Sebastiano Montelupi de Mari | |||||
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.jpg) Commemorative stamp issue, 2008 (detail). | |||||
| Born | 1516 | ||||
| Died | 18 August 1600 (aged 83–84) | ||||
| Monuments | Montelupi Monument, St. Mary's Basilica, Kraków | ||||
| Nationality | Polish (patent of naturalization awarded by King Sigismund II) | ||||
| Other names | Sebastian Wilczogórski | ||||
| Citizenship | Florentine (awarded 1567) | ||||
| Occupation(s) | merchant, banker, postmaster | ||||
| Years active | 1557–1600 | ||||
| Title | Master of the Royal Posts | ||||
| Term | 1568–1600 | ||||
| Predecessor | Pietro Maffon | ||||
| Successor | Valerio Tamburini Montelupi | ||||
| Spouse(s) | Urszula Baza (1551–1586), m. 1567 | ||||
| Partner | Carlo Montelupi (younger brother) | ||||
| Children | Valerio Tamburini Montelupi (adopted) | ||||
| Parent | Valerio Montelupi de Mari | ||||
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Sebastiano Montelupi (Polish: Sebastian Montelupi, name occasionally Polonized as Wilczogórski, 1516 – 18 August 1600),[1] was an Italian-born merchant and banker in Kraków, Poland, and Postmaster General of the Polish royal postal service under Sigismund II Augustus, Henry III of Poland, Anna Jagiellon, Stephen Báthory and Sigismund III Vasa.