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Lew Sapieha

1557 - 1633

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Lew Sapieha (Belarusian: Леў Сапега; Lithuanian: Leonas Sapiega; 4 April 1557 – 7 July 1633) was a nobleman and statesman of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. He became Great Secretary of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in 1580, Great Clerk of the Grand Duchy in 1581, Crown Chancellor in 1585, Grand Chancellor from 1589 until 1623, Voivode of Vilnius in 1621, Great Lithuanian Hetman in 1623 and governor of Slonim, Brest and Mogilev. Sapieha is considered as a great political figure of the Commonwealth. A rich and powerful magnate, he was known for his wisdom as a statesman, lawyer and military commander, he was one of the greatest leaders of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania at the times of the Duchy's highest cultural flourishing. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lew Sapieha is the 7,923rd most popular politician (down from 7,812th in 2019), the 57th most popular biography from Belarus (up from 66th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Belarusian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Lew Sapieha ranks 7,923 out of 19,576. Before him are Džemal Bijedić, Marguerite of Lorraine, Margrave Andrew of Burgau, Fethi Okyar, Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, and Johann Patkul. After him are Eulji Mundeok, Song Jiaoren, Gaius Fulvius Plautianus, Washington Luís, Walter VI, Count of Brienne, and Ottone Visconti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1557, Lew Sapieha ranks 11. Before him are Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, Stephen Bocskai, Philip Howard, 13th Earl of Arundel, Oda Nobutada, Balthasar Gérard, and Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg. After him are Irina Godunova, Leandro Bassano, Thomas Morley, Öküz Mehmed Pasha, and Jean de Sponde. Among people deceased in 1633, Lew Sapieha ranks 9. Before him are Scipione Borghese, Pieter Lastman, Xu Guangqi, Cornelis Drebbel, Patriarch Filaret of Moscow, and Catherine of Cleves. After him are Sigrid of Sweden, Catherine Henriette de Balzac d'Entragues, George Herbert, Archduchess Margaret of Austria, Juan Pablo Bonet, and John Casimir, Duke of Saxe-Coburg.

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In Belarus

Among people born in Belarus, Lew Sapieha ranks 57 out of 368. Before him are Yevno Azef (1869), Ignacy Domeyko (1802), Fyodor Kuznetsov (1898), Mikołaj "the Red" Radziwiłł (1512), Mikhail Borodin (1884), and Otto Schmidt (1891). After him are Dawid Janowski (1868), Mikołaj "the Black" Radziwiłł (1515), Abba Kovner (1918), Oscar Milosz (1877), Kazimierz Łyszczyński (1634), and Antoine Pevsner (1884).

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Among POLITICIANS In Belarus

Among politicians born in Belarus, Lew Sapieha ranks 21. Before him are Nikolay Krestinsky (1883), Elena Glinskaya (1510), Lucjan Żeligowski (1865), Vseslav of Polotsk (1029), Yevno Azef (1869), and Mikołaj "the Red" Radziwiłł (1512). After him are Mikołaj "the Black" Radziwiłł (1515), Alexander Orlov (1895), Ivonka Survilla (1936), Myechyslaw Hryb (1938), Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya (1982), and Anatoly Chubais (1955).

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