Galitzine

The house Galitzine (Cyrillic: Голицын, also Galizyn, Golitsyn, Gallitzin ) is a Russian princely family of Lithuanian descent, whose ancestor in the male line Grand Duke Gediminas was, who was also the progenitor of the Jagiellonian. One of his descendants, Ivan Bulgak should have received from the thick leather gloves ( golitza ), which he wore over the woolen gloves, nicknamed Golitsyn (pronounced Galizyn ) and inherited by his descendants.

Bearers of the name

• Alexander Fyodorovich Golitsyn (1796-1864), Russian prince
• Amalie of Gallitzin (1748-1806), German enlightener
• Boris Borisovich Golitsyn (1862-1916), Russian geophysicist
• Demetrius Augustine Gallitzin (1770-1840), American priest
• Dmitri Alexeyevich Golitsyn (1734-1803), Russian diplomat and mineralogist
• Dmitri Mikhailovich Golitsyn (1721-1793), Russian diplomat, military and art patron
• Dmitri Vladimirovich Golitzyn (1771-1844), a Russian lieutenant general
• Grigory Sergeyevich Golitzin (1838-1907), Russian general and statesman
• Irene Galitzine (1916-2006), Italian fashion designer
• Ivan Vasilyevich Bulgakov Galitzine (nickname Golitza, † 1498), Russian prince and Bojar
• Yuri Nikolayevich Golitsyn (1823-1872), Russian composer
• Lev Golitsyn (1845-1915), Prince and beverage entrepreneurs
• Mikhail Ivanovich Bulgakov Galitzine (1466-1556), Russian official and commander
• Mikhail Mikhailovich Golitsyn ( the Elder) ( 1675-1730 ), a Russian Field Marshal and Governor of Finland
• Mikhail Mikhailovich Golitsyn (the younger ) ( 1684-1764 ), Russian general and admiral
• Nikolai Borisovich Golitsyn (1794-1866), a Russian nobleman and patron
• Nikolai Dmitrievich Golitsyn (1850-1925), Russian politician
• Sergei Mikhailovich Golitsyn (1774-1859), Russian prince
• Vasily Vasilievich Golitsyn (1644-1714), Russian statesman and lover of Empress Sofia
• Vladimir Vladimirovich Golitsyn (* 1947), Russian lawyer and judge