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3 unusual facts about Jan Zamoyski


Dariusz Szpakowski

Szpakowski, a graduate of Warsaw’s Jan Zamoyski High School and of Jozef Pilsudski University of Physical Education in Warsaw.

Polish heraldry

For example: Jan Zamoyski herbu Jelita means "Jan Zamoyski of the Jelita coat of arms" (though it is often translated as "of the clan Jelita" or herbu is Latinized de armis).

Radu Mihnea

He replaced Polish vassal Simion Movilă on the throne in Bucharest after the brief occupation of Wallachia by the troops of hetmans Jan Zamoyski and Jan Karol Chodkiewicz.



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