Żółkiewscy w służbie królewskiej na przełomie XV i XVI w.
The House of Żółkiewski in the royal service at the turn of the 15th and 16th centuries

Summary/Abstract: The article is dedicated to the issue of Mikołaj Żółkiewski’s (died in 1509) and Stanisław Żółkiewski’s (died in 1525) public service. Their father was Jan Żółkiewski (died before 1473), the son Jakub from Żółkiew (died after 1448), the founder of the House of Żółkiewski of Lubicz coat of arms. From 1496 Mikołaj Żółkiewski served in the Permanent Defense of Ruthenia. In 1497 he took part in a Moldovan crusade of John I Albert, King of Poland, then he participated in warfare against Tatar and Moldovan invasions of Poland. From 1501 Mikołaj Żółkiewski was a rittmeister. In 1503, during a war with Moscow, he served under the leadership of Jan Polak Karknkowski. After that he took part in warefare against Tatars and Moldovans. His war merits went down in the history of the House of Żółkiewski, from which Stanisław Żółkiewski (died in 1620), the Great Chancellor of the Crown, originated. From 1502, Stanisław, Mikołaj’s brother, the chamberlain of Bełżyce, was a tax-collector in the regions of Chełm, Bełżyce and Lviv. He was also a deputy in the general sejm for a few times.

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