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Zebrzydowski's Rokosz



Zebrzydowski's Rokosz, or Zebrzydowski's Rebellion (Polish: rokosz Zebrzydowskiego), or the Sandomierz Rebellion (Polish: rokosz sandomierski), was a rokosz (semi-legal rebellion) in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth against King Sigismund III Vasa. The rokosz, formed on 5 August 1606 by Mikołaj Zebrzydowski, Jan Szczęsny Herburt, Stanisław Stadnicki, Aleksander Józef Lisowski and Janusz Radziwiłł in Stężyca and Lublin, was caused by the growing dissatisfaction with the King among the nobility (szlachta), who disapproved of the King's efforts to limit the power of the nobles (his attempts to weaken the Sejm, the Polish parliament) and to introduce a hereditary monarchy in place of the elective one).



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