Stanisław Koniecpolski
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Stanisław Koniecpolski was a Polish military commander, regarded as one of the most talented and capable in the history of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. He was also a magnate, a royal official,
Hussars—Polish heavy cavalry—at Kłuszyn
Koniecpolski's great adversary, Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden
Koniecpolski with a hetman's buława, portraited in a military encampment against a battle, National Museum in Warsaw
Hetman Koniecpolski Frees Captives of the Tatars, by Henryk Rodakowski. (The original was lost in World War II.)
Moldavian Magnate Wars
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The Moldavian Magnate Wars, or Moldavian Ventures, refer to the period at the end of the 16th century and the beginning of the 17th century when the magnates of Poland and Lithuania intervened in the
Chancellor Jan Zamoyski
Hetman Stanisław Żółkiewski participated in the Moldavian campaign and the battle of Cecora of 1595, near the Prut river.
Mihai Viteazul, Voivode of Wallachia, Transylvania and Moldavia
Sultan Osman II, leader of the Ottoman Empire who threatened war with Sigismund II and the burning of Kraków