The House of Chodkiewicz ( be, Хадкевіч; lt, Chodkevičius) was one of the most influential

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of Lithuanian- Ruthenian descent within the

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in the 16th and 17th century.Chester S. L. Dunning, Caryl Emerson, Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin, ''The Uncensored Boris Godunov'', Univ of Wisconsin Press, 2007, SBN 0299207641
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History

Chodko Jurewicz, chamberlain to Grand Duke

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, was probably the ancestor of the whole clan and gave it the name ''Chodkiewicz'', meaning "son of Chodzko". Surnames were not used in that time, but apparently later in history, the name ''Chodzko'' became a surname after Christianization of Chodzko Juriewicz, father of Iwan (later Jan) Chodkiewicz. They bore the Chodkiewicz coat of arms. In 1572, Jan Hieronimowicz Chodkiewicz converted from

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to Roman Catholicism with his two sons, which made them the first

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generation of the once Lithuanian-Ruthenian family. Emperor

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granted them the title of

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Notable family members

* Chodko Jurewicz (c.1431–1447), founder of Chodkiewicz clan *

Ivan Chodkiewicz Ivan Chodkiewicz; ( 1420 – 1484) was a Ruthenian noble from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Ruthenia and Samogitia. He was a son of Chodko Jurewicz and ancestor of the Chodkiewicz family. Ivan married Jawnuta (Agnieszka) Belska, first cousin o ...

(?–1484), founder of the Chodkiewicz family *

Aleksander Chodkiewicz Aleksander Chodkiewicz ( lt, Aleksandras Chodkevičius, , ; ca. 1475 – 28 May 1549) was a Ruthenian noble from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Ruthenia and Samogitia, founder of the Supraśl Orthodox Monastery. He inherited vast possessions fr ...

(1475–1549),

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of the Nowogródek Voivodeship,

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* Yurii Chodkiewicz (1524–1569), voivode of the Nowogródek Voivodeship * Hieronim Chodkiewicz (1500–1561), Grand Lithuanian

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, Count of the Roman Empire * Ivan Hieronimowicz Chodkiewicz (1537–1579), Livonian hetman, Grand Lithuanian Marshall, castellan of

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. * Grzegorz Chodkiewicz (?–1572),

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Jan Karol Chodkiewicz Jan Karol Chodkiewicz ( lt, Jonas Karolis Chodkevičius, be, Ян Караль Хадкевіч ; 1561 – 24 September 1621) was a military commander of the Grand Ducal Lithuanian Army, who was from 1601 Field Hetman of Lithuania, and from 1 ...

(1560–1621), Grand Hetman of Lithuania * Krzysztof Chodkiewicz (?–1652), castellan of

, voivode of

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Jan Kazimierz Chodkiewicz Jan Kazimierz Chodkiewicz (1616–1660) () was a Polonized Lithuanian nobleman ( szlachcic). Jan Kazimierz was Master of the Stables of Lithuania from 20 July 1633 and castellan of Vilnius from 13 April 1646. He married Zofia Pac on 31 Augu ...

(1616–1660), castellan of Vilnius *

Anna Eufrozyna Chodkiewicz The House of Chodkiewicz ( be, Хадкевіч; lt, Chodkevičius) was one of the most influential noble families of Lithuanian- Ruthenian descent within the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in the 16th and 17th century.Chester S. L. Dunning, ...

(c. 1600 – c. 1631), married Prokop Sieniawski in 1623 * Teresa Chodkiewicz (1645–1672), married Stanisław Bonifacy Krasiński about 1667 *

Jan Mikołaj Chodkiewicz Count Jan Mikołaj Chodkiewicz (14 December 1738, Gdańsk - 2 February 1781, Chernobyl) was the Starost of Żmudź and Wielona; Count of Szkłów and . Biography His father, , was the Voivode of Brest-Litovsk. In 1757, after completing his s ...

(1738–1781), father of Rozalia Lubomirska *

(1776-1838), Polish patriot and polymath

External links

Genealogy of Chodkiewicz family.

Site about Chodkiewicz clan.

Full interactive family tree (in Polish).

References

* Kasper Niesiecki, ''Herbarz polski Kaspra Niesieckiego'', Published by Waif, 1839
Google Print, p.48 (public domain)
Chodkiewicz family, {{Belarus-hist-stub

History

Notable family members

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