Grzegorz Antoni Ogiński, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Polish-Lithuanian noble
Date of Birth: 23-Jun-1654
Date of Death: 17-Oct-1709
Profession: politician, diplomat
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Grzegorz Antoni Ogiński
- Grzegorz Antoni Oginski (born 23 June 1654; died 17 October 1709 in Lublin) was a Polish-Lithuanian Hetman and governor-general of the Duchy of Samogitia from 1698.
- He was the fourth and youngest son of Jan Jacek Oginski, also a hetman. Oginski was one of the leaders of the uprising against the Sapieha Lithuanian magnates.
- He was successful in the Lithuanian Civil War which culminated in the Battle of Olkieniki on 18 November 1700.
- After the battle, Michal Franciszek Sapieha the main leader of the Sapieha faction, as well as many other members of the family and its supporters, were murdered by a drunken mob of szlachta. Oginski was a supporter and close associate of King Augustus II.
- He was made the Field Hetman of Lithuania on 20 November 1703 and in 1709 the Great Hetman of Lithuania.
- He was made a Knight of the Order of the White Eagle in 1705. His father was Jan Jacek Oginski (died 1684), also a Hetman.
- He was married to Teofila Czartoryska and had a son, Kazimierz Marcjan Oginski (died 1727) and a daughter Elzbieta Magdalena Oginska.
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Source: Jacek Staszewski, Werner Schmidt (1997). Pod jedna korona: kultura i sztuka w czasach unii polsko-saskiej. Zamek Królewski w Warszawie, Pic. III 49
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Source: Jacek Staszewski, Werner Schmidt (1997). Pod jedna korona: kultura i sztuka w czasach unii polsko-saskiej. Zamek Królewski w Warszawie, Pic. III 49
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