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The House of Zbaraski was a princely family of Ruthenian origin in the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland domiciled in

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(today

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). The name is derived from the town of

Zbarazh Zbarazh ( uk, Збараж, pl, Zbaraż, yi, זבאריזש, Zbarizh) is a city in Ternopil Raion of Ternopil Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. It is located in the historic region of Galicia. Zbarazh hosts the administration of Zbarazh urb ...

, the core of their dominions. They were the

Gediminids The House of Gediminid or simply the Gediminids ( lt, Gediminaičiai, sgs, Gedėmėnātē, be, Гедзімінавічы, pl, Giedyminowicze, uk, Гедиміновичі;) were a dynasty of monarchs in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania that reig ...

descended from

Kaributas Kaributas (''Koribut'', ''Korybut'', baptized ''Dmitry''; after 1350 – after 1404) was a son of Algirdas, Grand Duke of Lithuania, and reigned in Severian Novgorod until 1393. Kaributas was born some time after 1350 (exact date is unknown) ...

. The line ended in 1631, with their assets overtaken by their

agnate Patrilineality, also known as the male line, the spear side or agnatic kinship, is a common kinship system in which an individual's family membership derives from and is recorded through their father's lineage. It generally involves the inheritanc ...

s, the

Wiśniowiecki family The House of Wiśniowiecki ( uk, Вишневе́цькі, ''Vyshnevetski''; lt, Višnioveckiai}) was a Polish-Lithuanian princely family of Ruthenian-Lithuanian origin, notable in the history of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. They we ...

. A branch of the princes Nieświcki family.

Coat of arms

The Zbarski family used the

Korybut coat of arms Korybut is a Polish coat of arms. It was used by the Princely House of Wiśniowiecki-Zbaraski and several branches of the House of Nieświcki in the times of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Notable bearers Notable bearers of this coat of ar ...

Notable family members

* Siemion "Starszy" Zbaraski (died after 1481), married Katarzyna Cebrowska z Cebra h. Hołobok, the founder of the Princes Zbaraski line ** Andrzej Zbaraski (1498-1540), married Helena Herburt h. Herburt *** Mikołaj Zbaraski (c.1540-1574), starost of

Krzemieniec Kremenets ( uk, Крем'янець, Кременець, translit. ''Kremianets'', ''Kremenets''; pl, Krzemieniec; yi, קרעמעניץ, Kremenits) is a city in Ternopil Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. It is the administrative center o ...

, married NN Kozica and Hanna Branković ****

Janusz Zbaraski Janusz () is a masculine Polish given name. It is also the shortened form of January and Januarius. People *Janusz Akermann (born 1957), Polish painter * Janusz Bardach, Polish gulag survivor and physician * Janusz Bielański, Roman Catholic pri ...

(c.1553-1608), voivode of Bracław, married Princes Hanna Czetwertyńska h. Pogoń Ruska *****

Jerzy Zbaraski Prince Jerzy Zbaraski ( pl, Jerzy Zbaraski, uk, Юрій Збаразький, b. 1574, d. 12 July 1631 in Kraków) was a Polish–Lithuanian szlachcic. Older brother of Krzysztof Zbaraski. Last of the Zbaraski family. Jerzy was born in 1574. ...

(c. 1573–1631),

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, the last male representative of the Zbaraski family *****

Krzysztof Zbaraski Prince Krzysztof Zbaraski ( pl, Krzysztof Zbaraski, uk, Христофор Збаразький, 1580 – 6 March 1627) was a Polish–Lithuanian member of the gentry social class ('' szlachta''). During his life he was a Master of the Stab ...

(1580–1627), Great

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of the Crown *** Stefan Zbaraski (1540-1585), voivode of Witebsk and Troki, married Hanna Zabrzezińska h.

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 ...

, Nastazja Mscisławska h.

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and Dorota Firlej h. Lewart ****Piotr Zbaraski (born 1548), married Barbara Jordan h. Trąby ****Barbara Zbaraska (died 1602), married voivode of Lublin Count Gabriel Tęczyński h. Topór ***Jerzy Zbaraski (died 1580), married Szczęsna Nasiłkowska h. Półkozic and Barbara Kozińska ***Władysław Zbaraski (died c. 1581), starost of

Botok ''Botok'' or ''ꦧꦺꦴꦛꦺꦴꦏ꧀'' ''(Bothok)'' (sometimes called as ''Bobotok'' in its plural form or ''Botok-botok'') is a traditional Javanese dish made from shredded coconut flesh which has been squeezed of its coconut milk, often ...

, married Zofia Przyłuska h. Lubicz ***Małgorzata Zbaraska (died before 1540), married Stanisław Czermiński z Czermina h. Wieniawa ***Elżbieta Zbaraska (died before 1540), married Wacław Bawor h. Złota Wolność and Walenty Wkryński h. Grzymała * Michał Zbaraski Wiśniowiecki (c. 1517), brother of Siemion "Starszy" Zbaraski the founder of the princes

Wiśniowiecki The House of Wiśniowiecki ( uk, Вишневе́цькі, ''Vyshnevetski''; lt, Višnioveckiai}) was a Polish-Lithuanian princely family of Ruthenian-Lithuanian origin, notable in the history of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. They we ...

line

Palaces

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File:Fotothek df ps 0004068 Höfe ^ Innenhöfe.jpg, Zbaraski Palace, Kraków, 1960s

References

External links

Zbaraski in the ''Encyclopedia of Ukraine'', vol. 5 (1993).
* Michał Czechowski

(in Polish) * Polish noble families Gediminids {{Poland-noble-stub

Coat of arms

Notable family members

Palaces

See also

References

External links