Jan Tarnowski

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Jan Amor Tarnowski

Noble Family

Tarnowski

Coat of Arms

Leliwa

Parents

Jan Amor Tarnowski
Barbara Zawisza z Różnowa

Consorts

Barbara Tęczyńska
Zofia Szydłowiecka

Children

with Barbara Tęczyńska
Jan Aleksander Tarnowski
Jan Amor Tarnowski
with Zofia Szydłowiecka
Zofia Tarnowska
Jan Krzysztof Tarnowski

Date of Birth

1488

Place of Birth

Tarnów, Poland

Date of Death

May 16, 1561

Place of Death

Wiewiórka, Poland

Jan Amor Tarnowski (Lithuanian: Jonas Tarnauskis) (1488 - 1561) was a Polish-Lithuanian szlachcic. He was Grand Crown Hetman from 1527 and was the founder of the city of Tarnopol.

He was owner of Tarnów, Wiewiórka, Rożnów, Przeworsk, Stare Sioło, a Knight of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre from September 1, 1518, castellan wojnicki from 6 June 1522, voivode of Ruthenian Voivodship from April 2, 1527 and of Kraków Voivodship from October 10, 1535, castellan of Kraków and Starost of Sandomierz, Stryj, Żydaczów, Dolina, Sandecz, chmielnowski, Lubaczów and horodelski from March 15, 1536.

In 1521 he participated in Ottoman-Habsburg wars in Northern Africa. He was amongst the first Hetmans of the Polish Army after its great reforms. He led the Polish Army to many victories amongst which was the victory at Obertyn (1531) against Moldavians, and at Starodub (1535) against the Muscovites in the Muscovite wars.

Victories were not the only achievements of this Hetman. This great military leader developed, among other things, horse artillery, field hospitals at the expense of the government, headquarters services, and field sappers. Throughout his entire service as a Hetman, he preached a doctrine of flexibility.