About Jan Dobrogost Krasiński
Lived 1639 – 1717 (aged 77). Jan Dobrogost Krasiński was a Polish military personnel.
Jan Dobrogost Bonawentura Krasiński (; 10 June 1639 – 21 February 1717) was a Polish nobleman (szlachcic).
Biography He was the son of Jan Kazimierz Krasiński and Ursula Grzybowska. In his youth he studied in the Netherlands and France. Jan became a Royal Colonel (pułkownik królewski) in 1665, and became Recorder of the Crown and voivode of Płock Voivodeship in 1688. He was also starost of Łomża, Warsaw, Nowe Miasto Korczyn, Przasnysz, Sztum, and Opinogóra Górna.
In 1673, he took part in the victorious Battle of Khotyn. Linked with the court of John III Sobieski, he was an ally, adviser and a friend of the king. He participated in the Battle of Vienna in 1683 commanding a winged hussars squadron.
He was buried in Węgrów.
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Polish noble
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Jan Dobrogost Krasiński was born on 10 June 1639 in Ciechanów.
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Jan Dobrogost Krasiński died on 21 February 1717.
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Jan Dobrogost Krasiński was a military personnel.
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Jan Dobrogost Krasiński was Polish.
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