Epilog sprawy Jana Andrzeja Morsztyna w 1683 roku

THE EPILOGUE OF JAN ANDRZEJ MORSZTYN’S CASE IN 1683This article is devoted to the epilogue of diplomatic endeavours of Jan Andrzej Morsztyn in 1683. In that year, the Polish-Lithuanian monarch, Jan III. Sobieski, preparing military campaign to save Vienna from Turks, aimed to change state foreign policy. This change was to involve breaking relations with France and establishing an alliance with Austria. In the king’s opinion, there was a serious opponent to this change – a long-time leaver of the French faction and the Great Crown Treasurer (podskarbi) Jan Andrzej Morsztyn. The monarch decided to eliminate the faction through a plot aimed at bringing Morsztyn to the parliamentary court. In response to the attempts of the king, Morsztyn intensified his political activity, in particular, international contacts in the years 1681-1683. This activity delayed the monarch’s accusation, yet in 1683 Morsztyn was accused of mismanagement of finances and betrayal of the country seeking to dethronize Jan Sobieski. In effect, he was forced to leave Poland and spent the last 10 years of his life in France.