Yurii Chodkiewicz Explained

Yurii Chodkiewicz
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Noble Family:Chodkiewicz
Father:Aleksander Chodkiewicz
Mother:Wasylissa Jaroslawowiczówna Hołowczyńska
Birth Date:1515
Birth Place:Trakai
Death Date:6 June 1569

Knyaz Yurii Chodkiewicz (1515 - 1569) was a Ruthenian noble, Bielsk starost in 1556, Puńsk starost in 1568, Great Master of the Pantry of Lithuania in 1554, Grand Krajczy of Lithuania in 1555, and Trakai castellan in 1566.

He married Eugenia Hornostajowna before 1555 in Trakai. They had two children, Konstanty, born in Trakai in 1553, and Zofia, born in Zhytomir the following year. Eugenia died in 1557. In 1558, he married Princess Sophia Olelkovich-Slutska. She gave birth to Hieronim in 1560 in Vilnius, Halszka 1564 in Trakai, and Jerzy in 1570 in Žemaitkiemis.

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