Son of
castellan and
voivode Jan Wielopolski and Zofia Kochanowska. He was married to Aniela Febronia Koniecpolska and Konstancja Krystyna Komorowska since 1665. His third wife Marie Anne de la Grande d'Arquien, the sister of Queen Marie Casimire Louise he married in July 1678 in
Lwów. He was
Stolnik of the Crown since 1664, General
governor of
Kraków since 1667,
Deputy Chancellor the Crown since 1677 and
Grand Chancellor of the Crown since 1678. Wielopolski was the governor of
Biecz,
Bochnia,
Nowy Targ and
Dolina. Educated in
Kraków and
Strasbourg. Since 1661 frequent deputy to the Sejm from
Little Poland province. He supported King
John II Casimir of Poland who wanted to institute an "election
vivente rege", where the king's successor was
elected before the old king died. This would allow for the king to have input in the election, giving him more power. Wielopolski was
Marshal of the extraordinary
Sejm in
Warsaw on 20 February - 1 May 1662. At the end of his life he was in opposition to King
John III Sobieski. His marriage to Konstancja Krystyna Komorowska led to the Wielkopolski family acquiring extensive estates in the following generation, which occurred in 1729. == References ==