Krzysztof Zbaraski

Krzysztof Zbaraski (1580 - 6 March 1627, sometimes mistakenly written as Krzysztof Zbarski) was a Polish-Lithuanian member of the gentry social class ("szlachta"). During his life he was a Master of the Stables of the Crown (or "koniuszy koronny"), a member of special committee for Cossacks and tariffs, a skilled diplomat, and a politician of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. He was Starost of Krzemieniów, Wiślica, Hrubieszów and Bolesławiec.

Zbaraski served as Commonwealth ambassador to the Ottoman Empire from 1622 to 1624. His diplomatic mission's entry to Constantinople was famous for its display of wealth - and it should be noted that it was Zbaraski himself who sponsored most the mission. For 30,000 talars, the mission ransomed prisoners from battle of Cecora, including Stanisław Koniecpolski. The mission was described in 1633 in the diary of mission's secretary, Samuel Twardowski "Przewazna legacja JO Ksiazecia Krzysztofa Zbaraskiego ("The Important Mission of His Grace Duke Krzysztof Zbaraski").

Zbaraski was the brother of Jerzy Zbaraski (who died in 1631 as last of the Zbaraski family). He sponsored the Jesuit collegium in Winnica.

External links

* [http://www.jarema.art.pl/Zbar.htm Herb i rodowód Zbaraskich (in Polish)]