Marcin Kromer
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Marcin Kromer (Latin: Martinus Cromerus; 11 November 1512 – 23 March 1589) was Prince-Bishop of Warmia (Ermland), a Polish cartographer, diplomat and historian in the Kingdom of Poland and later in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. He was a personal secretary to two Kings of Poland, Sigismund I the Old and Sigismund II Augustus.
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Marcin Kromer | |
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Bishop of Warmia | |
Installed | 1579 |
Term ended | 1589 |
Predecessor | Stanislaus Hosius |
Successor | Andrew Báthory |
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Born | 11 November 1512 |
Died | 23 March 1589 (1589-03-24) (aged 76) Lidzbark Warmiński, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth |
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