Oleksander Ostrogski Explained

Aleksander Ostrogski
Prince
Coa:Ostrogski
More:no
Spouse:Anna Kostka h. Dąbrowa
Spouse-Type:Consort
Issue:Zofia Ostrogska
Konstanty Ostrogski
Janusz Ostrogski
Anna Alojza Ostrogska
Katarzyna Ostrogska
Noble Family:Ostrogski
House-Type:Szlachta
Father:Konstanty Wasyl Ostrogski h. Ostrogski
Mother:Zofia Tarnowska h. Leliwa
Birth Date:c. 1571
Birth Place:Wiewiórka
Death Date:1603
Death Place:Tarnopol

Prince Aleksander Ostrogski (Belarusian: Аляксандар Астрожскi) (c. 1571–1603) was a nobleman of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

Son of voivode of Troki and Hetman Prince Konstanty Wasyl Ostrogski and Zofia Tarnowska h. Leliwa, the daughter of voivode of Ruthenia and Kraków Hetman Jan Amor Tarnowski h. Leliwa and Zofia Szydłowiecka h. Odrowąż.

He was voivode of Wołyń since 1593 and starost of Pereiaslav. In 1592 he married Anna Kostka h. Dąbrowa a Roman Catholic.

Aleksander stay the only son of Konstanty Wasyl Ostrogski who remained Orthodox. Together with his father he acted against the Union of Brest. He founded the Monastery of Holy Trinity in the village of Mezhirich. Aleksander was buried in the Church of Lord's Theophany in Ostróg.[1]

Marriage and issue

Aleksander married in 1592 Anna Kostka h. Dąbrowa, the daughter of voivode of Sandomierz and podskarbi Jan Kostka h. Dąbrowa and Elżbieta Elenborg z Eilemberku and had five children:[2]

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Notes and References

  1. http://litopys.org.ua/ostrog/ostr02.htm «С кройніки Бельського речі потребні вибрані» (Острозький літописець)
  2. Web site: Genealogia dynastyczna . 2013-12-23 . 2013-12-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131219044630/http://genealogia.grocholski.pl/gd/osoba.php?id=001620 . dead .