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Jan Stanisław Jabłonowski

1600–1647

Born
1600, Liucha
Country of birth
Ukraine
Died
1647, Warsaw
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  • Birth1600, LiuchaProbable1 source
  • Death1647, WarsawProbable1 source
  • ParentMaciej JabłonowskiConfirmed1 source
  • ParentQ65553386Confirmed1 source
  • TitleMarshals of the Sejm of the Polish–Lithuanian CommonwealthConfirmed1 competing claim1 source
  • TitleDeputy to the Sejm of the Polish–Lithuanian CommonwealthConfirmed1 competing claim1 source
  • UnionAnna OstrorogConfirmed1 source

A life in time

  1. Born · Liucha

    Birth, Liucha

  2. Child born: Stanisław Jan Jabłonowski

    Birth, Yabluniv

  3. Died · Warsaw

    Death, Warsaw

What was it like?

The world around Liucha, 1600: who ruled, who else was alive, how people lived. This is general history, not a record about the family, and every item shows where it comes from.

Clothing was a status symbol, with a full set of peasant clothing valued at 26.5 Polish gold coins for men and 52 for women, while individual items like a velvet hat could cost 1.5 kopa of groschen.

Known for

Titles held

  • Marshals of the Sejm of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
  • Deputy to the Sejm of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Fashion

Clothing costs and status symbols

Clothing was a status symbol, with a full set of peasant clothing valued at 26.5 Polish gold coins for men and 52 for women, while individual items like a velvet hat could cost 1.5 kopa of groschen.

Hidden needle pouches carried money

Peasant women often used a small accessory called a holnyk, a pouch for needles that frequently served as a hidden compartment for carrying money. It typically cost a few groschen.

Music

Origins of the Hopak dance

The Hopak developed as an improvisational male dance among Zaporozhian Cossacks in the early 17th century, often reenacting battles with weapons like swords. It was a boisterous social dance performed during victory celebrations rather than during strict military training.

Popular musical instruments for festivals and dance

Cossacks and villagers played instruments like the kobza, violin, bagpipes (duda), and cimbaloms to accompany dancing and celebrations. These instruments were commonly used at weddings and festivals to entertain both rural and urban communities.

Getting around

Bridge tolls during travel

Travelers were often charged for using bridges, with a toll of half a zloty per wagon.

Common methods of travel and transport

People traveled by foot, horseback, or in various horse-drawn wagons and carriages, such as the covered carts called 'kolybka' or 'palub'. Boats were used for water travel, though navigation on the Dnieper was restricted by rapids.

Daily life

Archaic smoke-filled stoves in Polissia

In the early 17th century, many homes in the Polissia region utilized archaic stoves where smoke exited directly into the room through special roof openings.

Church brotherhoods and classical schooling

Church brotherhoods established primary schools across many towns, teaching languages including Greek, Latin, and Old Slavonic alongside subjects like mathematics and geometry.

Food
Around 1595–1595

Significant household food stores in 1595

During a 1595 looting incident in Goliatyn, villagers lost large quantities of food, including 183 chickens, 562 eggs, and 30 sausages in a single group of 15 households.

Preserving fish in ash and barrels

In the 16th and 17th centuries, sturgeon, herring, and pike were commonly available, with fish sometimes stored in barrels or, lacking salt, preserved in ash.

Prices and wages
Around 1575–1599

Cost of a loaf of bread

In the late 16th century, a loaf of sifted rye bread cost 1 Polish groschen.

Cost of livestock

In the first half of the 17th century, a goose cost 4 to 5 groszy, while a good cow was valued at 10 zlotys (300 groszy).

Work
Around 1588–1599

Fines for leaving land

Under the 1588 Statute of Lithuania, a peasant leaving their land had to pay a fine to the owner to cover damages caused by their departure.

Industrial production of potash

To produce a single barrel of potash, workers used up to 40 cubic meters of wood, primarily oak, elm, or linden.

News and letters

Use of Messengers for Official Correspondence

Official correspondence was often delivered by specially appointed messengers called 'narochi', who carried documents signed and sealed by the sender.

Around 1575–1599

Methods of sending letters and messages

Ordinary people sent messages through messengers, acquaintances traveling to the destination, or even pigeons when needed.

During their lifetime

  1. 1616

    Cossacks Capture Kaffa Slave Market

    In 1616, Cossacks led by Petro Konashevych-Sahaidachny captured Kaffa, a major slave market in the region.

  2. 1625

    Plague epidemic in Lublin

    In 1625, an epidemic of plague broke out in Lublin, causing significant mortality among the city's inhabitants.

  3. 1630

    Deadly plague in Lublin

    A severe plague outbreak in Lublin in 1630 claimed the lives of approximately 5,000 residents.

  4. 1635

    Destruction of Kodak Fortress

    In 1635, Cossacks led by Ivan Sulyma captured and destroyed the Kodak fortress, which had been built to restrict their movements.

Family

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Spouses

Children

Ancestors and children

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Four generations back to the right, the children to the left. The number beside a child counts the generations of descendants known after them.