- Michał Kazimierz Pac
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Michał Kazimierz Pac (Lithuanian: Mykolas Kazimieras Pacas, Belarusian: Міхал Казімір Пац; 1624 – 4 April 1682 in Vokė near Vilnius) was a magnate of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and a member of the Pac family. He was a son of Stefan Pac and a brother of Krzysztof Zygmunt Pac, the Chancellor of Lithuania.
Michał Kazimierz Pac joined the army as a young man and steadily rose through its ranks. In 1663, during the Second Northern War, when the territory of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth was occupied by Russian and Swedish soldiers, Pac was appointed as the Field Hetman of Lithuania and voivode of Smolensk. He was further promoted to Great Hetman in 1667 and voivode of Vilnius in 1669.[1] Pac opposed election of Michael Korybut Wiśniowiecki (ruled 1669–1673) to the throne of the Commonwealth. In 1673, Pac fought in the Battle of Khotyn against the Turks. After death of Wiśniowiecki, he opposed election of John III Sobieski (ruled 1674–1696). When it was discovered that Pac plotted with Austria and Brandenburg against Sobieski, he fell from public favor.[1]
Michał Kazimierz Pac funded the construction of St. Peter and St. Paul Church in Vilnius, considered to be one of the best examples of Baroque architecture in Lithuania. Following his wishes, he was interred in the church vestibule and his grave was marked with a Latin inscription Hic iacet pecator (English: Here lies a sinner).[1]
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Court Marshals of Lithuania
(Marszałek nadworny litewski)Michael Glinski · Jerzy Iwan Ilinicz · Jerzy Radziwiłł · Iwan Hornostaj · Ostafi Wołłowicz · Mikołaj Krzysztof "the Orphan" Radziwiłł · Albrycht Stanisław Radziwiłł · Mikołaj Talwosz · Krzysztof Monwind Drohostajski · Piotr Wiesiołowski · Jan Stanisław Sapieha · Krzysztof Wiesiołowski · Aleksander Ludwik Radziwiłł · Kazimierz Leon Sapieha · Antoni Jan Tyszkiewicz · Krzysztof Zawisza · Teodor Aleksander Lacki · Józef Bogusław Słuszka · Jan Karol Dolski · Aleksander Paweł Sapieha · Michał Kazimierz Pac · Janusz Antoni Wiśniowiecki · Józef Wandalin Mniszek · Michał Kazimierz Pac · Paweł Karol Sapieha · Michał "Rybeńko" Radziwiłł · Ignacy Anicenta Kieżgajło Zawisza · Ferdynand Fabian Plater · Józef Scipo del Campio · Ignacy Ogiński · Janusz Aleksander Sanguszko · Józef Paulin Sanguszko · Władysław Roch Gurowski · Michał Jerzy Mniszech · Roman Ignacy Potocki · Stanisław Pereświet Sołtan · Michał Gielgud
Great Hetmans of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania Konstanty Ostrogski · Semen Jurewicz · Stanislovas Kęsgaila · Stanisław Piotrowicz Kiszka · Konstanty Ostrogski · Jerzy Radziwiłł · Mikołaj "the Black" Radziwiłł · Jeremi Chodkiewicz · Mikołaj "the Red" Radziwiłł · Krzysztof Mikołaj "the Thunderbolt" Radziwiłł · Jan Karol Chodkiewicz · Lew Sapieha · Krzysztof Radziwiłł · Janusz Kiszka · Janusz Radziwiłł · Paweł Jan Sapieha · Michał Kazimierz Pac · Michał Serwacy Wiśniowiecki · Jan Kazimierz Sapieha the Younger · Jan Kazimierz Sapieha the Elder · Grzegorz Antoni Ogiński · Ludwik Pociej · Michał Serwacy Wiśniowiecki · Michał "Rybeńko" Radziwiłł · Michał Józef Massalski · Michał Kazimierz Ogiński · Szymon Marcin Kossakowski
Field Hetmans of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania Jerzy Radziwiłł · Andrzej Niemirowicz · Grzegorz Chodkiewicz · Roman Sanguszko · Krzysztof Mikołaj "the Thunderbolt" Radziwiłł · Jan Karol Chodkiewicz · Krzysztof Radziwiłł · Janusz Kiszka · Janusz Radziwiłł · Wincenty Gosiewski · Michał Kazimierz Pac · Władysław Wołłowicz · Michał Kazimierz Radziwiłł · Jan Kazimierz Sapieha the Younger · Jan Samuelewicz Ogiński · Józef Bogusław Słuszka · Michał Serwacy Wiśniowiecki · Grzegorz Antoni Ogiński · Michał Serwacy Wiśniowiecki · Ludwik Pociej · Stanisław Ernest Denhoff · Michał "Rybeńko" Radziwiłł · Michał Józef Massalski · Aleksander Michał Sapieha · Józef Sosnowski · Ludwik Tyszkiewicz · Szymon Marcin Kossakowski · Józef Zabiełło
Categories:- Hetmans
- 1624 births
- 1682 deaths
- People from Vilnius County
- Lithuanian people of Polish descent
- People of the Russo-Polish War 1654-1667 (Polish side)
- Pac family
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