Jan Tarnowski, Polish noble and statesman (born 1488)

Jan Tarnowski

Polish noble, military commander and theoretician, and statesman

Jan Amor Tarnowski was a Polish nobleman, knight, military commander, military theoretician, and statesman of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland. He was Grand Crown Hetman from 1527, and was the founder of the city of Tarnopol, where he built the Ternopil Castle and the Ternopil…