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The House of Chodkiewicz (Belarusian: Хадкевіч; Lithuanian: Chodkevičius) was one of the most influential noble families of Lithuanian-Ruthenian descent within the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in the 16th and 17th century.[1]
History
Roman Catholicism with his two sons, which made them the first Polonized generation of the once Lithuanian-Ruthenian family. Emperor Charles V granted them the title of Imperial Count
.
Notable family members
- Chodko Jurewicz (c.1431–1447), founder of Chodkiewicz clan
- Ivan Chodkiewicz (?–1484), founder of the Chodkiewicz family
- Grand Marshal of Lithuania
- Yurii Chodkiewicz (1524–1569), voivode of the Nowogródek Voivodeship
- Elder of Samogitia, Count of the Roman Empire
- Grand Lithuanian Marshall, castellan of Vilnius.
- Grand Hetman of Lithuania
- Jan Karol Chodkiewicz (1560–1621), Grand Hetman of Lithuania
- Vilnius Voivodship
- Jan Kazimierz Chodkiewicz (1616–1660), castellan of Vilnius
- Anna Eufrozyna Chodkiewicz (c. 1600 – c. 1631), married Prokop Sieniawskiin 1623
- Teresa Chodkiewicz(1645–1672), married Stanisław Bonifacy Krasiński about 1667
- Jan Mikołaj Chodkiewicz (1738–1781), father of Rozalia Lubomirska
- Aleksander Chodkiewicz (1776-1838), Polish patriot and polymath
See also
Wikimedia Commons has media related to House of Chodkiewicz.
External links
- [1] Genealogy of Chodkiewicz family.
- [2] Site about Chodkiewicz clan.
- [3] Full interactive family tree (in Polish).
References
- ^ Chester S. L. Dunning, Caryl Emerson, Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin, The Uncensored Boris Godunov, Univ of Wisconsin Press, 2007, SBN 0299207641, Google Print, p. 498
- Kasper Niesiecki, Herbarz polski Kaspra Niesieckiego, Published by Waif, 1839, Google Print, p.48 (public domain)