Biography
Gosiewski took part in the Polish-Swedish Wars and in 1605 fought at the battle of Kircholm. He also fought in the Polish-Muscovite War, took part in the siege of Smolensk, and in 1610 was the commander of the Polish garrison of the Moscow Kremlin. Between 1612 to 1618 he was the commander of the Smolensk fortress and repulsed several attempts by the Muscovite army aimed at recapturing it. He served as Marshal of the Sejm (extraordinary) from December 3 to December 24, 1613. He again took part in the Polish-Swedish war, fighting from 1621-1628 in Inflanty Voivodeship. He was victorius at Lixna, Krzyżborg and Dynaburg. Afterwards, during the Smolensk War (1632-1634), once again he was the commander of the Smolensk fortress and withstood another siege, until relieved by troops under Władysław IV Waza. He took part in the Treaty of Polanów negotiations, 1634.
He was an owner of many possessions in the Smolensk Voivodeship, many of them received from the king in recognition of his military achievements. Founder of the Jesuit collegium in Vitebsk and a monastery in Brest.
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