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Aleksander Petrykowski (d. 1672) was a Polish nobleman, starost of Nur and envoy to Crimea.




Family


Kasper Niesiecki (d. 1744), a Polish heraldist, wrote his surname as Potrykowski. This version was used by some authors. Karol Szajnocha considered the version Potrykowski as the right one. However modern historians used the version Petrykowski. In biographical entires in the Polski słownik biograficzny Aleksander and his brother were described as Petrykowski (Potrykowski).
Aleksander Petrykowski was a member of the noble family, which used Paprzyca as the coat of arm.
He was son of Walerian Petrykowski. His brother was Hieronim Petrykowski, later podkomorzy of Warsaw (podkomorzy warszawski) and member of parliament (sejm walny) of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Aleksander Petrykowski was married to Helena Oleśnicka. He left three children: son Jan and two daughters, Anna, wife of Krzysztof Jarzyna, and Teofila, wife of Bogusław Hulewicz. Jan Petrykowski was later married to Lukrecja Radecka with whom got two children: son Adam and daughter Teofila.




Life


Aleksander inherited the village Petrykozy. In 1648 he was one of electors of king Jan II Kazimierz. On August 21, 1658 he became a podstoli of Warsaw (podstoli warszawski).
In 1660 he received two king's villages in Rawa's voivodeship: Długołęka and Niedrzaków.
On August 8, 1664 he became a podczaszy of Warsaw (podczaszy warszawski). In the same year Petrykowski became a starost of Nur.
In November 1664 he sent as an envoy to the Khan.
He was sent to Khan again in August 1672 to make him a peace broker between Poland and Ottoman.




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References






= Primary sources

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Zaprzeniec z Siemuszowej Pietruski, Oswald (1845). Elektorów poczet którzy niegdyś głosowali na elektów Jana Kazimierza r. 1648, Jana III r. 1674, Augusta II r. 1697 i Stanisława r. 1764 najjaśniejszych królów polskich, wielkich książąt litewskich, i t. d., i t. d. Lwów: Nakładem Kajetana Jabłońskiego. p. 284.




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Bartoszewicz, Julian (1860). Pogląd na stosunki Polski z Turcyą i Tatarami: na dzieje Tatarów w Polsce w osiadłych, na przywileje tu im nadane, jako też wspomnienia o znakomitych Tatarach polskich. Warszawa: Nakładem Aleksandra Nowoleckiego, księgarza. p. 152.
Dzięgielewski, Jan (1980). "Petrykowski (Potrykowski) Aleksander". Polski Słownik Biograficzny. Vol. 25. Polska Akademia Nauk & Polska Akademia Umiejętności. p. 708.
Niesiecki, Kasper (1841). Herbarz polski. Vol. 7. Lipsk: Bretikopf & Hertel. p. 468.
Wójcik, Zbigniew (1966). "Some Problems of Polish-Tatar Relations in the Seven teenth Century. The Financial Aspects of the Polish-Tatar Alliance in the Years 1654-1666" (PDF). Acta Poloniae Historica. 13: 97.

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• Aleksander Petrykowski
• Hieronim Petrykowski
• Petrykozy, Grodzisk Mazowiecki County
• Niedrzaków
• Nałęcz coat of arms