Princess Anna Alojza Ostrogska (1600–1654) was a Polish–Lithuanian

noblewoman Nobility is a social class found in many societies that have an aristocracy. It is normally ranked immediately below royalty. Nobility has often been an estate of the realm with many exclusive functions and characteristics. The characteri ...

and heiress, known for her great fortune, and famously pious and ascetic lifestyle. Anna was daughter of voivode of Wołyń Price

Oleksander Ostrogski Prince Aleksander Ostrogski ( be, Аляксандар Астрожскi ) (c. 1571–1603) was a nobleman of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Son of voivode of Troki and Hetman Prince Konstanty Wasyl Ostrogski and Zofia Tarnowska h. Leliw ...

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 ...

, the son of voivode of Kijów (

Kyiv Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by populat ...

, also Kiev) Prince

Konstanty Wasyl Ostrogski Konstanty Wasyl Ostrogski (2 February 1526 – 13 or 23 February 1608, also known as ''Kostiantyn Vasyl Ostrozkyi'', uk, Костянтин-Василь Острозький, be, Канстантын Васіль Астрожскi, lt, Konst ...

h. Ostrogski and Countess

Zofia Tarnowska Countess Zofia Tarnowska (1534–1570) was a Polish–Lithuanian noblewoman and heiress. She was the daughter of Hetman Jan Amor Tarnowski h. Leliwa and Zofia Szydłowiecka h. Odrowąż. Marriage and issue Zofia married Prince Konstanty Wasyl ...

Leliwa Leliwa is a Polish coat of arms. It was used by several hundred szlachta families during the existence of the Kingdom of Poland and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, and remains in use today by many of the descendants of these families. The ...

and

Anna Kostka Anna Kostka (1575–1635) was a Polish–Lithuanian noblewoman. Anna was the daughter of Jan Kostka and Zofia Odrowąż, and related to Saint Stanislas Kostka. She married Aleksander Ostrogski in 1592. She inherited the city of Jarosław as we ...

h. Dąbrowa, the daughter of

Jan Kostka Jan Kostka (ca. 1529–1581) was a Polish noble and a candidate in elections for the new King of Poland in 1572. He was also an advisor to Kings Henry of Valois and Stefan Batory. He was a courtier and a secretary of the King, Podskarbi of Du ...

h. Dąbrowa and

Zofia Odrowąż Zofia Odrowąż (1537–1580) was a Polish noblewoman. She was the daughter of castellan and voivode Stanisław Odrowąż and only daughter of Anna of Masovia, last Masovian duchess of the Piast dynasty, and became the widow of the castellan ...

h. Odrowąż.

Marriage and issue

Anna Alojza married Hetman Jan Karol Chodkiewicz h. Kościesza on 28 November 1620 in

Jarosław Jarosław (; uk, Ярослав, Yaroslav, ; yi, יאַרעסלאָוו, Yareslov; german: Jaroslau) is a town in south-eastern Poland, with 38,970 inhabitants, as of 30 June 2014. Situated in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship (since 1999), previ ...

. They had no children.

Bibliography

* Wanda Dobrowolska: Chodkiewiczowa z ks. Ostrogskich Anna Alojza. W: Polski Słownik Biograficzny. T. 3: Brożek Jan – Chwalczewski Franciszek. Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności – Skład Główny w Księgarniach Gebethnera i Wolffa, 1937, s. 370–371. Reprint: Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich, Kraków 1989, . * Tomasz Jurasz: ''Karoca'' * Jerzy Antoni Kostka: Kostkowie herbu Dąbrowa. Wyd. Z.P. POLIMER Koszalin 2010, . * Testament Anny Alojzy z Ostrogskich Chodkiewiczowej, :Testamenty szlacheckie z ksiąg grodzkich wielkopolskich z lat 1631–1655, Poznań – Wrocław 2008.

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1600 births 1654 deaths People from Jarosław People from Ruthenian Voivodeship

Anna Alojza Ostrogska Princess Anna Alojza Ostrogska (1600–1654) was a Polish–Lithuanian noblewoman and heiress, known for her great fortune, and famously pious and ascetic lifestyle. Anna was daughter of voivode of Wołyń Price Oleksander Ostrogski h. O ...

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