ZAANGAŻOWANIE POLITYCZNE KRÓLEWICZA KARDYNAŁA FRYDERYKA JAGIELLOŃCZYKA ZA RZĄDÓW JANA OLBRACHTA (1492-1501)
POLITICAL INVOLVEMENT OF PRINCE CARDINAL FRYDERYK JAGIELLOŃCZYK DURING THE REIGN OF JAN OLBRACHT (1492-1501)

Summary/Abstract: Prince Frederick, Cardinal Jagiellonian (1468-1503), is one of the most outstanding, though still unrecognizable representatives of the Polish episcopateat the turn of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. As the youngest son ofKing Casimir IV Jagiellonian and Elizabeth of the Habsburg family, he wasdestined to become a clergyman, in order to support the dynasty on behalf ofthe Church. Frederick fulfilled this task perfectly. Climbing quickly the levelsof church dignity as bishop of Cracow (from 1488), then while maintainingthe Wawel Cathedral, also the archbishop of Gniezno and the primate (from1493) and the cardinal (1493), he showed an effort in pastoral matters of thedioceses entrusted to him, as well as undertaking significant activities in thepolitical arena. He devoted special merits to his older brother King John I Olbracht (1459-1501). He skillfully elected him to the throne of Cracow in 1492and then managed the state during the Black Sea expedition of Olbracht in 1497and repeatedly supplied the royal treasury with significant amounts of moneyfrom the church fund. As a politicain, Cardinal Frederick displayed an excellent sense and orientation both in the internal state and on the internationalarena. The aim of the article is to outline the political biography of FrederickJagiellonian by recalling his actions in the era of Jan I Olbracht.

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