Andrzej Sapieha

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Andrzej Sapieha (1539–October 11, 1621) was a Polish–Lithuanian nobleman from the Sapieha family. He served as the Great Royal Deputy Cup-bearer of Lithuania, castellan of Minsk, and voivode of Polotsk and Smolensk. He was the son of Paweł Iwanowicz Sapieha and brother of Mikołaj and Bohdan.

From 1575 to 1578 he fought in the Livonian War against Russia. In the 1577–1578 campaign he was second in command after Mikołaj Radziwiłł and led Polish–Lithuanian and Swedish forces at the Battles of Wenden, where about 5–6 thousand soldiers defeated a larger Russian army. After King Zygmunt III Vasa came to the throne in 1587, with support from his kin Lew Sapieha, Andrzej became Great Royal Deputy Cup-bearer of Lithuania. On May 29, 1592 he was named castellan of Minsk. He traveled abroad several times, especially to Italy, in 1579, 1592 and 1608. Later he was named voivode of Smolensk, but likely never officially served. He died on October 11, 1621.