Krzysztof Opaliński
| Krzysztof Opaliński | |
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| Coat of arms | Opaliński |
| Spouse(s) | Teresa Czarnkowska |
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Issue
Piotr Adam Opaliński
Jan Karol Opaliński Zofia Krystyna Opalińska Teodora Konstancja Opalińska Ludwika Maria Opalińska Franciszka Teodora Opalińska |
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| Noble family | Opaliński |
| Father | Piotr Opaliński |
| Mother | Zofia Kostka |
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21 January 1611 Sieraków, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth |
| Died | 6 December 1655 (aged 44) Włoszakowice, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth |
Krzysztof Opaliński (21 January 1611 – 6 December 1655) was a Polish nobleman, politician, writer, satirist and Governor of Poznań. A notable figure during the Swedish Deluge, Opaliński was a skilled diplomat who opposed King John II Casimir and published many of his works concerning the daily political or social matters in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
He was the son of Piotr Opaliński and married Teresa Czarnkowska on 28 May 1634, with whom he had two sons: Piotr Adam Opaliński Jr. and Jan Karol Opaliński and four daughters.
Together with his brother Łukasz Opaliński he studied in the Lubrański Academy in Poznań (1620–1625), and later abroad at Louvain (1626–1629), Orléans (1629) and Padua (1630). After returning to the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth with the position of a starost he became active on the political scene. In February 1632, he was elected a deputy at the election sejm which elected Władysław IV Vasa. In 1637, after his father's death, he became the Governor of Poznań. Opaliński opposed most of Władysław's military proposals (from increasing the army to the war against the Ottoman Empire), although he supported his idea of sea tariffs. In 1645 he led a diplomatic mission to Paris, where he was a proxy of king Władysław IV during his marriage to Marie Louise Gonzaga, whom he escorted back to Poland afterwards.
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