Adam Kazanowski

Adam Kazanowski (c. 1599 – 25 December 1649) was a noble of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1633; Greater Crown Stolnik from 1634; Court Chamberlain (podkomorzy koronny) and castellan of Sandomierz from 1637; Court Marshall from 1643; żupnik of Wieliczka from 1642; starosta of Barcicki, Borysowski, Kozienicki, Rumieński, Solecki, Nowotarski, Warecki, and Bielski; and a close and influential friend of King Władysław IV Vasa. Biography Early life Together with his brother, Stanisław Kazanowski (starost of Krosno, Jaworów and Przedbor), Adam was raised with crown prince Władysław. He accompanied him during his attempt to become a Russian Tzar, in the Chocim war of 1621 and the 1620s European voyage. In 1631 he became the starost of Barcko. When Władysław became king in 1634, he was showered with gifts and new official titles. In 1634 he became the starost of Borysowo, and gained the rank of podstoli and soon after that, stolnik. Later that year he married Elżbieta Słuszczanka (later Hieronimowa Radziejowska, when she married Hieronim Radziejowski), but the couple stayed childless.