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Stańczyk
Sign in to saveStańczyk (; – ) was the most famous Polish court jester. He was employed by three Polish kings: Alexander, Sigismund the Old and Sigismund Augustus.
Key facts
- Person.image
- Jan Matejko, Stańczyk.jpg
- Person.caption
- Stańczyk by Jan MatejkoThe jester is depicted as the only person at a royal ball troubled by the news that the Muscovites have captured Smolensk, which happened in 1514.
- Person.other_names
- Gąska
- Person.occupation
- Jester
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Poland
- Occupation
- jester
- Languages spoken
- Polish
- Field of work
- jester
- Image
- Jan Matejko, Stańczyk.jpg
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- Commons category
- Stańczyk
- date of death
- 1560-01-01
- date of birth
- 1480-01-01
- described by source
- Polish Biographical Dictionary
- different from
- Stańczyk
- name in native language
- Stańczyk
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Name, identity and historicity
- Stańczyk as a symbol
- ''Teka Stańczyka''
- Stańczyk in the arts
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Stańczyk (; – ) was the most famous Polish court jester. He was employed by three Polish kings: Alexander, Sigismund the Old and Sigismund Augustus.
==Name, identity and historicity==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Stańczyk” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.