Sapieha family
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.png) The family Grand coat of arms (1858-1859) |
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| Ethnicity | Polish, Lithuanian, Ruthenian |
| Current region | Belarus, Ukraine |
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| Notable 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 Polish-Lithuanian princely family descending from the medieval boyars of Smolensk.[1] The family acquired great influence in the sixteenth century.
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[edit] History
The creator of the fortune and power of the Sapieha family was Court and Great Chancellor and Great Hetman of Lithuania Lew Sapieha, a powerful magnate.
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 Princess Mathilde, Duchess of Brabant was also a Sapieha.
[edit] Coat of arms
The Sapieha family used the "Lis" coat of arms.
[edit] Members
- 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
- Anna Zofia Sapieha (1799-1864), wife of Adam Jerzy Czartoryski
- Leon Sapieha (1803-1878), political and economic activist
- Adam Stefan Sapieha (1867-1951), cardinal, archbishop of Kraków
- Eustachy Sapieha (1881-1963), politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Zofia Maria Sapieha (1919-1997), grandmother of Princess Mathilde of Belgium, Duchess of Brabant
[edit] See also
- Ruzhany Palace
- Sapieha Palace in Vilnius
- Sapieha Palace in Warsaw
- Sapieha Palace in Lviv
- Polish nobility
- Lithuanian nobility
- List of szlachta
- Sapieha beaker
[edit] References
- ^ Vernadsky, George. A History of Russia. New Haven. Connecticut: Yale University Press. 1961. online
