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Piotr Myszkowski (hetman)
Piotr Myszkowski
was a
Polish magnate
and
military commander
. He was the
Crown Field Hetman
,
Voivode of Łęczyca
,
Voivode of Bełz
, castellan of
Oświęcim
,
Wieluń
,
Rozprza
and
Nowy Sącz
.
In
1499
, the
king of Poland
,
Jan Olbracht
, made him the
commander
of
Obrona
Potoczna
, a semi-regular
force
charged with protecting the
southern
border
of the
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
from
Tatar raids
.