Alšėniškiai

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Hipocentaur coat of arms

The House of Alšėniškiai (Belarusian: Гальшанскі, romanized: Halšanski, Polish: Holszański) was a Lithuanian by origin[1] Ruthenianized and predominantly Eastern Orthodox princely family of Hipocentaur coat of arms.[2] Their patrimony was the Principality of Alšėnai, which included the castles of Rokantiškės and Alšėnai.

History

Origin

Jonas Alšėniškis (c. 1379-1402), whose father Algimantas (Ougemundes) presents the first historically proven generation of the Alšėniškiai.[2]

For the first time Alšėniškiai family is mentioned in written sources at the end of the 14th century when Ivan, son of Algimantas, assisted

patronymic name. However, late and unreliable Lithuanian Chronicles created a fanciful genealogy of Algimantas that connected him to the legendary Palemonids that allegedly hailed from the Roman Empire. Modern historians have discarded the genealogy as a work of fiction not based on historical facts.[3]

14th–16th centuries

The family was founded by

Orthodox by faith and Ruthenian by language, although there were exceptions, in particular Paweł Holszański was a Catholic Church official.[citation needed
]

Family tree

Family of Alšėniškiai
Algimantas
Ivan Olshanski

Died in or after 1402
Alexander
Served
Grand Duke of Lithuania
Michael
Regent of Kiev
Died in 1433?		Semeon the Fierce
Executed in 1433
Voivode of Moldavia
Vasilisa
Wife of Ivan Belsky
Yuri
Died after 1456		Several other?
Semeon
Great Hetman

Died in 1505
Anna
Bishop of Lutsk and Vilnius
Died in 1555
Yuri
Died in 1536		VasilisaTetiana
Wife of Konstanty Ostrogski
Died in 1522
Several daughters and sonsMaria
Trakai

Died in 1549		Semeon
Last male heir
Died in 1556
References

Main source:[3]

Notes
  • The family tree is incomplete.

References

In-line
  1. ISBN 9986-830-89-3
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  2. ^ a b c d e Pułaski 1887, p. 259.
  3. ^ a b c Jonynas, Ignas (1933). "Alšėniškiai". In Vaclovas Biržiška (ed.). Lietuviškoji enciklopedija (in Lithuanian). Vol. I. Kaunas: Spaudos Fondas. pp. 347–359.
  4. ^ a b A. N. Narbut (1995). Genealogy of Belarus, vol. 1. Moscow.
  5. ISBN 9955-445-67-X
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General
  1. Jonas Zinkus; et al., eds. (1985). "Alšėnų kunigaikščiai". Tarybų Lietuvos enciklopedija (in Lithuanian). Vol. I. Vilnius, Lithuania: Vyriausioji enciklopedijų redakcija. p. 52.
  2. Pułaski, Kazimierz (1887). "VII. Książęta Holszańscy. Monografia historyczno-genealogiczna." [VII. Dukes Alšėniškiai. Historical and genealogical monograph.]. Szkice i poszukiwania historyczne [Sketches and historical research] (in Polish). Kraków. pp. 259–305.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. Wolff, Józef (1895). Kniaziowie litewsko-ruscy od końca czternastego wieku [Lithuanian-Ruthenian princes from the end of the fourteenth century] (in Polish). Warszawa. pp. 94–115.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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