Pobyt Maksymiliana Habsburga na zamku w Krzepicach przed bitwą pod Byczyną (1587/1588)
Maximilian Habsburg’s stay at the castle in Krzepice before the Battle of Byczyna (1587/1588)

Summary/Abstract: This article is devoted to Maximilian Habsburg’s stay in Krzepice castle in 1587/1588. It discusses the number of forces with which the king-elect arrived in Krzepice and the conditions he found there. It shows foreign contacts which Maximilian Habsburg established from Krzepice. It also highlights the issue of the king-elect’s envoys and guests arriving in Krzepice from December 1587 to January 1588. The article ends with a description of Maximilian Habsburg’s march from Krzepice to Wieluń on January 1588.In addition to diplomatic and military matters, the article discusses the support in the Republic of Poland for Maximilian Habsburg’s candidacy for the Polish throne in 1587. It notes the sympathy towards the Habsburg in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and in Greater Poland in the Crown. It also raises the issue of the support Maximilian expected from nearby Silesia, and to what extent his expectations were fulfilled. In particular, an important role was played by Wrocław, the most significant of the Silesian cities, from which an important trade route led to Krzepice, connecting that city with Kraków, the capital of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

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