Prince Aleksander Janusz Zasławski-Ostrogski (1650–1682) was the last male representative of the

Ostrogski The House of Ostrogski ( pl, Ostrogscy, lt, Ostrogiškiai, ua, Острозькі - ''Ostroz'ki'') was one of the more prominent families in the Kingdom of Poland, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. The fa ...

princely line. He was the 4th ordynat of the Ostrogski Family Fee Tail.

Biography

Son of Prince

Władysław Dominik Zasławski Prince Wladysław Dominik Zasławski-Ostrogski (ca. 1616 – 1656) was a Polish nobleman ( szlachcic) of Ruthenian stock. Prince of the Princely Houses of Poland, Ostroh Ordynat, Grand Koniuszy of The Crown. Zasławski was the most powerfu ...

and

Katarzyna Sobieska Katarzyna Sobieska (1634–1694) was the sister of King John III Sobieski of Poland and a noblewoman. She married Władysław Dominik Zasławski in 1650. She was later married to Michał Kazimierz Radziwiłł on 13 June 1658. 1634 bi ...

, daughter of magnate

Voivode of Bełz Bełz Voivodeship ( pl, Województwo bełskie, la, Palatinatus Belzensis) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland from 1462 to the Partitions of Poland in 1772–1795. Together with the Ruthenian Voivodeship it was ...

and

Ruthenia Ruthenia or , uk, Рутенія, translit=Rutenia or uk, Русь, translit=Rus, label=none, pl, Ruś, be, Рутэнія, Русь, russian: Рутения, Русь is an exonym, originally used in Medieval Latin as one of several terms ...

Jakub Sobieski h. Janina, the sister of King of Poland Jan III Sobieski. In 1669, he aspired to become Polish King by electionhttp://www.poczet.com/elekcje.htm but, in the event, the throne went to Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki. In 1670, Prince Zasławski founded a

Jurydyka Jurydyka (plural: jurydyki, improperly: jurydykas), is a legal entity in the Polish legal system from bygone centuries (originating from Latin: ''iurisdictio'', jurisdiction), denoting a privately owned tract of land within a larger municipality, ...

in Warsaw on Magdeburg rights, which was named Alexandria in his honour. In this place was built

Palace A palace is a grand residence, especially a royal residence, or the home of a head of state or some other high-ranking dignitary, such as a bishop or archbishop. The word is derived from the Latin name palātium, for Palatine Hill in Rome which ...

by Janusz Ostrogski. Alexander died in 1682 leaving no successors, whole fortune of both

and

Zasławski The House of Zasławski (plural ''Zasławscy'') was the name of a Polish– Ruthenian noble family and a cadet branch of the Ostrogski family. The Zasławski family had its power base in Volhynia, Crown of the Kingdom of Poland (today in Ukra ...

families was inherited by

Józef Karol Lubomirski Prince Józef Karol Lubomirski (1638–1702) was a Polish noble. He was owner of Dubno, Wiśnicz, Tarnów and Zesław, Koniuszy of the Crown since 1683, Court Marshals of the Crown since 1692, Grand Marshal of the Crown in 1702, Starost ...

because of his marriage to

Teofila Ludwika Zasławska Princess Teofila Ludwika Zasławska (ca. 1650 – November 15, 1709) was a member of the Polish nobility ( pl, szlachta), known as the perhaps most significant heiress and landowner of her contemporary Poland. She was the daughter of Katarz ...

, sister of Aleksander Janusz Zasławski.

Ancestry

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Zaslawski, Aleksander Janusz Candidates for the Polish elective throne 17th-century Polish nobility Aleksander Janusz 1650 births 1682 deaths