Krzysztof Chodkiewicz

Krzysztof Chodkiewicz

Krzysztof Chodkiewicz (?-1652) was a Polish-Lithuanian nobleman (szlachcic).

Krzysztof was Great Chorazy of Lithuania after 1610, Master of the Stables of Lithuania after March 14, 1623, castellan of Trakai after July 23, 1633, castellan of Vilnius after August 15, 1636, voivode of Vilnius Voivodship after July 1642 and starost (grodzki) of Bobrujsk, Kreva and leaseholder of Biala and Wiszniewo.

During the Polish-Swedish War, he participated in the assault on Parnawa February 28, 1601, under the command of his cousin, Jan Karol Chodkiewicz.

He participated in Polish-Muscovite War, as a pułkownik of the lisowczyk regiment until March 28, 1617. In 1616, a regiment under his command captured and burned Kursk and several smaller cities. In the battle of Bołchow, he routed enemy troops.

ee also

*Chodkiewicz family
*Lithuanian nobility

External links

* [http://slawek-dabrowski.webpark.pl/geneza.htm] Description of "Lisowczyk" formation and Krzysztof commandeing (in Polish)
* [http://edu.clk.pl/~pinio/] List of Polish battles (in Polish)


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