Sapieha

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The coat of arms of the Princely House of Sapieha

Sapieha ( lithuanian Sapiegos , Belarusian and Ukrainian Сапега / Sapjeha ) is the name of a major Polish-Lithuanian nobility sex Ruthenian origin. The Sapieha family had a hereditary seat in the Austrian manor house during the Austro-Hungarian monarchy .

history

Semen Sopiha, from 1441 councilor and castellan of the Lithuanian Grand Duke and Polish King Casimir IV. Andrew
Lev Sapieha (1557–1633), Grand Chancellor and Grand Hetman of Lithuania
Princess Katharina Ludwika Sapieha, mistress of Rawicz and Freihan

As the first representative of the family, Semen Sopiha is mentioned from 1441 to 1449 as the scribe of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Casimir IV. Andrew . He had two sons, Bohdan and Iwan.

The founder of the family's power and influence was Lev Sapieha (1557–1633), Grand Chancellor and Grand Hetman of Lithuania. In 1699, Michael Francis Sapieha (was Michał Franciszek Sapieha ) of Emperor Leopold I in the Imperial Prince of the Holy Roman Empire brought, but was extinguished by the title with his death in the same year and the family lost its influence in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania after the During the course of the Lithuanian civil war, the opposition to August the Strong had led and had been defeated in the Battle of Olkieniki on November 18, 1700. In place of the Sapieha, Karol Radziwiłł took over power in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania from the rival Radziwiłł Princely House .

The two brothers Kasimir Paul Johann Graf Sapieha († 1720), Palatine of Wilna, General Feldzeugmeister and Grand Hetman of Lithuania, and Benedikt Paul Graf Sapieha, Grand Treasurer of Lithuania, were appointed by Emperor Leopold I in 1700 and 1701, respectively raised the imperial prince status.

In 1768, several family members were recognized by the Polish Sejm as prince . In 1824, after the partition of Poland , the family appeared on the list of princely titleholders in the Russian-dominated Kingdom of Poland . The princes achieved recognition in the Austrian Empire (1836 and 1840) and in the Russian Empire (1874 and 1901) with the title of Highness .

The maternal grandmother of today's Queen Mathilde of Belgium was born Princess Sapieha-Kodeńska.

Representative

Well-known representatives of this noble family were:

Possessions

  • Sapieha Palace in Wieleń , Poland

  • Krasiczyn Castle, Poland

  • Sapieha Palace in Pęcice, Poland

  • Sapieha Palace in Kodeń , Poland

  • Sapieha Palace in Vilnius , Lithuania

  • Dziarečyn Castle, Belarus

  • Gatehouse of Ružany Castle, Belarus

  • Bychaŭ Castle, Belarus

  • Halšany Castle, Belarus

  • Vysokaje Castle, Belarus

literature

Web links

Commons : Sapieha family  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ernst Heinrich Kneschke : New general German Adels Lexicon , Volume 1, p. 46.
  2. ↑ Constantin von Wurzbach : Sapieha, Kasimir Paul Johann . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 28th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1874, p. 239 ( digitized version ).
  3. ^ Johann Franz Budde : Continuation of the general historical LEXICI .: from KZ. 1744, p. 1163 , Jacob Christoph Iselin : Neu-Vermehrtes historical- and geographical general Lexicon , p. 167 , and GHdA Adelslexikon , Volume XII, Volume 125 of the complete series, Limburg an der Lahn 2001, p. 250 f.