Jerzy Ossolinski
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| Noble Family | Ossoliński |
| Coat of Arms | Topór |
| Parents | Jan Zbigniew Ossolinski Anna Firlej |
| Consorts | Izabella Daniłowicz |
| Children | with Izabella Daniłowicz Franciszek Ossoliński Urszula Brygida Ossolińska Helena Tekla Ossolińska Anna Teresa Ossolińska |
| Date of Birth | December 15, 1595 |
| Place of Birth | Sandomierz |
| Date of Death | August 9, 1650 |
| Place of Death | Warsaw |
Prince Jerzy Ossoliński (1595-1650) was a Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth szlachcic, voivode of Sandomierz from 1636, Crown Deputy Chancellor from 1639, Great Crown Chancellor from 1643, magnate, politician and diplomat.
In 1635 he funded the expansion of his family castle in Ossolin.
He was sent with diplomatic missions to Rome in 1633 and to Emperor Ferdinand II to Regensburg (pl. Ratyzbona) in 1636. As a leader of the pro-Habsburg faction at the royal court, he found an ally in the second wife of Władysław IV Waza, Cecylia Renata, daughter of Ferdinand II.
He often supported the king Władysław IV Waza from the House of Vasa, arguing for increasing monarch powers. He supported his plans to wage an offensive war on Ottoman Empire.
After the death of Władysław IV in 1648 he supported the election of his half brother John Casimir.
Ossoliński also was in favour of treaties with the Cossacks, he took part in the negotiations and Treaty of Zborów in 1649.
He was a well regarded speaker and orator. He was also an author of:
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