Aleksander Paweł Sapieha

In 1691 he married Maria Christina de Béthune, a niece of Polish Queen Marie Casimire Sobieska.

In 1692, he took part in the Moldovan expedition of John III Sobieski and received the title of Marshal of the Court of Lithuania.

In 1700, with his father and uncle, he took part in the Battle of Olkieniki, but he was forced to flee when the Lithuanian nobility, who had allied themselves against the Sapieha family, gained the upper hand.

During the Great Northern War (1700-1721), Sapieha chose the side of Charles XII of Sweden and supported his protégé, Stanislaus Leszczynski, who was elected King of Poland on 12 July 1704.

In 1713, the restored King Augustus II reinstated Sapieha as Grand Marshal of Lithuania and in 1715 awarded him the Order of the white Eagle.