Prince Wladysław Dominik Zasławski-Ostrogski (ca. 1616 – 1656) was a Polish nobleman ( szlachcic) of Ruthenian stock.

Prince A prince is a male ruler (ranked below a king, grand prince, and grand duke) or a male member of a monarch's or former monarch's family. ''Prince'' is also a title of nobility (often highest), often hereditary, in some European states. T ...

of the

Princely Houses of Poland The princely houses of Poland and Lithuania differed from other princely houses in Europe. Most importantly, Polish nobility (''szlachta'') could not be granted nobility titles by the Polish kings in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Therefore ...

, Ostroh

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, Grand Koniuszy of The Crown. Zasławski was the most powerful magnate in

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 ...

at that time. He was

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 ...

Sandomierz Voivodeship Sandomierz Voivodeship ( pl, Województwo Sandomierskie, la, Palatinatus Sandomirensis) was a unit of administration and local government in Poland from the 14th century to the partitions of Poland in 1772–1795. It was part of the Lesser Polan ...

from 1645 and voivode of Kraków Voivodeship from 1649. Starosta of

Lutsk Lutsk ( uk, Луцьк, translit=Lutsk}, ; pl, Łuck ; yi, לוצק, Lutzk) is a city on the Styr River in northwestern Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Volyn Oblast (province) and the administrative center of the surrounding Lu ...

1639–1653,

regimentarz A Regimentarz (from Latin: ''regimentum'') was a military commander in Poland, since the 16th century, of an army group or a substitute of a Hetman. He was nominated by the King of Poland or the Sejm. In the 17th century a Regimentarz was also t ...

of the

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1648, second richest, after Stanisław Lubomirski, Polish magnate. Thanks to chancellor

Jerzy Ossoliński Prince Jerzy Ossoliński h. Topór (15 December 1595 – 9 August 1650) was a Polish nobleman ('' szlachcic''), Crown Court Treasurer from 1632, governor (''voivode'') of Sandomierz from 1636, ''Reichsfürst'' (Imperial Prince) since 1634, Cro ...

elected on

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as one of three

of the ''

pospolite ruszenie ''Pospolite ruszenie'' (, lit. ''mass mobilization''; "Noble Host", lat, motio belli, the French term ''levée en masse'' is also used) is a name for the mobilisation of armed forces during the period of the Kingdom of Poland and the Polish–Li ...

'' during the

Battle of Pyliavtsi Battle of Pyliavtsi ( uk, Пилявцi; pl, Piławce); 23 September 1648) was the third significant battle of the Khmelnytsky Uprising. Near the site of the present-day village of Pyliava, which at that time belonged to the Kingdom of Poland ...

in 1648. Because of his incompetence as a main ''regimentarz'' the battle were lost. In 1651 he participated in the Battle of Beresteczko. During the Swedish invasion ("

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") was loyal to the king John Casimir Vasa, he prepared the defence of Przemyśl. Since the third decade of 17th century his barony was Stare Selo near

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. There he started to build fortress in 1642, which was destroyed during the siege of Lviv in 1648 by the Cossack uprisers of Bohdan Khmelnytsky. Castle was rebuilt in years 1649–1654, inside the fortress was built a palace.

Marriage and issue

Władysław Dominik married Zofia Prudencja Ligęza h. Półkozic in 1634 and Katarzyna Sobieska h. Janina, daughter of

Jakub Sobieski Jakub Sobieski (5 May 1590 – 23 June 1646) was a Polish noble, parliamentarian, diarist, political activist, military leader and father of King John III Sobieski. He was the son of castellan and voivode Marek Sobieski and Jadwiga Snopko ...

voivode of the Ruthenian Voivodeship and sister of King

Jan III Sobieski John III Sobieski ( pl, Jan III Sobieski; lt, Jonas III Sobieskis; la, Ioannes III Sobiscius; 17 August 1629 – 17 June 1696) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1674 until his death in 1696. Born into Polish nobility, Sobie ...

, in 1650 and had two children: * Aleksander Janusz Zasławski (1650-1682), unmarried * Teofila Ludwika Zasławska (1654-1709), married Prince

Dymitr Jerzy Wiśniowiecki Prince Dymitr Jerzy Wiśniowiecki (1631–1682) was a Polish magnate and szlachcic. Great Guard of the Crown from 1658, Field Hetman of the Crown from 1668, Great Crown Hetman from 1676, voivode of Belz 1660–1678 and Kraków 1678&nd ...

and later Józef Karol Lubomirski

Ancestry

References

Bibliography

* Jan Widacki, Kniaź Jarema, Katowice 1984, * Witold Biernacki, Żółte Wody – Korsuń, Warszawa 2004,

External links

Portrait of Wadyslaw Dominick Zaslawski Ostrogski
at the Wilanów Palace Museum 1610s births 1656 deaths Military personnel of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Secular senators of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth People from Sandomierz Ruthenian nobility of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Wladyslaw Dominik Polish military personnel of the Khmelnytsky Uprising {{Poland-noble-stub