Portrait of Krzysztof Zbaraski, ca. 1610, oil on canvas, Lviv Art Gallery named after Boris Voznytskyi
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Portrait of Krzysztof Zbaraski, ca. 1610, oil on canvas, Lviv Art Gallery named after Boris Voznytskyi
License: public domain, Source: Wikimedia Commons, License terms and conditions

Krzysztof Zbaraski

First name:

Krzysztof

Last Name:

Zbaraski

Parents:

Janusz Zbaraski i Anna Czetwertyńska

Crest:

Zbaraski

Date of birth:

1579

Date of death:

06-03-1627

Place od death:

Końskowola

Age:

Profession:

diplomat, starost, prince

Biography:

Krzysztof Zbaraski (1579-1627), son of Janusz Zbaraski and Anna Czetwertyńska, duke, crown cavalry officer, starosta of Krzemieniec and Wiślicki. He was educated at the universities of Vilnius, Cracow and Padua (under the tutelage of Galileo). With his considerable wealth, fluency in several languages and diplomatic talent, he gained a strong political position and, among others, was sent as a great deputy to the Ottoman Empire. He also became famous as a patron of the arts.