Mikołaj Zebrzydowski

Crown Marshal
Mikołaj Zebrzydowski


Coat of armsRadwan coat of arms
Born1553
Kraków, Kingdom of Poland
Died17 June 1620
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Noble familyHouse of Zebrzydowski

Mikołaj Zebrzydowski (1553–1620) of Radwan coat of arms, voivode of Lublin from 1589, Crown Grand Marshal between 1596–1600, voivode of Kraków from 1601. He is famous for an armed rebellion against King Sigismund III Vasa, the Zebrzydowski Rebellion, a rokosz named after himself. It took place in 1606, and was defeated by 1607. After the failed rebellion, he sponsored the creation of the Roman Catholic monastery of Kalwaria Zebrzydowska, which is regarded as one of the most important pilgrimage sites of Poland.

Mikołaj Zebrzydowski is one of the personas on the famous painting by Jan Matejko: Skarga's Sermon.

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