The House of Ogiński, feminine form: Ogińska, plural: Ogińscy (, ) was a
noble family
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of
Grand Duchy of Lithuania
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and Poland (later, the
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
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), member of the
Princely houses of Poland and Lithuania.
They were most likely of
Rurikid
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stock, related to
Chernihiv Knyaz
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family, and originated from the
Smolensk
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First mentioned in 863, it is one of the oldest cities in Russia. It has been a regional capital for most of ...
region, incorporated into the
Grand Duchy of Lithuania
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in approximately the fourteenth century. The family bears its name from Uogintai (, in present-day
Kaišiadorys district of
Lithuania
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), a major estate of the family in Lithuania that was granted to precursor of the family, Knyaz Dmitry Hlushonok (d. 1510), by
Grand Duke of Lithuania
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Alexander
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in 1486.
An important family in the
Grand Duchy of Lithuania
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, the family had produced many important officials of the state, as well as several notable musicians. The political stronghold of the Ogiński clan was the
Vitebsk Voivodeship, where a palace was built in the first half of the seventeenth century by
Samuel Ogiński. Until the beginning of the nineteenth century, it was the largest public building in the city of
Vitebsk
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.
On September 18, 1711 Bishop
Bogusław Gosiewski Bogusław may refer to:
*Bogusław (given name)
* Bogusław, West Pomeranian Voivodeship
* Bogusław, Lublin Voivodeship
See also
*Bogusławski (disambiguation)
* Bohuslav, a city in Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine, known among Russophones as Boguslav
...
sold the town of
Maladzyechna to the Ogiński family. Among the owners of the area were Kazimierz Ogiński and Tadeusz Ogiński, the
Castellan
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of
Trakai
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. The Ogiński family made the city one of the main centres of their domain. They erected a new, classicist palace with notable frescoes, as well as a late Renaissance church. In 1783 the family received the title of
Prince
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from the
Holy Roman Emperor
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. The continued existence of the family is noted among charts of the
Princely Houses of Poland.
In 1882 the villages
Zalavas and
Kavarskas were bought by Michał Ogiński, an heir to the Ogiński family that had owned it in the eighteenth century. They also temporarily possessed
Siedlce
Siedlce () ( ) is a city in the Masovian Voivodeship in eastern Poland with 77,354 inhabitants ().
The city is situated between two small rivers, the Muchawka and the Helenka, and lies along the European route E30, around east of Warsaw. It is ...
. They were the sponsors of
Eastern Orthodox
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editions in
Ruthenian and
Slavonic languages. Orthodox publicists called the clan of Oginski "the bastion of Orthodox faith". The last orthodox
magnate
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, Marcjan Aleksander Ogiński had to choose between
Roman Catholic
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and
Greek Catholic Church Greek Catholic Church or Byzantine-Catholic Church may refer to:
* The Catholic Church in Greece
* The Eastern Catholic Churches that use the Byzantine Rite, also known as the Greek Rite:
** The Albanian Greek Catholic Church
** The Belarusian Gre ...
.
[H. Lulewicz, Gniewów o unię ciąg dalszy. Stosunki polsko – litewskie w latach 1569–1588, Warszawa 2002.]
Coat of arms
The House of Ogiński used the
Brama Coat of Arms.
Notable family members
*
Jan Samuelowicz Ogiński (1619–1684),
Field Hetman of Lithuania, married Anna Siemiaszko
*
Marcjan Aleksander Ogiński (1632–1690),
Grand Chancellor of Lithuania,
voivode of Trakai, married Marcybella Anna Hlebowicz h.
Leliwa and
Konstancja Krystyna Wielopolska h.
Starykoń
*
Grzegorz Antoni Ogiński (1654–1709),
Grand Hetman of Lithuania, married
Teofilia Czartoryska h.
Czartoryski
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*
Aleksander Ogiński (? – 1667), last
orthodox senator of
General sejm,
Banner Bearer of
Trakai Voivodeship, married NN Szemet and
Katarzyna Połubińska h.
Jastrzębiec,
*
Samuel Ogiński (? – 1657),
courtier
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, royal
rotmistrz
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,
stolnik
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S ...
and
ciwun of
Troki, married Zofia Bielewicz
*
Ludwik Karol Ogiński (1618–1718),
Bishop of Smoleńsk
*
Ignacy Ogiński (c. 1698–1775),
Grand Marshal of Lithuania
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People with the name
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Places
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, diplomat, married Helena Ogińska
*
Marcjan Michał Ogiński (1672–1750),
voivode of Witebsk, married Teresa Brzostowska h.
Strzemię, Teresa Tyzenhaus h.
Bawół, Krystyna Abramowicz na Wornianach h.
Jastrzębiec and Tekla Anna Larska
*
Tadeusz Franciszek Ogiński (1712–1783), senator,
speaker of the
Sejm
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The Sejm has been the highest governing body of the Third Polish Republic since the Polish People' ...
,
voivode of Troki, married
Izeballa Radziwiłł h.
Trąby and
Jadwiga Załuska h.
Junosza
*
Michał Kazimierz Ogiński (1730–1800),
Grand Hetman of Lithuania,
senator
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and composer, married
Aleksandra Czartoryska h. Czartoryski
*
Andrzej Ignacy Ogiński (1740–1787),
voivode of Troki, diplomat, married
Paula Szembek h.
Szembek
*
Michał Kleofas Ogiński (1765–1833), son of the above,
Grand Treasurer of Lithuania, senator and composer, author of the
polonaise
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, ''
Farewell to the Fatherland'', married Izabela Lasocka h.
Dołęga and Marie de Neri
*
Amelia Załuska (1805–1858), composer, poet and painter, married Count
Teofil Karol Załuski h. Junosza
Palaces and Manors
File:Palac oginskich.JPG, Ogiński Palace in Siedlce
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The city is situated between two small rivers, the Muchawka and the Helenka, and lies along the European route E30, around east of Warsaw. It is ...
File:Palace of Oginski and Potulicki families, 4 Pilsudskiego street, Krakow, Poland.jpg, Palace of Ogiński and Potulicki family in Kraków
, officially the Royal Capital City of Kraków, is the List of cities and towns in Poland, second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city has a population of 804,237 ...
File:Horadnia, Nioman. Горадня, Нёман (1891).jpg, Palace in Grodno
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(on the bottom, left side)
File:Słonim, Zamčyšča, Aginski. Слонім, Замчышча, Агінскі (1900).jpg, Palace in Słonim (ruin)
File:Rietavas in 19c.jpg, Palace in Rietavas (demolished)
File:Dukora.jpg, Palace in Dukora (demolished)
File:Plunges Oginskio dvaras.JPG, Plungė Manor
File:Oginsky Palace in Vilnius.JPG, Ogiński Palace in Vilnius
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File:Slushko Palace.jpg, Slushko Palace
File:Zalieśsie Ahinskija manor 186.JPG, Ahinski Manor in Zaliessie
See also
*
Grand Duchy of Lithuania
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*
Lithuanian nobility
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*
List of szlachta
External links
Family tree of Michał Kleofas Ogiński, since the fourteenth centuryJurkau kutoczak — Юркаў куточак — Yury's Corner. "Паўночныя Афіны" — маёнтак Агінскіх у Залессі
References
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