Count Jan Wielopolski (c. 1630-1688) was a Polish nobleman, aristocrat, politician and diplomat. Between May 1678 and January 1680, he was also a Polish chancellor.
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Aniela Febronia Koniecpolska Konstancja Krystyna Komorowska Marie Anne d'Arquien
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with Konstancja Krystyna Komorowska Ludwik Jan Wielopolski Jan Kazimierz Wielopolski Franciszek Wielopolski Konstancja Krystyna Wielopolska with Maria Anna d'Arquien Jozef Jan Wielopolski Maria Teresa Wielopolska
Son of castellan and voivode Jan Wielopolski and Zofia Kochanowska. He was married to Aniela Febronia Koniecpolska and Konstancja Krystyna Komorowska since 1665. His third wife Marie Anne de la Grande d'Arquien, the sister of Queen Marie Casimire Louise he married in July 1678 in Lwów.[1]
He supported King John II Casimir of Poland who wanted to institute an "election vivente rege", where the king's successor was elected before the old king died. This would allow for the king to have input in the election, giving him more power.
Wielopolski was Marshal of the extraordinary Sejm in Warsaw on 20 February - 1 May 1662.
He was deft in extending the wealth and power of the family. His marriage with Konstancja Krystyna Komorowska caused (in the next generation) in overtaking of large properties by the Wielkopolski family in 1729.
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