page_title: The Deluge (novel)
section_title: Major characters
hierarchical_section_title: The Deluge (novel) / Major characters
context_page_description: The Deluge is a historical novel by the Polish author Henryk Sienkiewicz, published in 1886. It is the second volume of a three-volume series known to Poles as "The Trilogy," having been preceded by With Fire and Sword and followed by Fire in the Steppe. The novel tells a story of a fictional Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth soldier and noble Andrzej Kmicic and shows a panorama of the Commonwealth during its historical period of the Deluge, which was a part of the Northern Wars.
context_section_description: Historical figures:
  Janusz Radziwiłł
  Prince Janusz Radziwiłł of Trąby (also known as Janusz the Second or Janusz the Younger, 1612–1655) was a notable Polish–Lithuanian noble and magnate. Throughout his life he occupied a number of posts in the state administration, including that of Court Chamberlain of Lithuania (from 1633) and Field Hetman of Lithuania (from 1654). He was also a voivode of Vilna Voivodeship, as well as a starost of Samogitia, Kamieniec, Kazimierz and Sejwy.
  In his times he was one of the most powerful people in the Commonwealth, often described as a de facto ruler of the entire Grand Duchy of Lithuania. During the "Deluge", the Swedish invasion of Poland-Lithuania during the Second Northern War, he sided with the Swedish king signing the Treaty of Kėdainiai and the Union of Kėdainiai. This move however antagonised him with most of other nobles, including members of his own family. His forces were eventually defeated in battle and he himself died in a besieged castle at Tykocin.
  Bogusław Radziwiłł
  Paweł Jan Sapieha
  John II Casimir
  Stefan Czarniecki
  Jerzy Sebastian Lubomirski
  Fictional characters (some based on actual historical figures):
  Andrzej Kmicic
  Michał Wołodyjowski
  Aleksandra Billewiczówna
  Jan Onufry Zagłoba
  Jan Skrzetuski
  Stanisław Skrzetuski
  Soroka
  Roch Kowalski
caption: King John II Casimir of Poland
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