Ostrogski family

Ostrogski was one of the most powerful noble houses in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and later in Poland - Lithuania.

History

The Ostrogskis included as an old established princely family of the most influential Ruthenian noble families in Lithuania and Poland. The female form of the name is Ostrogska. The Ostrogskis descended in the male line of the Rurik and were distant descendants of Sviatopolk, Grand Duke of Kievan Rus. Your lordships in Volhynia, Podolia Halych and included several cities and hundreds of villages. The main cities were Ostrog, Korez and Izjaslav. In 1386, Prince Feodor Danilovitsch Ostrogski received by the Polish king Władysław II Jagiello a charter which he confirmed his possession of Ostrog and the neighborhood.

The Ostrogskis among the biggest supporters of the Orthodox religion and culture in the majority of predominantly Catholic Poland - Lithuania in the form of construction of new churches, schools, and the printing of books in Ruthenian. The ducal line of Ostrog became extinct 1620.

Blazon: " Azure, between a golden Sparrenkopfoberhalbkreisfußschaft ( house brand) and one reclining ungesichteten golden crescent, a sixteenth -pointed golden star. "

Well-known bearers of the name were:

• Konstanty Ostrogski († 1530), Ruthenian- Lithuanian prince, commander ( Great Hetman of Lithuania) and civil servants ( Castellan, Voivode );
• Konstanty Wasyl Ostrogski († 1608), Ruthenian- Lithuanian prince and civil servant ( Zamoyski, Voivode );
• Anna Alojza Ostrogska († 1654), married with Hetman January Karol Chodkiewicz;