Tyzenhaus (, , , ) was a noble family of the
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
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of
German
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extraction. It was active in the
Duchy of Livonia
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,
Duchy of Courland
The Duchy of Courland and Semigallia ( la, Ducatus Curlandiæ et Semigalliæ; german: Herzogtum Kurland und Semgallen; lv, Kurzemes un Zemgales hercogiste; lt, Kuršo ir Žiemgalos kunigaikštystė; pl, Księstwo Kurlandii i Semigalii) was ...
and the northern
Grand Duchy of Lithuania
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. Among the best-known members of the family were
Gothard Jan Tyzenhaus, the
Voivode of Dorpat (1634–1640),
Konstanty Tyzenhaus (1786–1853), ornithologist, and
Antoni Tyzenhaus (1733–1785), the manager of royal property during the reign of
Stanisław August Poniatowski. Antoni built
Tyzenhaus Palace
Tyzenhaus Palace ( Lithuanian ''Tyzenhauzų rūmai'') is an 18th-century mansion located in the city of Vilnius, Lithuania.
History
The historical sources of 1579 mention an International Gothic building in the same place. However, it later fell ...
in
Vilnius
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,
Lithuania. In
Rokiškis
Rokiškis () is a city in northeastern Lithuania with a population of about 14,400.
History
The legend of the founding of Rokiškis tells about a hunter called Rokas who had been hunting for hares ( Lit. "kiškis"). However, cities ending in "- ...
, northern Lithuania, the family also built neogothic church of
St. Matthias and a palace, which houses Rokiškis Regional Museum.
This family is but a branch of the medievally-originated
Baltic German
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house of
Tiesenhausen, which already in late medieval epoch, held fiefs in Livonia and Estonia.
Other branches of that family came to some prominence in Finland, in Sweden and in Russia.
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