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

szlachcic The ''szlachta'' (; ; ) were the 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 class, a ...

) of

Ruthenia ''Ruthenia'' is an exonym, originally used in Medieval Latin, as one of several terms for Rus'. Originally, the term ''Rus' land'' referred to a triangular area, which mainly corresponds to the tribe of Polans in Dnieper Ukraine. ''Ruthenia' ...

n stock.

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of the Princely Houses of Poland, Ostroh Ordynat, Grand Koniuszy of The Crown. Zasławski was the most powerful

magnate The term magnate, 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 ...

Volhynia Volhynia or Volynia ( ; see #Names and etymology, below) is a historic region in Central and Eastern Europe, between southeastern Poland, southwestern Belarus, and northwestern Ukraine. The borders of the region are not clearly defined, but in ...

at that time. He was

voivode Voivode ( ), also spelled voivod, voievod or voevod and also known as vaivode ( ), voivoda, vojvoda, vaivada or wojewoda, is a title denoting a military leader or warlord in Central, Southeastern and Eastern Europe in use since the Early Mid ...

Sandomierz Voivodeship Sandomierz Voivodeship (, ) 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 Poland region and the Lesser Poland Province. Originally Sandomier ...

from 1645 and voivode of Kraków Voivodeship from 1649.

Starosta Starosta or starost (Cyrillic: ''старост/а'', Latin: ''capitaneus'', ) is a community elder in some Slavic lands. The Slavic root of "starost" translates as "senior". Since the Middle Ages, it has designated an official in a leadersh ...

Lutsk Lutsk (, ; see #Names and etymology, below for other names) is a city on the Styr River in northwestern Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Volyn Oblast and the administrative center of Lutsk Raion within the oblast. Lutsk has a populati ...

1639–1653, regimentarz of the

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1648, second richest, after Stanisław Lubomirski, Polish

. Thanks to

chancellor Chancellor () is a title of various official positions in the governments of many countries. The original chancellors were the of Roman courts of justice—ushers, who sat at the (lattice work screens) of a basilica (court hall), which separa ...

Jerzy Ossoliński elected on Convocation Sejm as one of three regimentarz of the '' pospolite ruszenie'' during the Battle of Pyliavtsi 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 (" The Deluge") was loyal to the king John Casimir Vasa, he prepared the defence of

Przemyśl Przemyśl () is a city in southeastern Poland with 56,466 inhabitants, as of December 2023. Data for territorial unit 1862000. In 1999, it became part of the Podkarpackie Voivodeship, Subcarpathian Voivodeship. It was previously the capital of Prz ...

. Since the third decade of 17th century his

barony Barony may refer to: * Barony, the peerage, office of, or territory held by a baron * Barony, the title and land held in fealty by a feudal baron * Barony (county division), a type of administrative or geographical division in parts of the British ...

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 The Cossacks are a predominantly East Slavic Eastern Christian people originating in the Pontic–Caspian steppe of eastern Ukraine and southern Russia. Cossacks played an important role in defending the southern borders of Ukraine and Rus ...

uprisers of

Bohdan Khmelnytsky Zynoviy Bohdan Mykhailovych Khmelnytsky of the Abdank coat of arms (Ruthenian language, Ruthenian: Ѕѣнові Богданъ Хмелнiцкiи; modern , Polish language, Polish: ; 15956 August 1657) was a Ruthenian nobility, Ruthenian noble ...

. 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 Katarzyna Sobieska (1634–1694) was the sister of King John III Sobieski of Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathi ...

Janina Ioannina ( ' ), often called Yannena ( ' ) within Greece, is the capital and largest city of the Ioannina (regional unit), Ioannina regional unit and of Epirus (region), Epirus, an Modern regions of Greece, administrative region in northwester ...

, daughter of Jakub Sobieski voivode of the

Ruthenian Voivodeship The Ruthenian Voivodeship (; ; ) was a voivodeship of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland from 1434 until the First Partition of Poland in 1772, with its center in the city of Lwów (lat. Leopolis) (modern day Lviv). Together with a number of ot ...

and sister of King Jan III Sobieski, in 1650 and had two children: *

Aleksander Janusz Zasławski Prince Aleksander Janusz Zasławski-Ostrogski (1650–1682) was the last male representative of the Ostrogski princely line. He was the 4th ordynat of the Ordynacja Ostrogska, Ostrogski Family Fee Tail. Biography Son of Prince Władysław Dominik ...

(1650-1682), unmarried * Teofila Ludwika Zasławska (1654-1709), married Prince Dymitr Jerzy Wiśniowiecki 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