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, Konstantinas Vasilijus Ostrogiškis) was a

Ruthenia Ruthenia or , uk, Рутенія, translit=Rutenia or uk, Русь, translit=Rus, label=none, pl, Ruś, be, Рутэнія, Русь, russian: Рутения, Русь is an exonym, originally used in Medieval Latin as one of several terms ...

n Orthodox magnate of the

Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, formally known as the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and, after 1791, as the Commonwealth of Poland, was a bi-confederal state, sometimes called a federation, of Crown of the Kingdom of ...

, a prince, starost of Volodymyr, marshal of

Volhynia Volhynia (also spelled Volynia) ( ; uk, Воли́нь, Volyn' pl, Wołyń, russian: Волы́нь, Volýnʹ, ), is a historic region in Central and Eastern Europe, between south-eastern Poland, south-western Belarus, and western Ukraine. The ...

and

voivode Voivode (, also spelled ''voievod'', ''voevod'', ''voivoda'', ''vojvoda'' or ''wojewoda'') is a title denoting a military leader or warlord in Central, Southeastern and Eastern Europe since the Early Middle Ages. It primarily referred to the me ...

of the Kiev Voivodeship. Ostrogski refused to help False Dmitriy I and supported Jan Zamoyski. The date of birth of Konstanty Wasyl Ostrogski is disputed. According to some historians he was born around 1524/1525. He was born probably in Turów. In the 1570s he waged a war against another

magnate The magnate term, from the late Latin ''magnas'', a great man, itself from Latin ''magnus'', "great", means a man from the higher nobility, a man who belongs to the high office-holders, or a man in a high social position, by birth, wealth or ot ...

, Stanisław Tarnowski, about disputed possession of estates in the area of

Tarnów Tarnów () is a city in southeastern Poland with 105,922 inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of 269,000 inhabitants. The city is situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship since 1999. From 1975 to 1998, it was the capital of the Tarn� ...

, in

Lesser Poland Lesser Poland, often known by its Polish name Małopolska ( la, Polonia Minor), is a historical region situated in southern and south-eastern Poland. Its capital and largest city is Kraków. Throughout centuries, Lesser Poland developed a ...

. Prince Ostrogski was of

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faith and he was active in supporting the Orthodox Church (see Union of Brest). He was also a promoter of Eastern Christian culture in the

. Around 1576 he established the Ostroh Academy, a wellregarded

humanist Humanism is a philosophical stance that emphasizes the individual and social potential and agency of human beings. It considers human beings the starting point for serious moral and philosophical inquiry. The meaning of the term "human ...

educational and scholarship institution, with the instruction in Greek,

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and

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languages. In 1581 the academy produced and published the Ostroh Bible, the first complete printed edition of the

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. Ostrogski's huge latifundium, or landed estate in the eastern Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, consisted of 100 towns and 1300 villages. Józef Andrzej Gierowski - ''Historia Polski 1505-1764'' (History of Poland 1505-1764), p. 193, Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe (Polish Scientific Publishers PWN), Warszawa 1986, It was Ostrogski who built

Starokostiantyniv Castle The Starokostiantynivmean ''Old Constantine'' Castle is a Volhynian castle built at the confluence of the Sluch and Ikopot' rivers by Prince Konstanty Wasyl Ostrogski in the 1560s. The castle of Starokostiantyniv withstood many attacks by the ...

Ostroh Ostroh ( uk, Остро́г; pl, Ostróg) is a historic city located in Rivne Oblast ( province) of western Ukraine, on the Horyn River. Ostroh is the administrative center of the Ostroh Raion (district). Administratively, Ostroh is incorporat ...

boasted an Orthodox academy, a

yeshiva A yeshiva (; he, ישיבה, , sitting; pl. , or ) is a traditional Jewish educational institution focused on the study of Rabbinic literature, primarily the Talmud and halacha (Jewish law), while Torah and Jewish philosophy a ...

, a

mosque A mosque (; from ar, مَسْجِد, masjid, ; literally "place of ritual prostration"), also called masjid, is a place of prayer for Muslims. Mosques are usually covered buildings, but can be any place where prayers ( sujud) are performed, ...

, and a Unitarian Church. While Konstanty Wasyl Ostrogski was the proponent of the Eastern Orthodox religion, his son Janusz Ostrogski converted to

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ism. He married in January 1553 in

. Canonized in the

Orthodox Church of Ukraine The Orthodox Church of Ukraine ( uk, Православна церква України, Pravoslavna tserkva Ukrainy; OCU) is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox church whose canonical territory is Ukraine. The church was united at the uni ...

as a

Right-Believing Right-Believing (russian: благоверный, el, εὐσεβής, la, pius), also called under the prefix The most Orthodox, is an Orthodox saint title for monarchs who were canonized for a righteous life. They do not belong to martyrs or ...

prince.

References

External links

Ostrozky, Kostiantyn Vasyl / Ostrozky in the Encyclopedia of Ukraine, vol. 3 (1993)

by Nikolay Kostomarov devoted to "Knyaz Konstantin Konstantinovich Ostrozhskiy" {{DEFAULTSORT:Ostrogski, Konstanty Wasyl 1526 births 1608 deaths People from Ostroh Ruthenian nobility of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Eastern Orthodox Christians from Poland Konstanty Wasyl Secular senators of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Military personnel of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Voivodes of Kiev

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