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Yurii Chodkiewicz

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Yurii Chodkiewicz
Coat of armsKościesza odm.Chodkiewicz
Bornc. 1515
Trakai
Died6 June 1569(1569-06-06) (aged 53–54)
Noble familyChodkiewicz
Consorts
FatherAleksander Chodkiewicz
MotherWasylissa Jaroslawowiczówna Hołowczyńska

Knyaz Yurii Chodkiewicz (Lithuanian: Jurgis Chodkevičius; c. 1515 – 6 June 1569) was a Lithuanian-Ruthenian noble who served as Bielsk starost in 1556, Puńsk starost in 1568, Great Master of the Pantry of Lithuania in 1554, Grand Krajczy of Lithuania in 1555, and Trakai castellan in 1566.[1]

Family

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Yurii was the son of Aleksander Chodkiewicz.[1] He married Eugenia Hornostajowna before 1555 in Trakai. They had two children, Konstanty, born in Trakai in 1553, and Zofia, born in Zhytomir the following year. Eugenia died in 1557.

In 1558, he married Princess Sophia Olelkovich-Slutska. She gave birth to Hieronim in 1560 in Vilnius, Halszka 1564 in Trakai, and Jerzy in 1570 in Žemaitkiemis.

Yurii died on 6 June 1569.[1]

Ancestry

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Anna of RiazanFyodor BielskiChodko Jurewicz
Jaroslav HołwczyńskiJawnuta BielskaIvan Chodkiewicz
Wasylissa HołowczyńskaAleksander Chodkiewicz
Yurii Chodkiewicz

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Hrytskyevich 2005, p. 710.

Sources

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  • Hrytskyevich, Anatol (2005). "Хадкевіч". Вялікае княства Літоўскае: Энцыклапедыя — Т. 2: Кадэцкі корпус — Яцкевіч. Minsk: Беларуская Энцыклапедыя. pp. 709–711. ISBN 985-11-0378-0.