Poselstwo od wojska koronnego na sejm warszawski 1683 r. jako przykład funkcjonowania patronatu wojskowego Jana III

Abstract

At the end of January 1683 a sejm assembled in Warsaw, attended by a delegation from the Crown Army, re-ceived in the Chamber of Deputies on 27 February and then by Queen Maria Kazimiera on 2 March. The dele-gation was composed of 9 people, including eight officers – six of national and three of foreign recruitment. The delegation was headed by the commander of the royal cavalry regiment, Dapifer Regni Aleksander Polanowski. It was also him who on behalf of his colleagues, whom he mentioned by name, on 6 February signed for the received 9,000 zlotys from the treasury allocated for parliamentary allowances. Owing to this receipt, we were able to determine the previously unknown composition of the deputation from the Crown Army. This made it possible to conduct an analysis which showed that the emissaries of the Crown Army in 1683 remained in the circle of the military patronage of King Jan III, therefore the ruler could entirely rely on them. The fact that Jan III acquired influence over the military deputation was a warning to the anti-royal opposition that the Crown Army fully supported the monarch’s policy.