Aleksander Chodkiewicz

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 governor1506, Brest starost 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 built Supraśl 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 its catacombs.

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 in Vilnius, 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


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ee also

* House of Chodkiewicz
* Lithuanian nobility
* Grand Duchy of Lithuania

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