Jan Hieronimowicz Chodkiewicz
Jonas Jeronimaitis Chodkevicius | |
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Krystyna Zborowska h. Jastrzębiec | |
Issue | Aleksander Jan Karol Hieronim Zofia Drohostajska Anna, Princess Joachim Korecki Aleksandara, Princess Adam Wiśniowiecki Elżbieta, Princess Jan Żyliński |
Father | Hieronim Chodkiewicz h. Kościesza |
Mother | Anna Szemetówna h. Łabędź |
Jan Hieronimowicz Chodkiewicz (
Early life
He was one of the most famous
Military service
From 1559, Jan Chodkiewicz defended the
In 1564, he became
During the battles with the Muscovite army in 1568, he led the
Union of Lublin and thereafter
During the preparation of the documents of the Union of Lublin (1569), he persistently defended the state interests of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and led its delegation.[1] Just like his uncle, he was a strong opponent to the Polish–Lithuanian union at Lublin.[citation needed] The Lithuanian delegation to the meetings preparing the Act of Union between Poland and Lithuania was led by Jan, who insisted in a long impassioned speech on the equality and independence of the two nations. Finally "bowing to the king's power, he pointed out those parts of the Act of Union which were unacceptable to Lithuania and he stated that he yielded to the King's will only with the deepest sorrow".[2] In practice the Union of Lublin in 1569 made sure that the Grand Duchy of Lithuania retained its own form of government and separate laws until the end of the joint state in 1795.[citation needed]
He supported the candidacies of the French
He contributed to the founding of Vilnius University and supported the chronicler Maciej Stryjkowski.[3]
Family
He married the
of Krakow, and Anna Konarska. She remained Calvinist despite his conversion and raised some of their daughters in that religion despite their father's will.They had issue: Hieronim was born at Vilnius in 1559; Aleksander at Trakai in 1560; Jan Karol at Vilnius in 1560–61; Anna at Vilnius in 1562; Zofia at Vilnius in 1564, Elzbieta at Vilnius in 1568; and Aleksandra at Vilnius in 1576.
He died on 4 August 1579 and was buried in Vilnius Cathedral.
Marriage and issue
Jan Hieronim married Krystyna Zborowska h.
- voivode of Podole Jan Sienieński h. Dębno and Katarzyna Korniakt h. Krucyni, the daughter of Konstanty Korniakth. Krucyni
- Aleksander Ostrogski h. Ostrogski and Anna Kostka h. Dąbrowa
- Hieronim Chodkiewicz (died 1576), unmarried
- Zofia Chodkiewicz (died 1576), married Grand Marshal of Lithuania Krzysztof Drohostajski h. Leliwa
- Anna Chodkiewicz (died 1626), married Prince Pogoń Litewska
- Aleksandara Chodkiewicz, married Prince Adam Wiśniowiecki h. Korybut
- Elżbieta Chodkiewicz, married Prince Jan Żyliński and Bogorya
Ancestry
Anna of Riazan | Fyodor Bielski | Chodko Jurewicz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jarosław Hołwczyński | Jawnuta Bielska | Ivan Chodkiewicz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Elzbieta Hlebowiczówna | Melchior Szemet | Wasylissa Hołowczyńska | Aleksander Chodkiewicz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Anna Szemetówna | Hieronim Chodkiewicz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jan Hieronimowicz Chodkiewicz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
See also
- House of Chodkiewicz
- Lithuanian nobility
- Ruthenian nobility
- Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Sources
Danuta Bogdan, Students of the Republic at the University of Königsberg, in Królewice and Poland, Olsztyn 1993, p 82.
Leszek Kieniewicz the Senate for the Stefan Batory Foundation, Warsaw 2000, p 299.
Joseph Janowski: Jan Chodkiewicz Hieronimowicz. In: Polish Biographical Dictionary . T. 3: Brozek Jan – Chwalczewski Francis. Cracow : Polish Academy of Learning – Main Ingredients in bookstores Gebethner and Wolff, 1937, pp. 361–363. Reprint: Department of National Theatre. Ossolińskich, Kraków 1989,
- Tyla, Antanas (2003). "Jonas Chodkevičius". Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidybos institutas.