Walenty Dembiński

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Walenty Dembiński
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Died1585
NationalityPolish
Occupation
  • Statesman
  • Chancellors of Poland

Walenty Dembiński (died 1585)[1] was a Polish statesman in the Kingdom of Poland, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth who served as the Chancellor of Poland from 1564 to 1576. Chancellor Dembiński contributed to the signing of the Union of Lublin in 1569.[2]

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  1. Bem, Kazimierz. Calvinism in the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth 1548–1648. Another example of a "religious politique" was the chancellor Walenty Dembiński (d. 1584), Historians, who favor a black-and-white perspective, clas- sify him as a Catholic, since he died and was buried as one.
  2. Lerski, Halina. Historical Dictionary of Poland, 966-1945. DEMBIŃSKI, WALENTY (?-1585), Crown Chancellor in 1564-1576, Castellan of Cracow from 1567, and a leader of the "Execution-of-the-Law" movement. Though a devout Catholic, he refused to fight Protestant dissidents and often served as an intermediary in religious disputes. He contributed to the signing of the Union of Lublin in 1569.

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