House of Zamoyski

The Zamoyski family was one of the most important Polish magnate families of the szlachta in Poland - Lithuania. The feminine form of the family name is in Polish Zamoyska, in the plural Zamoyscy.

Well-known bearers of the name were:

• January Zamoyski (* 1542, † 1605 ), magnate, official, statesman and military leader;
• Tomasz Zamoyski (* 1594, † 1638), magnate, official and statesman;
• Gryzelda Konstancja Zamoyska (* 1623, † 1672), mother of the Polish king Michael Wiśniowiecki;
• Joanna Barbara Zamoyska (* 1626, † 1653), married to the magnate Aleksander Koniecpolski;
• January Sobiepan Zamoyski (* 1627, † 1662), magnate, official and general;
• Andrzej Zamoyski (* 1716, † 1792), statesman, humanist and reformer;
• Władysław Stanisław Zamoyski (* 1803, † 1868), politician, general, political activist of the Hotel Lambert;
• Andrzej Artur Zamoyski (* 1800, † 1874), political activist and economist;
• Maurycy Zamoyski (* 1871, † 1939), Foreign Minister of Poland;
• Marcin Zamoyski ( * 1947, † ), mayor of Zamość;
• Adam Zamoyski ( b. 1949; ), historian;