Michał Wiśniowiecki (1529–1584)
Michał Wiśniowiecki or Mykhailo Vyshnevetsky was a Ruthenian noble of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. He was a prince at Wiśniowiec, magnate, Senior of Registered Cossacks, Hetman of Zaporozhian Cossacks, castellan of Bracław and Kijów, starost of Czerkasy, Kaniów, Lubeka and Łojów. Great-grandfather of the future King of Poland, Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki.
Wisnowiecki was born before the Union of Lublin in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.Marriage and issue
Michał married Halszka Zenowiczówna h. Deszpot and had five children
- Aleksander Wiśniowiecki, starost of Czerkasy, Kaniów, Korsuń Szewczenkowski, Lubeka and Łojów, married Helena Jełowiecka h. Jełowiecki
- Michał Wiśniowiecki, married Regina Mohyła, father of Jeremi Wiśniowiecki, grandfather of King Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki
- Jerzy Wiśniowiecki, married Teodora Czaplica h. Kierdeja
- Maryna Wiśniowiecka, married Teodor ks. Drucki-Horski h. Druck
- Zofia Wiśniowiecka, married Jerzy Ostafi Tyszkiewicz h. Leliwa
