 bogusÅaw leszczyÅski, count of leszno (1614&ndash;1659) from the leszczyÅski family of holy roman empire counts, was a polish noble (szlachcic) and politician from wielkopolska region. traveled abroad from 1632-1636 with his tutor john jonston, studied under comenius. bogusÅaw held the following official positions: *general starost of greater poland in 1642 *grand treasurer of the crown 1650â1658robert i. frost (2004) after the deluge: poland-lithuania and the second northern war, 1655-1660, cambridge university press, isbn 0-521-54402-5, p. xvii *deputy chancellor of the crown in 1658â1660 *starost of bydgoszcz, sambor, miÄdzyrzecz, ostrÃ³w, czÅuchÃ³w and osiek. he was the son of rafaÅ leszczyÅski, count of leszno, and anna radzimiÅska.jan grzywiÅski (1938) (in polish). kalendarz ilustrowany kuryer codzienny. krakow: nakÅ. wydawn. "ilustr. kuryera codziennego". volume 11, p. 222. . after the death of his father in 1636 he inherited leszno, radzymin and part of warsawian praga. bogusÅaw married twice, first to countess anna doenhoff, from a prominent pomeranian family, in 1629 and later to the daughter of court and grand marshal prince aleksander ludwik radziwiÅÅ, princess joanna katarzyna radziwiÅÅ, in 1658. bogusÅaw leszczyÅski was a czech brethren. converted to catholicism in 1642 but always supported protestants. he was a frequent deputy and known orator of the sejm, the lower house of the polish parliament. he was a political rival of krzysztof opaliÅski. also, he was often in opposition to plans of king wÅadysÅaw iv waza. during the swedish invasion of 1655 ("the deluge"), he was committed by a chapter of the sejm to defend the province of greater poland, but instead bogusÅaw began to negotiate with the swedes and the prussian elector. although considered a great speaker, he was also criticised by many for being s
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