Jan Tarnowski

He was originally intended to become a priest; but after his father's death in 1500, his mentor Maciej Drzewiecki convinced Barbara of Rożnowo to abandon this plan.

He travelled extensively across Europe, and was knighted by king Manuel I of Portugal for his services against the Moors in Africa.

In 1536, he became castellan of Kraków and starost of Sandomierz, Stryj, Żydaczów, Dolina, Sandecz, Chmielnów, Lubaczów and Horodło.

[8] In 1545, the Archbishop of Gniezno, Piotr Gamrat, granted hetman Tarnowski a papal brief with indulgences and privileges granted by Pope Paul III in 1535, and in 1547 he was awarded by Emperor Charles V with a diploma of the counts of the Holy Roman Empire - this title was to apply to the hetman and his descendants.

In about 1511, Tarnowski married Barbara Tęczyńska, daughter of Mikołaj Tęczyński, voivode of the Ruthenian Voivodeship.

Bust of Tarnowski on the Krasiński Palace in Ursynów .
Tarnowski's parade burgonet morion helmet .
Hetman Tarnowski