A talented and skillful political and military leader, Jabłonowski participated in the War with Sweden during The Deluge, then with the Cossacks and Muscovy. He took part in the Chocim campaign of 1673 and participated in the Vienna expedition of 1683. He led the right wing of Polish cavalry forces at the Battle of Vienna. He also stopped the Tatars at Lwów in 1695. In 1692 Jabłonowski built the stronghold and the neighbouring town of Okopy Świętej Trójcy. During the Royal election of 1697, he supported Augustus II, later in opposition to the King. In 1698, Emperor Leopold I granted him and his family the hereditary title of Prince.[2]
Stanisław was son of the Lord Sword-Bearer Jan Jabłonowski (1600–1647) and Anna Ostroróg, the daughter of author and scholar Jan Ostroróg. After the abdication of King John II Casimir in 1668, Jabłonowski supported the French prince Louis, Grand Condé as a candidate for the Polish crown.[3]
^Wójcicki, Kazimierz Władysław (1877). "Stanisław Jan Jabłonowski". Z rodzinnéj Zagrody: Zyciorysy. Warsaw, Poland, Russian Empire: F. Hösick. pp. 188–91. Retrieved 10 January 2012.