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Disrupted sejm in Grodno. 1688.
This sejm was convened on 18 November 1687. The pre-sejm sejmiks were held in December 1686. The sejm began proceedings on 27 January 1688. The previous owner of the speaker’s staff [referred as to “marshal of the previous staff”, ot was customary that the speaker’s staff was given to the newly elected marshal by the previous one] was Andrzej Giełgud, Lithuanian Field Scriptor. The sejm was disrupted by Kazimierz Stanisław Dąbrowski even before the marshal was
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The last sejm before the relief expedition to Vienna. 1683.
This sejm was convened on 4 November 1682. The pre-sejm sejmiks were held in December 1682. The sejm began its session on 27 January 1683. Rafał Leszczyński, Standard-Bearer of the Crown, was elected the marshal. The sejm began proceedings on 17 April 1683. See: R. Kołodziej, „Ostatni wolności naszej klejnot”. Sejm Rzeczypospolitej za panowania Jana III Sobieskiego [“The last jewel of our freedom”. Sejm of the Commonwealth under the rule of John III
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Warsaw 1626. Short history of a long lasting sejm
This sejm was convened on 7 December 1625. The pre-sejm sejmiks were held in December 1625. The sejm debated from 27 January to 10 March 1626. Jakub Sobieski, son of the voivode of Lublin, was elected the marshal. During the sejm, many “exorbitances” (postulates how to change improper solutions) were raised and reported, mostly negated by the king. Dealing with “exorbitances” took much time and drew attention away from fundamental matters, of which very little were
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