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Born October 4, 1894 • Warsaw • Poland
Died June 6, 1944 (aged 49) • Romania
Title / Office foreign minister (1932-1939), Poland
Józef Piłsudski
Józef Piłsudski
Polish revolutionary and statesman
Carel Allardt: engraving of Jan (John III) Sobieski
John III Sobieski
king of Poland
Köprülü Fazıl Ahmed Paşa
Ottoman vizier
Tadeusz Kościuszko
Tadeusz Kościuszko
Polish general and statesman
Władysław Gomułka
Polish politician
Casimir III
Casimir III
king of Poland
Tommaso Dolabella: Władysław IV Vasa
Władysław IV Vasa
king of Poland
Wojciech Witold Jaruzelski
Wojciech Witold Jaruzelski
Polish general
Augustus II
Augustus II
king of Poland and elector of Saxony
Andrzej: Sigismund I
Sigismund I
king of Poland
John II Casimir Vasa
John II Casimir Vasa
king of Poland
Bolesław I
king of Poland
Sigismund II Augustus
Sigismund II Augustus
king of Poland
Jan Zamoyski
Polish politician
Marcin Kober: Stephen Báthory
Stephen Báthory
king of Poland
Dąbrowski, detail from a portrait by an unknown Polish artist; in the National Museum, Warsaw
Jan Henryk Dąbrowski
Polish general
Koniecpolski, engraving by Anton Tepplar after a painting by Martin Altomonte
Stanisław Koniecpolski
Polish military leader
John I Albert
king of Poland
Władysław III Warneńczyk
king of Hungary and Poland
Jan Karol Chodkiewicz
Polish general