Orlyk family

Orlyk
Korczak
Ethnicity	Ukrainian Belorussian Czech
Current region	Ukraine Belarus Poland
Information
Notable members	Pylyp Orlyk Grégoire Orlyk

The Orlyk family (Ukrainian: Орлик) was a family of Czech baron ancestry, one branch of which in the 15th century, at the time of Hussite Wars, emigrated to Poland. Later they moved to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, where on october 21 1672 Pylyp Orlyk was born in Kosuta, Ashmyany county (Vileyka district of modern day Belarus). The family used the Korczak coat of arms.

Notable family members

• Stefan Orlyk - Catholic szlachta, father of Pylyp Orlyk. Died at the age of 51 in the fight against Turks nearby Khotyn in 1673.
• Iryna Orlyk - Polish szlachta of Malahovski family. Pylyp Orlyk's mother.
• Pylyp Orlyk - Hetman of Ukraine in exile. Author of Constitution of Pylyp Orlyk - the first state constitution in Europe.
• Hanna Hertsyk - Pylyp Orlyk's spouse.

Children of Pylyp Orlyk

• Anastasiya Orlyk (? - 1728) - married the Swedish nobleman and officer Johan Stenflycht (1681–1758) in 1723. They had two sons:
  • Carl Gustaf (1724 - ?) - captain in the French regiment Royal Pologne
  • Filip (1726 - ?) who died as a child
• Grégoire Orlyk (French: du Comte Grégoire Orlyk) (*November 5, 1702 — †november 14, 1759)- born in Baturyn, Ukraine. His godfather was Hetman Ivan Mazepa. He studied at Lund University (1717 – 1718). After leaving Sweden in 1720, he lived with his mother in Kraków, Poland and later became a Lieutenant General in France where he called himself Comte d'Orlik. He kept in contact with Sweden and in 1742 he visited Stockholm. In 1747 he married a French noblewoman, but they didn't have any children. He was killed in 1759 at the Battle of Minden in Germany where he also is buried.
• Mykhailo Orlyk (1704 - ?) - born in Baturyn, Ukraine. His godfather was Hetman Ivan Mazepa.
• Varvara Orlyk - born in Baturyn, Ukraine. Her godfather was Hetman Ivan Mazepa.
• Yakiv Orlyk (1711 - ?) - born in Bender, Ottoman Empire. His godfather was king Charles XII of Sweden.
• Marta Orlyk (1713 -?) - born in Bender, Ottoman Empire. Her godfather was king Stanisław Leszczyński of Poland.
• Maryna Orlyk (1715 - ?) - born in Altefähr, Rügen, Swedish Pomerania. Her godparents were king Charles XII of Sweden's sister Ulrika Eleonora and king Stanisław Leszczyński of Poland.
• Kateryna Orlyk (November 5, 1718 - ?) - born in Kristianstad, Skåne, Sweden and probably already passed away by 1719.