[1] Piotr Gembicki was born into a Polish noble family of Nałęcz coat of arms in Gniezno[1] on 10 October 1585 and began his ecclesiastical career early and attended academies abroad.

After Sigismund's son, Władysław IV Vasa, succeeded to the Polish throne in 1632, Gembicki led the diplomatic mission to Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor.

Fighting for power and influence with magnate Jerzy Ossoliński, he became an ally of Adam Kazanowski and opponent of queen Cecilia Renata.

His body was brought back to Poland and buried inside the Wawel Cathedral in Kraków.

Viewed by the szlachta as prideful and greedy, he supported the position of the Commonwealth king over orders from distant Rome when disputes arose between those two powers.