Chodkiewicz

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Chodkiewicz
Supraśl Monastery founded by Aleksander Chodkiewicz

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

See also

  • [1] Genealogy of Chodkiewicz family.
  • [2] Site about Chodkiewicz clan.
  • [3] Full interactive family tree (in Polish).

References

  1. ^ Chester S. L. Dunning, Caryl Emerson, Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin, The Uncensored Boris Godunov, Univ of Wisconsin Press, 2007, SBN 0299207641, Google Print, p. 498