Question: Facts:   - issue: with jadwiga konopacka elzbieta róza-zalińska anna tomicka with 1569 zofia odrowąż 1555 jan kostka anna magdalena kostka anna kostka katarzyna sieniawska jadwiga przerębska stanisław wojciech kostka jan kostka    - death place: jarosław    - coa: 100px dąbrowa    - mother: elżbieta z eilemberku    - spouse: jadwiga przerębska zofia odrowąż    - death date: 31 may 1581      - father: stanisław kostka    - birth date: ca. 1529    - name: jan kostka    - birth place: sztemberk v. stążków   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of jan kostka .
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jan kostka -lrb- ca. 1529 -- 1581 -rrb- was a polish noble and a candidate in elections for the new king of poland in 1572 .he was also an advisor to kings henry of valois and stefan batory .he was a courtier and a secretary of the king , podskarbi of duchy of prussia since 1555 , castellan of gdańsk in 1556 -- 1574 , voivode of sandomierz voivodeship since 1574 , and president of the komisja morskia -lrb- sea commission -rrb- .he advocated for a union of royal prussia with the crown .in 1574 and 1575 , he was proposed as candidate for king of poland -lrb- see -lsb- http://www.uni-mannheim.de/mateo/camenaref/cmh/cmh303.html] -rrb- .