House of Sapieha
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The family Grand coat of arms (1858–59)
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| Ethnicity | Lithuanian, Ruthenian, Polish |
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| Current region | Commonwealth of Two Nations |
| Members | Lew Sapieha Eustachy Sapieha |
| Estate | Sapieha Palace in Warsaw Sapieha Palace in Lviv Sapieha Palace in Vilnius Ruzhany Palace |
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The Sapieha (Belarusian: Сапега; Lithuanian Sapiega) is a princely (magnate) family of Lithuanian and Ruthenian origin,[1][2] descending from the medieval boyars of Smolensk.[3] The family acquired great influence and wealth in the Commonwealth of Two Nations in the 16th century.
History
In terms of ancestry of the Sapieha family, the first confirmed records date back to 15th century, when Semen Sopiha (Belarusian: Сямён Сапега) was mentioned as a writer (scribe) of the then Grand Duke of Lithuania, Casimir IV Jagiellon (Polish: Kazimierz IV Jagiellończyk) for the period of 1441–49. Semen had two sons, Bohdan and Iwan.
The creator of the fortune and power of the Sapieha family was the Court and Great Chancellor and Great Hetman of Lithuania Lew Sapieha.
On 14 September 1700, Michał Franciszek Sapieha obtained the title of Prince from Emperor Leopold I. The title became extinct upon his death on 19 November 1700. That year the family lost its dominant position in the Grand Duchy as a result of its defeat in the Lithuanian Civil War. In 1768, members of the Sapieha family obtained recognition of the princely title from the Polish Sejm. After the partitions 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 in Austria in 1836 and 1840, and in Russia in 1874 and 1901. In 1905, the family obtained the qualification of Serene Highness in Austria.
The maternal grandmother of HM Queen Mathilde of Belgium was a member of the house of Sapieha.
Coat of arms
The Sapieha family held the Polish coat of arms "Lis".
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Lis coat of arms
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Coat of arms of Princes Sapieha
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Coat of arms of Princes Sapieha (1858–1859)
Members
- Andrzej Sapieha (1539–1621), Great Royal Deputy Cup-bearer of Lithuania, castellan of Minsk, and Voivode of Polotsk and Smolensk
- Lew Sapieha (1557–1633), Court Chancellor and Great Hetman of Lithuania
- Paweł Stefan Sapieha (1565–1635), Deputy Chancellor of Lithuania
- Jan Piotr Sapieha (1569–1611), Polish royal officer
- Mikołaj Sapieha (1581–1644), voivode of Minsk and of Brześć Litewski, castellan of Vilnius
- Mikołaj Sapieha (1588–1638), voivode of Minsk and of Nowogródek
- Jan Stanisław Sapieha (1589–1635), Court Marshal of Lithuania, Great Lithuanian Marshal
- Tomasz Sapieha (1598–1646), voivode of Wenden and of Nowogródek
- Fryderyk Sapieha (1599–1650), voivode of Mścisław, podkomorzy of Vitebsk
- Kazimierz Lew Sapieha (1607–1656), Marshal of the Crown, son of Lew Sapieha
- Paweł Jan Sapieha (1609–1665), voivode of the Witebsk and Vilnius, Great Hetman of Lithuania
- Mikołaj Krzysztof Sapieha (1613–1639), voivode of Minsk
- Jan Kazimierz Sapieha the Younger, (ca. 1642–1720), Field Hetman
- Michał 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 (died c.1784), wife of Hieronim Florian Radziwiłł and Joachim Karol Potocki
- Aleksander Michał Sapieha (1730–1793), voivode of Płock, Field Lithuanian Hetman, Grand Lithuanian Chancellor, marshal of the Lithuanian Tribunal
- Kazimierz Nestor Sapieha (1757–1798), political activist, general
- Franciszek Sapieha (1772–1829), general, he participated in the Kosciuszko uprising
- Eustachy Kajetan Sapieha (1797–1860), he participated in the November uprising, politically tied with the "Hôtel Lambert"
- Anna Zofia Sapieha (1799–1864), wife of Adam Jerzy Czartoryski
- Leon Sapieha (1803–1878), political and economic activist
- Władysław Leon Sapieha (1853–1920), landowner, social activist
- Paweł Sapieha (1860–1934), traveler, first chairman of the Polish Red Cross
- Adam Stefan Sapieha (1867–1951), cardinal, archbishop of Kraków
- Eustachy Sapieha (1881–1963), politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Leon Aleksander Sapieha (1883–1944), landlord, member of the Sejm, member of Związek Walki Zbrojnej and the Armia Krajowa
- Józef Sapieha, he participated in the Polish–Soviet War
- Aleksander Sapieha (1888–1976), aviator
- Adam Zygmunt Sapieha (1892–1970), cavalryman, aviator
- Andrzej Józef Sapieha (1894–1945), he participated in the Polish–Soviet War, member of the Armia Krajowa
- Stanisław Sapieha (1896–1919), defender of Lwów
- Paweł Maria Sapieha (1900–1987), he participated in the Polish–Soviet War
- Jan Andrzej Sapieha (1910–1989), he participated in the Defence War of 1939
- Maria Sapieha (1910–2009), social activist
- Lew Jerzy Sapieha (1913–1990), poet, writer
- Leon Roman Sapieha (1915–1940), pilot of the Polish Air Forces in Great Britain in World War II
- Eustachy Seweryn Sapieha (1916–2004), hunter, historian of the Sapieha family
- Zofia Maria Sapieha (1919–1997), grandmother of HM Queen Mathilde of Belgium
- Karol Władysław Sapieha (1920–1941), pilot of the Polish Air Forces in Great Britain in World War II
- Róża Maria Sapieha (1921–1944), member of the Armia Krajowa, she participated in the Warsaw uprising of 1944
- Paola Maria de Bourbon-Orléans Braganza and Sapieha (1983), Princess Sapieha-Rozanski and Princess Swiatopolk-Czetwertynski
- Jan Pavel Sapieha-Rozanski (1935) Prince Sapieha-Rozanski
Palaces
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Ruins of the castle in Holszany (1853)
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Palace of Aleksander Sapieha in Ružany
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Sapieha Palace in Wieleń
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Sapieha Palace in Lviv
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Palace in Bobrek
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Palace "Placencja", summer residence in Kodeń
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Palace of Jan Fryderyk Sapieha in Warsaw
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Remains of the castle in Kodeń
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Castle in Wysokie
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Palace in Grodno
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See also
- Ruzhany Palace
- Sapieha Palace in Vilnius
- Sapieha Palace in Warsaw
- Sapieha Palace in Lviv
- Polish nobility
- Belarusian nobility
- Lithuanian nobility
- List of szlachta
- Sapieha beaker
Bibliography
- Sapieha E., Dom Sapieżyński, Warszawa 1995. Numery /112 przy nazwiskach oznaczają numery biogramów w/w pozycji.
- Tłomacki A., "Sapiehowie Kodeńscy", nakładem własnym, Warszawa 2009
References
- ↑ Саверчанка І.В. Канцлер Вялікага княства. Леў Сапега, Мн., Навука і тэхніка, 1992, с.63
- ↑ Чаропка В. Бацька Айчыны. Леў Сапега. ў кнізе "Уладары вялікага княства", Мн., Беларусь, 1-е издание 1996, 2-ое издание 2002, с.327–408
- ↑ Vernadsky, George. A History of Russia. New Haven. Connecticut: Yale University Press. 1961. online
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