Stefan Potocki (1624–1648)

Stefan Potocki (ca. 1624 – 19 May 1648 near ) was a Polish nobleman, starosta (tenant of the Crown lands) of Niżyn.

Family[]

Stefan Potocki was member of the Potocki family. He was a son of Mikołaj Potocki and his first wife Zofia Firlej.

He was single.

Life[]

In the Battle of Zhovti Vody Stefan Potocki was wounded, taken prisoner of war and died from gangrene on May 19, 1648.^[1]

Legacy[]

Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz wrote Duma o Stefanie Potockim. Stefan Potocki was portrayed by Henryk Sienkiewicz in With Fire and Sword (1884).

Juliusz Kossak: Death of Stefan Potocki at the Battle of Zhovti Vody 1648

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