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The Jełowicki family, sometimes called Jałowiecki, (feminine form: Jełowicka, plural: Jełowiccy) is a Polish princely family of Ruthenian- Lithuanian origin, bearing the ''Jełowicki'' arms. They use the prefix Bożeniec. Their estates were originally in
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to the east of the
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. As Ruthenian nobility, they held the title of ''
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'' (prince). By the late 16th century, the family converted from
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to
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and became
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. They eventually left their original settlements at Jałowicze/Jełowicze and Bożeniec. Following their victorious exploits against the invading
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King
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rewarded them in 1444 with the domain of Łanowce in present day
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. They remained on the same land from father to son from 1444 to 1865. Across the centuries, the family produced many civic officials,
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and clergy. They are related to other notable houses in the region, including
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, Rzewuski and
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. The family is possibly the supposedly "extinct" branch of the
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.


History


Etymology of the name

Jełowicki stems from the place name ''Jałowicze'', ''Jałowicz'' or ''Jełowicze'', (ukr. ''Яловичі''), in
Rivne Oblast Rivne Oblast (), also referred to as Rivnenshchyna (), is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is Rivne. The surface area of the region is . Its population is: Before its annexation by the ...
, where they were on the Lithuanian record since 1528.


Princely title

Kasper Niesiecki Kasper Niesiecki (31 December 1682 – 9 July 1744), also known as Kacper Niesiecki, was a Polish heraldist, Jesuit, lexicographer, writer, theologian and preacher. Biography Niesiecki was born in Greater Poland to a burgher family. In 1699 h ...
SJ, the historian and genealogist, regards the family as descendants of the princes of
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, and Józef Jabłonowski declares Izaslav prince of Pereiaslav to be their ancestor. According to another source, Adam Kosiński, the Jelowicki are likely descendants of the Kropotka Jełowicki family branch which apparently went extinct in the 16th-c. He argues this since their principal domain was Jalowicze/Jełowicz, and they used the ''Jełowicki'' seal indicating their origin as from Jełowicz. Moreover, on 28 February 1841 a decree of a special commission of certification granted the family the right to princely status confirmed by the Russian heraldic office in
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.


Podolia Branch

At the start of the 18th-century a branch of the family moved to
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to land in the
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in the
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where their huge estate was devoted to cereal production and prospered further with the opening and development of the port of
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from 1794. Stefan Jełowicki married to an Iwankiewicz, became through her, heir to Antoni Jaroszyński and his property at Siennica in
Mińsk Mazowiecki Mińsk Mazowiecki (, ) is a town in eastern Poland with 40,999 inhabitants (2020). It is situated in the Masovian Voivodeship and is a part of the Warsaw metropolitan area. It is the capital of Mińsk County. Located 20 kilometers from the city li ...
powiat. In 1830 the Jełowicki of Podolia demonstrated their patriotism in the
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. Wacław Jełowicki and his three sons
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,
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and Eustachy joined the battle in May 1831 but Waclaw momentarily separated from his sons was felled by a bullet.


Notable family members

* Paszko Bożeniec Jełowicki (†1450) - vanquished the
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under
Casimir IV Jagiellon Casimir IV (Casimir Andrew Jagiellon; ; Lithuanian: ; 30 November 1427 – 7 June 1492) was Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1440 and King of Poland from 1447 until his death in 1492. He was one of the most active Polish-Lithuanian rulers; under ...
* Iwan Bożeniec Jełowicki (†1550) * Gniewosz Bożeniec Jełowicki (†1565) - official to
Sigismund II Augustus Sigismund II Augustus (, ; 1 August 1520 – 7 July 1572) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, the son of Sigismund I the Old, whom Sigismund II succeeded in 1548. He was the first ruler of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and t ...
* Sawa Bożeniec Jełowicki (†1590) - builder of Łanowce castle * Zachariasz Jełowicki (†1629) – secretary to
Sigismund III Vasa Sigismund III Vasa (, ; 20 June 1566 – 30 April 1632 N.S.) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1587 to 1632 and, as Sigismund, King of Sweden from 1592 to 1599. He was the first Polish sovereign from the House of Vasa. Re ...
* Józef Bożeniec Jełowicki (1667-1708) - Master of the hunt
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* Hieronim Jełowicki (1672–1732) – bishop *
Antonina Niemiryczowa Antonina Niemiryczowa or Niemierzycowa, née Bożeniec Jełowicka (pseud. ''A.Z.I.N.L.O: Antonina Z Iełowickich Niemiryczowa Litewska Oboźna, tr. Antonina née Iełowicka Niemiryczowa Lithuanian Camp dweller'' c.1702 in Ożenin, Ostróg - c.1 ...
(1702–1780), late baroque poet * Stanisław Serwacy Jełowicki (1742–1811) – delegate to the
Great Sejm The Great Sejm, also known as the Four-Year Sejm (Polish language, Polish: ''Sejm Wielki'' or ''Sejm Czteroletni''; Lithuanian language, Lithuanian: ''Didysis seimas'' or ''Ketverių metų seimas'') was a Sejm of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwea ...
* Wacław Jełowicki (1778–1831) – landowner, insurgent *
Edward Jełowicki Edward Bożeniec Jełowicki born 1803 in Hubnyk, Hubnik now in Western Ukraine, died 10 November 1848 in Vienna, was a Polish landowner, decorated Colonel in the Polish army, November Uprising, insurgent, officer in the Foreign Legion (France), F ...
(1803–1848) – insurgent, colonel and inventor
Virtuti Militari The War Order of Virtuti Militari (Latin: ''"For Military Virtue"'', ) is Poland's highest military decoration for heroism and courage in the face of the enemy at war. It was established in 1792 by the last King of Poland Stanislaus II of Poland, ...
. * Aleksander Jełowicki (1804–1877) – poet, publisher, priest
Virtuti Militari The War Order of Virtuti Militari (Latin: ''"For Military Virtue"'', ) is Poland's highest military decoration for heroism and courage in the face of the enemy at war. It was established in 1792 by the last King of Poland Stanislaus II of Poland, ...
* Eustachy Jełowicki (1805–1869) – landowner, insurgent * Teodor Jełowicki (1828-1905) - lawyer, musician,
philanthropist Philanthropy is a form of altruism that consists of "private initiatives for the public good, focusing on quality of life". Philanthropy contrasts with business initiatives, which are private initiatives for private good, focusing on material ...
* Adolf Jełowicki (1840–1898) – philosopher * Pelagia Popławska, née Jełowicka (1853–1915) – medical doctor, social activist * Adolf Józef Jełowicki (1863–1937) – bishop, writer * Witold Jełowicki (1874–1927) – judge * Gustaw Jełowicki (1880–1965) – priest * Tadeusz Stanisław Jełowicki (1897-1972) – army major,
Virtuti Militari The War Order of Virtuti Militari (Latin: ''"For Military Virtue"'', ) is Poland's highest military decoration for heroism and courage in the face of the enemy at war. It was established in 1792 by the last King of Poland Stanislaus II of Poland, ...
* Jerzy Jełowicki (1899-1939) - agronomist, painter, Virtuti Militari * Jerzy Karol Jełowicki (1941–2006) – membre du Conseil des Polonais of
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Coat of arms variants


Family tree

The Jełowicki family tree is geographically based and draws on the Żychliński text. Gniewosz Jełowicki (d. 1565), had four sons. Antoni, the second son began the ''Milczańsko-Kamieniecka'' line. The third son, Sawa, began the ''Łanowiecka line.'' Sawa's sons were Hieronim, Adrian and Krzysztof. Hieronim,
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of
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died without issue.'''' Adrian, began the
Ożenin Ozhenyn, ( uk: ''Оженин'', pl: Ożenin), is a village in Ukraine in the Ostroh Raion, Rivne Oblast. It is the site of Ostroh railway station, on the Kovel – Koziatyn line. Until the 1930s it was called "Ożenin". The city of Ostroh is 14 ...
line, which split into the Ożenin and Mirohoska lines. The Ożenin line further split into the Ożenin-Arentowska line and the Ożenin-Mychlińska Line. The Mirohowski line split further into the Hranowska and Miroboska branches.'''' Krzysztof began the Łanowiecka line, which remained on the original ancestral land. After the princess Sokulska dowry, it split into two further branches, the Sokulska and Lanowiecka branches. The Sokulska branch died out without male heirs.'''' The Łanowiecka line produced three brothers, Konstanty Stefan and Wacław. Wacław who died in the battle of Danow was the father of the executed
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, of
Aleksander Alexander () is a male name of Greek origin. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are A ...
and Eustachy Jełowicki. Descendants of Edward and Eustachy live in Poland and in the United Kingdom.


See also

*
Kropotkin family The House of Kropotkin ({{langx, ru, Князья Кропоткины, translit=Knyaz'ya Kropotkiny) is an ancient Russian nobility, Russian noble family of Rurik dynasty, Rurik stock descending from Prince Dmitry Vasilyevich nicknamed ''Kropotk ...
*
Polish nobility The ''szlachta'' (; ; ) were the nobility, noble estate of the realm in the Kingdom of Poland, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Depending on the definition, they were either a warrior "caste" or a social ...
*
Lithuanian nobility The Lithuanian nobility () or ''szlachta'' of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (, ) was historically a legally privileged hereditary elite class in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth (including during period of foreign r ...
*
Ruthenian nobility The Ruthenian nobility (; ; ) originated in the territories of Kievan Rus' and Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia, Galicia–Volhynia, which were incorporated into the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and later the Russian Emp ...
*
Szlachta The ''szlachta'' (; ; ) were the nobility, noble estate of the realm in the Kingdom of Poland, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Depending on the definition, they were either a warrior "caste" or a social ...


References


Bibliography

''Tomkiewicz W.'' Brzozowski Maksymilian, herbu własnego (†1659)
Polski Słownik Biograficzny ''Polski Słownik Biograficzny'' (''PSB''; Polish Biographical Dictionary) is a Polish-language biographical dictionary, comprising an alphabetically arranged compilation of authoritative biographies of some 25,000 notable Poles and of foreigner ...
. — Kraków, 1937. — T. III/1, zeszyt 11. — p. 66. (1989) ISBN 83-04-03291-0


External links


Jełowicki in the Encyclopedia of Ukraine (1993).
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jelowicki family Polish noble families