John of the Lithuanian Dukes, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

John of the Lithuanian Dukes

Bishop of Poznań and illegitimate son of Sigismund I the Old, King of Poland

Date of Birth: 17-Jan-1499

Place of Birth: Kraków, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 28-Feb-1538

Profession: Catholic priest, cantor, canon

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

John of the Lithuanian Dukes (Jan Ochstat de Thelnicz, Lithuanian: Jonas iš Lietuvos kunigaikšciu, Polish: Jan z Ksiazat Litewskich; 8 January 1499 – 18 March 1538) was Bishop of Vilnius (1519–36) and of Bishop of Poznan (1536–38).
He was the bishop when Protestantism was making the first inroads into the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and took the first steps in combating it.
John was an illegitimate son of Sigismund I the Old, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, and his mistress Katarzyna Telniczenka.