Which position did Jerzy Ossoliński hold after Mar 1650?
Jerzy Ossoliński Prince Jerzy Ossoliński h . Topór ( 15 December 1595 – 9 August 1650 ) was a Polish nobleman ( szlachcic ) , Crown Court Treasurer from 1632 , governor ( voivode ) of Sandomierz from 1636 , Reichsfürst ( Imperial Prince ) since 1634 , Crown Deputy Chancellor from 1639 , Great Crown Chancellor from 1643 , sheriff ( starost ) of Bydgoszcz ( 1633 ) , Lubomel ( 1639 ) , Puck and Bolim ( 1647 ) , magnate , politician and diplomat . Famous for being extensively educated , he was a skillful politician and a persuasive public speaker . Biography . He was sent with diplomatic missions to the Pope in Rome in 1633 . He negotiated with Brandenburgians of Duchy of Prussia in 1635 and led another diplomatic mission to Emperor Ferdinand II and his parliament in Regensburg ( Polish : Ratyzbona ) in 1636 . As a leader of the pro-Habsburg faction at the royal court , he found an ally in the first wife of Władysław IV Waza , Cecilia Renata of Austria , daughter of Ferdinand II . In 1639 and 1641 he once again negotiated with envoys from the Duchy of Prussia . A Catholic , he opposed Protestants and advocated limiting their rights and privileges . In his pro-Habsburg and anti-Protestant stance he was allied with Chancellor Albrycht Stanisław Radziwiłł and Queen Cecilia Renata . In 1643 he was appointed Chancellor of the Crown . A close royal adviser , he often supported king Władysław IV Waza from the House of Vasa , arguing for increasing monarch power , although he was known for limiting and withdrawing his support if he knew it was impossible to win . Nonetheless he was among the few who supported Władysławs plans in the late 1640s to wage an offensive war on the Ottoman Empire . He had few friends among the lesser szlachta , whom he mostly disliked and treated the Sejm and regional sejmiks as a necessary evil , although he rarely broke any laws . From 1644 he switched his alignment from pro-Habsburg to pro-French and supported the second marriage of King Władysław with Ludwika Maria Gonzaga . During his life he became the enemy of Adam Kazanowski and Jeremi Wiśniowiecki , whose power diminished with the marriage between Władysław and Cecylia in 1637 . Rival of bishop and chancellor Piotr Gembicki , whom he eventually forced to retire from politics in 1642 , receiving his position of Great Crown Chancellor . He was not the wealthiest of magnates , his possessions were very small compared to those of Radziwiłłs or Wiśniowieckis , but almost none of them were mortgaged or loaned . In 1635 he funded the expansion of his family castle in Ossolin . Between 1639–1642 he funded the palace in the capital city of Warsaw . After the death of Władysław IV in 1648 he supported the election of his half brother John Casimir and was instrumental in his election . Ossoliński also was in favour of treaties with the Cossacks , he took part in the negotiations and was an important contributor to the Treaty of Zborów in 1649 . He was a well regarded speaker and orator ( he served twice as the Speaker of the Sejm in 1631 and 1635 ) . He was also an author of : - Orationess.. . ( 1647 ) - Mercurius Sarmatiae ( 1716 ) - Pamiętnik ( The Diary or Memoires ) 1595–1621 ( 1952 ) He also wrote the diaries of the embassy to Germany ( 1877 ) and to Rome ( 1883 ) . Brother of Krzysztof Ossoliński ( 1587–1645 ) , voivode of Sandomierz ( 1638 ) , and Maksymilian Ossoliński ( 1588–1665 ) , chorąży sandomierski ( 1624 ) , Deputy Court Treasurer . Marriage and issue . Jerzy married Izabella Daniłłowicz h . Sas in 1620 in Lwów and had four children : - Prince Franciszek Ossoliński ( died 1648 ) , married to Katarzyna Działyńska h . Ogończyk - Princess Urszula Brygida Ossolińska , married to Samuel Kalinowski h . Kalinowa ( died at the Batih massacre ) , son of Hetman Marcin Kalinowski - Princess Helena Tekla Ossolińska ( died 1687 ) , married to Prince Aleksander Michał Lubomirski - Princess Anna Teresa Ossolińska ( died 1651 ) , married to Zygmunt Doenhoff , son of Kasper Doenhoff Bibliography . - Błażejewski Stanisław , Kutta Janusz , Romaniuk Marek : Bydgoski Słownik Biograficzny . Tom III . Bydgoszcz 1996 . , str . 107-109 - Bohomolec Franciszek , Życie Jerzego Ossolińskiego , kanclerza wielkiego koronnego , lubelskiego , lubomskiego , lubaczowskiego , bogusławskiego , brodnickiego , ryckiego , derpskiego , adzielskiego , stanisławowskiego i bydgoskiego starosty T . 1 i 2 Kraków 1860 - Ludwik Kubala , Szkice historyczne seria 1 , wyd.3 Kraków 1896 ; Jerzy Ossoliński Lwów 1883 T . 1 , T . 2 , Jerzy Ossoliński wyd . 2 rozszerzone , Warszawa Ossolineum 1924 . - Polski Słownik Biograficzny t . 24 s . 403 - A True Copy of the Latine Oration of the Excellent George Ossolinski , Count Palatine of Tenizyn , and Sendomyria , Chamberlain to the Kings Maiestie of Poland , and Suethland , and Embassadour to the Kings most Excellent Maiesty . As it was pronounced to his Maiestie at White-Hall by the said Embassadour , on Sunday the 11 . of March , 1620 . External links . - Ossolinski Gallery of Portraits