Jan Andrzej Morsztyn, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jan Andrzej Morsztyn

Polish poet

Date of Birth: 26-Jun-1621

Place of Birth: Raciborsko, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 08-Jan-1693

Profession: writer, poet, politician

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Jan Andrzej Morsztyn (1621–93) was a Polish poet, member of the landed nobility, and official in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
He was starosta of Zawichost, Tymbark and Kowal.
He was also pantler of Sandomierz (1647–58), Royal Secretary (from 1656), a secular referendary (1658–68), and Deputy Crown Treasurer from 1668.
Apart from his career at the Polish court, Morsztyn is famous as a leading poet of the Polish Baroque and a prominent representative of Marinist style in Polish literature.
Over his lifetime he accumulated considerable wealth.
In 1683 he was accused of treason and was forced to emigrate to France.



Alternative names	Hyacinthe François Honoré Mathias Pierre André Jean Rigaud Hyacinthe Rigaud y Ros Hyacinthe Rigault
Description	French painter, professor, draughtsman and pastellist
Date of birth/death	18 July 1659 / 1659	29 December 1743
Location of birth/death	Perpignan	Paris
Work location	Perpignan (1669-1670), Lyon (1677-1681), Paris (1681-1743), Rome (1682), Perpignan (1695)
Authority control	: Q49898 VIAF: 71428427 ISNI: 0000 0001 2138 7361 ULAN: 500024827 LCCN: no91019377 WGA: RIGAUD, Hyacinthe WorldCat