Prince Janusz Wiśniowiecki (1598–1636) was a Polish nobleman, koniuszy wielki koronny (i.e. High Royal Equerry) from 1633, and starost of Krzemieniec.
In 1631 after the death of Jerzy Zbaraski, he inherited Puławy.
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Marriage and issue
Janusz married Katarzyna Eugenia Tyszkiewicz on 19 September 1627 in Wilno, the daughter of Voivode of Mścisław, Troki and Wilno Janusz Skumin Tyszkiewicz h. Leliwa and had four children:
Dymitr Jerzy Wiśniowiecki (1631–1682), married Marianna Zamoyska h. Jelita, later Princess Teofila Ludwika Zasławska
Konstanty Krzysztof Wiśniowiecki (1633–1686), married Urszula Teresa Mniszech, daughter of castellan of Nowy Sącz Franciszek Bernard Mniszech, later Anna Chodorowska h. Korczak
Anna Wiśniowiecka
Barbara Katarzyna Wiśniowiecka
Legacy
Samuel Twardowski, a 17th-century Polish poet and writer, wrote an epic Książę Wiśniowiecki Janusz (or Prince Janusz Wiśniowiecki).[1]