You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Polish. (January 2024) Click [show] for important translation instructions.
|
Walenty Dembiński (died 1585)[1] was a Polish statesman in the Kingdom of Poland within the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth who served as the Chancellor of Poland from 1564 to 1576. As Chancellor, Dembiński greatly contributed to the signing of the Union of Lublin in 1569.[2]
References edit
- ^ Bem, Kazimierz. Calvinism in the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth 1548–1648.
Another example of a "religious politique" was the chancellor Walenty Dembiński (d. 1584), Historians, who favor a black-and-white perspective, clas- sify him as a Catholic, since he died and was buried as one.
- ^ Lerski, Halina. Historical Dictionary of Poland, 966-1945.
DEMBIŃSKI, WALENTY (?-1585), Crown Chancellor in 1564-1576, Castellan of Cracow from 1567, and a leader of the "Execution-of-the-Law" movement. Though a devout Catholic, he refused to fight Protestant dissidents and often served as an intermediary in religious disputes. He contributed to the signing of the Union of Lublin in 1569.