in Ossolin. Between 1639–1642 he funded the palace in the capital city of Warsaw. After the death of Władysław IV in 1648 he supported the election of his half brother John Casimir and was instrumental in his election. Ossoliński also was in favour of treaties with the Cossacks, he took part in the negotiations and was an important contributor to the Treaty of Zborów in 1649. He was a well regarded speaker and orator (he served twice as the Speaker of the Sejm in 1631 and 1635). He was also an author of: Orationess... (1647) Mercurius Sarmatiae (1716) Pamiętnik (The Diary or Memoires) 1595–1621 (1952) He also wrote the diaries of the embassy to Germany (1877) and to Rome (1883). Brother of Krzysztof Ossoliński (1587–1645), voivode of Sandomierz (1638), and Maksymilian Ossoliński (1588–1665), chorąży sandomierski (1624), Deputy Court Treasurer. Marriage and issue Jerzy married Izabella Daniłłowicz h. Sas in 1620 in Lwów and had four children: Prince Franciszek Ossoliński (died 1648), married to Katarzyna Działyńska h. Ogończyk Princess Urszula Brygida Ossolińska, married to Samuel Kalinowski h. Kalinowa (died at the Batih massacre), son of Hetman Marcin Kalinowski Princess Helena Tekla Ossolińska (died 1687), married to Prince Aleksander Michał Lubomirski Princess Anna Teresa Ossolińska (died 1651), married to Zygmunt Doenhoff, son of Kasper Doenhoff Bibliography Błażejewski Stanisław, Kutta Janusz, Romaniuk Marek: Bydgoski Słownik Biograficzny. Tom III. Bydgoszcz 1996. , str. 107-109 Bohomolec Franciszek, Życie Jerzego Ossolińskiego, kanclerza wielkiego koronnego, lubelskiego, lubomskiego, lubaczowskiego, bogusławskiego, brodnickiego, ryckiego, derpskiego, adzielskiego, stanisławowskiego i bydgoskiego starosty T. 1 i 2 Kraków 1860 Ludwik Kubala, Szkice historyczne seria 1, wyd.3 Kraków 1896; Jerzy Ossoliński Lwów 1883 T. 1, T. 2, Jerzy Ossoliński wyd. 2 rozszerzone, Warszawa Ossolineum 1924. Polski Słownik Biograficzny t. 24 s. 403 A True Copy of the Latine Oration of the Excellent George Ossolinski, Count Palatine of Tenizyn, and Sendomyria, Chamberlain to the Kings Maiestie of Poland, and Suethland, and Embassadour to the Kings most Excellent Maiesty. As it was pronounced to his Maiestie at White-Hall by the said Embassadour, on Sunday the 11. of March, 1620. External links Ossolinski Gallery of Portraits References 1595 births 1650 deaths Polish Princes of the Holy Roman Empire Jerzy Polish people of the Polish–Muscovite War (1605–1618) Crown Vice-Chancellors