- Sapieha
The Sapieha (Belarusian: "Сапега"; Lithuanian "Sapiega") is a Polish-
Lithuania n princely family descending from the medievalboyar s ofSmolensk . [Vernadsky, George. "A History of Russia". New Haven. Connecticut: Yale University Press. 1961. [http://www.rodstvo.ru/rus/hist/vgv462.htm online] ] The family acquired great influence in the sixteenth century.History
The creator of the fortune and power of the Sapieha family was Court and Great Chancellor and Great
Hetman of LithuaniaLew Sapieha , a powerfulmagnate .The family lost much of its influence after its defeat in the civil war in Lithuania in 1700.
On
September 14 ,1700 Michal Franciszek Sapieha obtained the title ofPrince from Emperor Leopold I. The title became extinct upon his death onNovember 19 ,1700 . That year the family lost its dominant position in the Grand Duchy. In 1768 members of the Sapieha family obtained recognition of the princely title from the PolishSejm . After thepartitions of Poland , the family appeared in the list of persons authorised to bear the title of Prince of the Kingdom of Poland in 1824. The title was recognised inAustria in 1836 and 1840, and inRussia in 1874 and 1901. In 1905 the family obtained the qualification of Serene Highness in Austria.The maternal grandmother of
Princess Mathilde, Duchess of Brabant was also a Sapieha.Coat of arms
The Sapieha family used the "Lis" arms.
Members
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Lew Sapieha (1557 -1633 ), Court Chancellor and Great Hetman of Lithuania
*Kazimierz Lew Sapieha (1609 -1656 ), Marshal of the Crown, son of Lew Sapieha
*Mikołaj Krzysztof Sapieha (1613 -1639 ),Voivode of Mińsk
*Jan Kazimierz Sapieha the Younger , (ca.1642 –1720 ), Field Hetman
*Michal Franciszek Sapieha (1670 -1700 ), General,Koniuszy
*Jan Kazimierz Sapieha the Elder (?–1730 ), Grand Hetman of Lithuania
*Jan Fryderyk Sapieha (1680 –1751 ), Grand Recorder of Lithuania
*Teresa Sapieha (?-c.1784 ), was married toHieronim Florian Radziwill andJoachim Karol Potocki
*Kazimierz Nestor Sapieha (1757 -1798 ), political activist, General
*Anna Zofia Sapieha (1799 -1864 ), was married toAdam Jerzy Czartoryski
*Leon Sapieha (1803 -1878 ), political and economic activist
*Adam Stefan Cardinal Sapieha (1867 -1951 ), Archbishop ofKraków , Cardinal
*Zofia Maria Sapieha (1919-1997); was married to count Leon Michal Komorowski, was the grandmother of Her Royal Hignessprincess Mathilde of Belgium , Duchess of Brabant, born Marie Christine Ghislaine d'Udekem d'Acoz.
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0764566/| Mikush Sapieha] (1966- ) a.k.a. "Michael Sapieha"; is a TV and movie actor ( [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0212404/| Operation Tango] , 1999). He took part in the showsAustralian Princess andAmerican Princess as the "secret" undercover prince.
*Gregory Sapieha (1983- ) a.k.a. "le Roy"; is the co-founder and former owner of the [http://www.design4rent.com/index.asp| Design 4 rent] Polish branch. H.S.H. Prince Gregory is getting married to Marie Celine Kumps, daughter of a distinguished Brussels notary, on the 12th of July 2008 in Belgium.ee also
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Sapieha Palace in Vilnius
*Sapieha Palace in Warsaw
*Lithuanian nobility
*List of szlachta
*Sapieha beaker References
External links
* [http://pages.prodigy.net/ptheroff/gotha/sapieha.html Princely House of Sapieha]
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