Helena Stetkiewicz or Olena Vyhovska ( uk, Олена Виговська; died 1664), was a second wife of

Ivan Vyhovsky Ivan Vyhovsky ( uk, Іван Виговський; pl, Iwan Wyhowski / Jan Wyhowski; date of birth unknown, died 1664), a Ukrainian military and political figure and statesman, served as hetman of the Zaporizhian Host and of the Cossack Hetma ...

Hetman of Zaporizhian Host The Hetman of the Zaporizhian Host ( uk, Гетьман Війська Запорозького, la, Cosaccorum Zaporoviesium Supremus Belli Dux) was the head of state of the Cossack Hetmanate in what is now Ukraine. The office was disestablishe ...

(year 1657-1659) in

Cossack Hetmanate The Cossack Hetmanate ( uk, Гетьманщина, Hetmanshchyna; or ''Cossack state''), officially the Zaporizhian Host or Army of Zaporizhia ( uk, Військо Запорозьке, Viisko Zaporozke, links=no; la, Exercitus Zaporoviensis) ...

Life

Helena Stetkiewicz was a daughter of Bohdan Stetkiewicz,

Litvin Litvin ( be, ліцьвін, літвін, lićvin, litvin; lt, litvinas; pl, Litwin; russian: литвин, litvin; uk, литвин, lytvyn) is a Slavic word for residents of Lithuania, which was used no earlier than the 16th century mostly ...

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of Nowogródek (

Navahrudak Novogrudok ( be, Навагрудак, Navahrudak; lt, Naugardukas; pl, Nowogródek; russian: Новогрудок, Novogrudok; yi, נאַוואַראַדאָק, Novhardok, Navaradok) is a town in the Grodno Region, Belarus. In the Middle A ...

) and Mścisław ( Mstsislaw).Hetmanesses of Ukraine (p.2). Wives of Hetman Vyhovsky, wives of Somko and Bryukhovetsky (Гетьманші України (ч.2). Дружини гетьмана Виговського, жінки Сомка та Брюховецького)
/ref> Her mother Helena Sołomierecka was a Ruthenian Duchess (Knjazna) of

Rurikid The Rurik dynasty ( be, Ру́рыкавічы, Rúrykavichy; russian: Рю́риковичи, Ryúrikovichi, ; uk, Рю́риковичі, Riúrykovychi, ; literally "sons/scions of Rurik"), also known as the Rurikid dynasty or Rurikids, was ...

stock tracing her heritage to the

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. After its marriage, the couple lived in Subotiv and

Kiev 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 ...

. She was an influential figure among the

Ukrainian Cossacks The Zaporozhian Cossacks, Zaporozhian Cossack Army, Zaporozhian Host, (, or uk, Військо Запорізьке, translit=Viisko Zaporizke, translit-std=ungegn, label=none) or simply Zaporozhians ( uk, Запорожці, translit=Zaporoz ...

. She is known to have participated in politics as the adviser and collaborator of her spouse during his reign, but she was not popular among the Cossacks because she banned the drinking parties which had been so popular among the cossacks. After a murder of

, Helena moved to a town of Ruda in

Ruthenian Voivodeship The Ruthenian Voivodeship (Latin: ''Palatinatus russiae'', Polish: ''Województwo ruskie'', Ukrainian: ''Руське воєводство'', romanized: ''Ruske voievodstvo''), also called Rus’ voivodeship, was a voivodeship of the Crown of ...

(today a village in

Lviv Oblast Lviv Oblast ( uk, Льві́вська о́бласть, translit=Lvivska oblast, ), also referred to as Lvivshchyna ( uk, Льві́вщина, ), ). The name of each oblast is a wikt:Appendix:Glossary#relational, relational adjective—in Englis ...

) where she reburied her husband and soon died as well. However, there is version that the couple is buried in the

Manyava Skete Manyava Skete of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, (transliterated often as Maniava or Manjava Skete) - otherwise known as Ukrainian Athos, is Orthodox solitary cell men's monastery (skete) in the Carpathian mountains of western Ukraine. It is si ...

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File:Bahdan Statkievič, Alena Sałamiareckaja. Багдан Статкевіч, Алена Саламярэцкая (XVII).jpg, Parents of Helena Stetkiewicz File:POL COA Kosciesza I.svg,

Kościesza coat of arms Kościesza (''Strzegomia, Strzegomya'') - is a Polish coat of arms used by szlachta families in the times of Kingdom of Poland and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. History According to a legend the Kościesza arms has been granted by King ...

References

. 24 December 2010. * Руїна: друга половина XVII ст. / Упоряд. і передмова О. І. Гуржія; Ред. кол. В. А. Смолій (голова) та ін. — К.: Україна, 1996. — 431 с. — С. 312. — . * Мицик Ю. Іван Виговський // Володарі гетьманської булави: Історичні портрети / Автор передмови В. А. Смолій. — К.: Варта, 1994. — 560 с. — С. 191—236. — .
Дружини гетьмана Виговського

* ttp://tyzhden.ua/History/5901 Гетьманші {{First Ladies of Zaporizhian Host 1664 deaths 17th-century Belarusian people People from the Cossack Hetmanate 17th-century Ukrainian people

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