Knyszyn
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Knyszyn is a town in the Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, 26 kilometres northwest of Białystok. It is situated on the Jaskranka River, within the historic region of Podlachia.
Saint John church in Knyszyn
Death of King Sigismund Augustus, 19th-century painting by Jan Matejko
Manor ruins in Knyszyn in the 19th century, painting by Napoleon Orda
Memorial plaque to victims of World War II, including victims of the local forced labour camp and local deportees
Mikołaj II Radziwiłł
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Mikołaj II Radziwiłł, nicknamed Amor Poloniae, was a magnate and statesman of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
Knyszyn
…union with Poland. It was the property of Court Marshal of Lithuania Michael Glinski until confiscated and passed to the Grand Chancellor of Lithuania Mikołaj Radziwiłł in 1507. In 1569 it was re-incorporated into the Kingdom of Poland…
A Lithuanian Metrica of 1511–18, from the chancellery of Lithuanian Grand Chancellor Mikołaj Radziwiłł