- Aleksander Chodkiewicz
Aleksander Chodkiewicz (1457 - 28 May 1549), son of Ivan Chodkiewicz and Jawnuta (Agnieszka) Zofia Bielska, was
voivode of the Nowogródek 1544, koniuszy nadworny litewski 1502,Grand Marshal of Lithuania (1506-47),Puńsk governor 1506, Breststarost 1529,Knyszyn starost 1530 and creator of Chodkiewicz clan fortune.Biography
Settled in northeast Lithuania, where get huge possessions. In 1498 with Józef Sołtan ,
Smolensk bishop, founded monastery in the Gródek, but in 1502 monks moved to the sacred spot "Suchy Hrud".On this place Alexander builtSupraśl Orthodox Monastery in 1510-11. Jeremias II Tranos, the Patriarch of Constantinople issued a special tomos sanctioning its foundation. Alexanders mother was first person buried in itscatacombs .In 11 may 1513 married Princess Wasylisa Jarosławiczówna Hołowczyńska. They had three male descendants, who started three branches of Ostrogski clan. About 1505
Hieronim Chodkiewicz was born inVilnius , Grzegorz (Hrehory) Chodkiewicz probably in 1505 year Vilnius and Jerzy (Jurii) Chodkiewicz in Trakai 1515 year. In Vilnius 1517 was born Zofia and in 1616 Anna Eufrozyna.Ancestry
familytree/startfamilytree/endee also
* House of Chodkiewicz
*Lithuanian nobility
*Grand Duchy of Lithuania [
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