Michał Serwacy Wiśniowiecki

Michał Serwacy Wiśniowiecki
Coat of arms	Korybut
Spouse(s)	Katarzyna Dolska Maria Magdalena Czartoryska Tekla Róża Radziwiłł
Issue
with Katarzyna Dolska Anna Wiśniowiecka Katarzyna Wiśniowiecka
Noble family	Wiśniowiecki
Father	Konstanty Krzysztof Wiśniowiecki
Mother	Anna Chodorowska
Born	May 13, 1680(1680-05-13) Lwów, Ukraine
Died	September 18, 1744(1744-09-18) (aged 64) Merkinė, Lithuania

Prince Michał Serwacy Wiśniowiecki (Lithuanian: Mykolas Vyšnioveckis) (1680–1744) was a Polish-Lithuanian szlachcic of Gediminid origin.

Lithuanian Field Hetman in 1702-1703 and 1707–1735, Castellan of Vilnius from 1703, Great Hetman of Lithuania in 1703-1707 and again in 1735. Regimentarz of the Lithuanian army since 1730. Voivode of Vilnius 1706-1707 and 1735. Several times was marshall of the Lithuanian Tribunal. Great Chancellor of Lithuania from 1720. Marshal of the Sejm (nadzwyczajnego) on June 11 - August 19, 1703 in Lublin. Starosta of Pińsk, Wołkowysk, Gliniany, Tuchola, Wilkisk, Wilkowsk, Metel and Merecz. During Civil war in Lithuania in 1700 was leader of the opposition against Sapieha clan and defeated them in the battle of Olkieniki, reducing their Ruzhany Palace to ashes. Supporter of Augustus II the Strong till 1707, when camed on the side of Stanisław Leszczyński. In the same year imprisoned by the Russians, since 1709 was on exile. In 1716, when accepted rule of Augustus II the Strong, camed back. In 1733 supported Russian intervention and election of Augustus III at September 12.

His burial ceremony in Wiśnicz is considered as the most lavish of the 18th century in Poland.

See also

• Lithuanian nobility
• Wiśniowiecki family
• List of szlachta

Persondata
Name	Wisniowiecki, Michal Serwacy
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	May 13, 1680
Place of birth	Lwów, Ukraine
Date of death	September 18, 1744
Place of death	Merkinė, Lithuania