Jan Piotr Sapieha (1569–1611) was a Polish-Lithuanian nobleman (szlachcic). Starosta uświacki, pułkownik królewski, son of Paweł Sapieha (1523–1580) and Anna Chodkiewiczowna (1540–1595), married to Zofia Weiher, father of Paweł Jan Sapieha. Participant of the Polish-Swedish War - brought a private chorągiew of 100 Cossacks, and commanded he right wing (400 hussars, 700 Cossack cavalry) of Polish-Lithuanian army during the famous Battle of Kircholm in 1605. Participant of the Polish-Muscovite War (1605-1618), where he commanded the failed siege of Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra in 1608 and later fought anti-Polish Muscovite forces near Moscow (the so called First Volunteer Army, led by Prokopy Lyapunov). Died on October 15 during the siege of Moscow Kremlin, buried at Leipalingis.
Jan Piotr Sapieha is one of the personas on the famous painting by Jan Matejko: the sermons of Piotr Skarga.
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