of Kalisz (since 1550), voivod of Poznań (since 1558) and castellan of Kraków (since 1562). He was one of the leaders of execution movement, co-initiator of the Chicken War (1537) and also supporter of the Reformation. Zborowski participated in the fourth war of the Muscovite-Lithuanian Wars (1512–1522) and in the Battle of Orsha (8 September 1514). Murderer of Dymitr Sanguszko (1554).