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Sapiega, Leonas, 1557-1633

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Personal name headingSapiega, Leonas, 1557-1633
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Variant(s)Sapeha, L. (Leŭ), 1557-1633
Sapega, L. (Lev), 1557-1633
Sapega, Lev, 1557-1633
Sapieha, Lew, 1557-1633
Sapeha, Leŭ, 1557-1633
Birth date1557
Death date1633
Place of birthVitsebsk (Belarus)
Place of deathVilnius (Lithuania)
Profession or occupationStatesmen
Found inDidžioji Leono Sapiegos pasiuntinybė į Maskvą, 2002: t.p. (Leono Sapiegos)
Kantsler Vi︠a︡likaha Kni︠a︡stva : Leŭ Sapeha, 1992: t.p. verso (...L. Sapegi; 1557-1633; L. Sapehi) colophon (Lev Sapega)
Wielka encyklopedia powszechna PWN: v. 10, p. 355 (Sapieha, Lew, b. 1557 in Ostrów, d. 1633 in Vilnius; Chancellor of Lithuania 1589; Wojewoda of Vilinus 1621; Hetman of Lithuania 1625; diplomat, statesman, general and staunch supporter of King Zygmunt III Waza of Poland)
Wikipedia, April 6, 2015 (Lew Sapieha (Belarusian: Леў Сапега or Leŭ Sapieha; Lithuanian: Leonas Sapiega; born 1557 in Astrouna, near Vitebsk; died 1633 in Vilnius) was a Polish nobleman and statesman of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. He became Great Secretary of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in 1580, Great Clerk of the Grand Duchy in 1581, Court Chancellor in 1585, Grand Chancellor from 1589 until 1623, Voivode of Vilnius in 1621, Great Lithuanian Hetman in 1623 and governor of Słonim, Brest and Mogilev. He was of Ruthenian ethnicity, however, modern Belarusian sources interpret his Ruthenian heritage as Belarusian. Sapieha died on 1633 and was interred in the cellars of the Church of St. Michael the Archangel in Vilnius)
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Associated languageeng
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