Andrzej Maksymilian Fredro

Template:Short description Template:Infobox noble Andrzej Maksymilian Fredro (1620 – 15 June 1679) was a Polish szlachcic and writer.

Biography

Andrzej Maksymilian Fredro was born in 1620.<ref name="Fredrowie99">Template:Cite journal</ref> He studied at the Cracow Academy.<ref name="Fredrowie99" />

He was castellan of Lwów from 1654 and voivode of the Podolian Voivodeship from 1676. He was Marshal of the Sejm (zwyczajny) from 16 January to 11 March 1652 in Warsaw. At that sejm Władysław Siciński used liberum veto for the first time.{{ safesubst:#invoke:Unsubst||date=__DATE__ |$B= Template:Fix }}Template:Clarify Fredro fortified Przemyśl in 1658–1660.<ref name=Fredrowie99/>

He died on 15 June 1679.<ref name=Fredrowie100>Template:Cite journal</ref> In his political writing, Fredro argues that liberum veto is necessary for a republic as big as the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. When one region of the Commonwealth falls into crisis, nobles from other regions may not be fully aware of the danger. Decision by majority in the Sejm is dangerous for such a big republic, because it enables the majority to ignore the interests of a particular region which has gotten into difficulty and asks the nation for help.<ref>Z. Ogonowski: Nad pismami A.M. Fredry w obronie liberum veto.. In: Z. Ogonowski: Filozofia polityczna w Polsce XVII wieku i tradycje demokracji europejskiej. Warszawa 1992, p. 26.</ref>

He was married to Katarzyna Gidzińska.<ref name=Fredrowie100/>

Bończa Coat of Arms

Works

• Gestorum Populi Poloni sub Henrico Valesio (1652)
• Przysłowia mów potocznych (1658)
• Scriptorum seu togae et belli notationum fragmenta (1660)
• Monita politicomoralia (1664)
• Militarium seu axiomatum belli (1668)
• Epistola ad amicum (1669)
• Vir Consilii (1730, released after his death)

See also

• Stanislaus Orichovius Polonus
• Aleksander Fredro

Further reading

• Władysław Czapliński, Fredro Andrzej Maksymilian [in:] Polski Słownik Biograficzny, vol. VII, p. 114.

External links

• Works by Andrzej Maksymilian Fredro in digital library Polona

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