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Jakub Zadzik ( 1582- 1642), Great Crown Secretary from 1613 to 1627, bishop of Chelmno from 1624, Crown Deputy Chancellor from 1627, Great Crown Chancellor from 1628 to 1635, bishop of Kraków from 1635, diplomat, szlachcic, magnate in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. His coat of arms was Korab.

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He negotiated the Treaty of Altmark in 1629 and the Treaty of Szturmska Wies in 1635 with Sweden, and the Treaty of Polanów with Russia in 1634.

He was a dedicated Catholic and supporter of the Counter-Reformation. In 1638 he suceeded in closing the Polish Brethren center in Raków . He often opposed Wladyslaw IV Waza, especially his actions designed to regain the throne of Sweden and strenghten the powers of the monarchy by means of military action.