Czetwertyński

The noble coat of arms of the royal family Czetwertyński, coat of arms community Pogoń Ruska

Czetwertyński is the name of a Polish noble family of Ruthenian origin. The feminine form of the name is Czetwertyńska.

history

The Czetwertyński are a princely dynasty and come from a sideline of the tsarist house of the Rurikids from the region around Tschetwertnia in today's Ukrainian Oblast Wolyn ( Rajon Manewytschi ). Prince Aleksander von Czetwertnia († 1450), who descended in direct male line from Grand Duke Jaroslaw of Kiev , is considered to be the founder of the sidelines of those of Czetwertyński . They bear the noble coat of arms Pogoń Ruska ("Russian Hunting") and are family members of other princely families of this region, the Ostrogski and Zasławski .

Possessions

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  Schaludok Castle

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  Hrodna Castle (Grodno)

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  Uruski Palace , Warsaw

Representative

• Prince Antoni Stanisław Czetwertyński-Światopełk (1748-1794), a Polish magnate, pro-Russian supporters of Targowica Confederation , in the Kosciuszko uprising killed
• Marija Antonowna Naryschkina (1779–1854), daughter of Antoni Stanisław Czetwertyński, mistress of Tsar Alexander I.
• Prince Seweryn Franciszek Czetwertyński-Światopełk (1873–1945), Polish politician, interned in Auschwitz

swell

• Genealogical handbook of nobility , Adelslexikon II, Limburg ad Lahn 1974
• Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels 75 (1980), pp. 389-397.
• Family pagina Belgian branch