Grzegorz Antoni Ogiński
Polish-Lithuanian noble
Died when: 55 years 116 days (663 months)Star Sign: Cancer
Grzegorz Antoni Oginski (23 June 1654–17 October 1709) was a Polish-Lithuanian Hetman and governor-general of the Duchy of Samogitia from 1698.He was the fourth and youngest son of Jan Jacek Oginski, also a hetman.
Oginski was one of the leaders of the uprising against the Sapieha Lithuanian magnates.He was successful in the Lithuanian Civil War which culminated in the Battle of Valkininkai on 18 November 1700.
After the battle, Michal Franciszek Sapieha the main leader of the Sapieha faction, as well as many other members of the family and its supporters, were murdered by a drunken mob of szlachta.
Oginski was a supporter and close associate of King Augustus II the Strong.He was made the Field Hetman of Lithuania on 20 November 1703 and in 1709 the Great Hetman of Lithuania.
He was made Knight of the Order of the White Eagle in 1705.His father was Jan Jacek Oginski (died 1684), also a Hetman.
He was married to and had a son, (died 1727) and a daughter .He died in Lublin in 1709.
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