Jan Tarnowski

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Jan Amor Tarnowski
Noble Family	Tarnowski
Coat of Arms	Leliwa
Parents	Jan Amor Tarnowski Barbara Zawisza z Różnowa
Consorts	Barbara Tęczyńska Zofia Szydłowiecka
Children	with Barbara Tęczyńska Jan Aleksander Tarnowski Jan Amor Tarnowski with Zofia Szydłowiecka Zofia Tarnowska Jan Krzysztof Tarnowski
Date of Birth	1488
Place of Birth	Tarnów, Poland
Date of Death	May 16, 1561
Place of Death	Wiewiórka, Poland

Count Jan Amor Tarnowski (1488 - 1561) was a Polish szlachcic. He was Grand Crown Hetman from 1527 and was the founder of the city of Tarnopol.

Leliwa coat of arms

He was owner of Tarnów, Wiewiórka, Rożnów, Przeworsk, Stare Sioło, a Knight of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre from September 1, 1518, castellan wojnicki from 6 June, 1522, voivode of Ruthenian Voivodship from April 2, 1527 and of Kraków Voivodship from October 10, 1535, castellan of Kraków and Starost of Sandomierz, Stryj, Żydaczów, Dolina, Sandecz, chmielnowski, Lubaczów and horodelski from March 15, 1536.

He was amongst the first Hetmans of the Polish Army after its great reforms. He led the Polish Army to many victories amongst which was the victory at Obertyn (1531) against Moldavians, and at Starodub (1535) against the Muscovites.

Victories were not the only achievements of this Hetman. This great military leader developed, among other things, horse artillery, filed hospitals at the expense of the government, headquarters services, and field sappers. Throughout his entire service as a Hetman, he preached a doctrine of flexibility.

Hetman Tarnowski

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