Olelkowicz Słucki

Pogoń Litewska coat of arms

St. Zofia Olelkowicz Słucka - icon from the Holy Spirit Cathedral in Minsk

Olelkovich ( Polish : Kniaź Olelkowicz-Slucki Herbu Pogoń Litewska , plural : Olelkowicze-Słuccy ; Lithuanian : Olelkaičiai ) is the name of an extinct Lithuanian - Ruthenian princely family , of the tribe Gediminas .

history

The family belonged to the richest and wealthiest families in Lithuania . The family line begins with the great-grandson of the Grand Duke of Lithuania Gediminas, Alexander called Olelko († 1454), Prince of Kopyl and Sluzk and, since 1441, Prince of Kiev . In 1417 he married Anastasia († 1470), a Rurikid princess. His brother Iwan (documented 1422-1446) was the founder of the also extinct family of Prince Bielski.

A historically known representative of the family was Prince Michael Olelkowicz Słucki († 1481). His sister, Princess Eudokia Olelkowicz Słucka, was married to Stefan the Great of Moldova .

With Prince Simon IV. Olelkowicz Słucki († 1592) the sex in the male line has died out. His niece, Princess Sophia Olelkowicz Słucka (1585-1612), was in 1600 with Prince Janusz VI. Radziwiłł married. She left no descendants and is venerated by the Orthodox Church as Saint Zofia and was at the same time the last of her line.

It was not until the 17th century that the burial chapel in the St. John's Cathedral in Lublin was made of marble for Prince Olelkowicz Słucki.

coat of arms

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  Coat of arms of the Minsk Voivodeship (around 1720)

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  Coat of arms of the Brześć Litewski , Minsk, Mścisław , Vilnius voivodeships

literature

• Detlev Schwennicke (Ed.): European Family Tables New Series , Volume 2: The states outside Germany, the ruling houses of the other states of Europe . Verlag Vittorio Klostermann , Frankfurt Main 1984, plate 125
• Kasper Niesiecki SJ: Herbarz polski powiększony dodatkami z poźniejszych autorów, rękopismów, dowodów urzędowych. , wyd. Jan Nepumucen Bobrowicza , Volume 7, Lipsk 1841, pp. 69-75 ( digitized version ) from the Warsaw University Library as a DjVu file

Web links

• Lineage of the Princes Olelkowicze-Słuccy (Polish)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Prince Michael Olelkowicz Słucki on en.wikipedia
2. ↑ Princess Zofia z Olelkowiczów Radziwiłłowa on pl.wikipedia
3. ^ Adam Bujak: Poland's cathedrals. Bialy Kruk, Krakau 2007, pp. 274-279.