Oginskie

It comes from the holy Prince Mikhail Vsevolodovich Chernigovsky (d. 1246 ), whose great-great-grandson Prince Tit-Yuri Fedorovich Kozelsky (XV tribe from Rurik ) had two sons: Prince Grigory Titovich (Yuryevich), nicknamed the Fire, who became the ancestor of Oginsky, and (Yuryevich), nicknamed "Bubble", who became the founder of Puzyn .

However, G. A. Vlasyev , in his book The Offspring of Rurik ^[1], gives the following explanation about the origin of the princely Oginsky family and its kinship with the house of Rurik:

“The Oginsky clan descends from the ancient princes, and since 1547 it has been named in all Polish royal rescripts, Sejm decrees and judicial acts, the princely title.”

The opinion of the Council of State, approved by the Supreme Council on April 3, 1868 , was recognized as a princely dignity with the introduction of the Genealogy Book in Part V: Hofmeister of the Highest Court, Privy Councilor Cleofas-Ireniy from Kozelsk Oginsky with sons: Bogdan-Mikhail-Franz and Mikhail-Nikolai-Severin Mark ^[2] .

The genealogy of the Oginsky princes is placed here (referring to the book “The Progeny of Rurik”) only because until now this genus is considered to be descended from Rurik as an industry of the Kozelsky-Chernigov princes. ”

The author of the “ Russian Genealogy Book ” accepts the ancestor of the surname of Prince Grigory Titovich or Yuryevich, nicknamed “Fire”, as he gives his father two names: Titus and Yuri.

This last prince Tit-Yuri Fedorovich was placed with him as the grandson of Prince Tit Mstislavich Karachevsky, and thus, the ancestor of the Oginsky family, linking him with a continuous chain to Prince Mikhail Vsevolodovich Chernigovsky.

If Prince Titus Mstislavovich is really known not only from the Genealogies, but also from the Chronicles ^[3] , then we don’t even find the son of his Prince Fedor Titovich and the grandson of Prince Titus Yuri Fedorovich even in the ancient Genealogies; from this, one can only guess that the author of the “Russian genealogy book” borrowed the name of the princes from M. G. Spiridov . In his further presentation of the tribes closest to the ancestors, Prince Dolgorukov completely follows the conclusions of the Polish writer, Jesuit priest Andrei Pezharsky, in his book "Annibal ad Portas".

Representatives of the clan of the Oginsky princes, submitting at the end of the 18th century evidence of their noble origin, were based on the data of the book “Annibal ad Portas” by A. Pezharsky, derive their ancestors from St. Vladimir and list such descendants of the latter that never existed, attributing to some of them acts denouncing both complete ignorance and amazing unceremoniousness, to say the least, of the author of Annibal ad Portas.

It is known that in 1408, Prince Yuri Kozelsky was governor in Rzhev and is mentioned in the Chronicles as the builder of this city, but “Are these the only indications of the Chronicles of the considered Prince Titus-Yuri Fedorovich, it is difficult to assert, and even more difficult to agree with Prince P. V. Dolgorukov , claiming together with Polish writers that he had two sons: Vladimir, because of his ardent nature, called “Fire”, from which the descendants were therefore called Oginsky, and Grigory, because of his obesity, was named “Bubble” and therefore passed on to his offspring the name of Puzyn.

All this is not only doubtful, but positively impossible, as will be seen in the presentation of the clans of the princes Oginsky and Puzyna, according to documents that have a different ancestor, maybe not even descending from Rurik. ”

According to the studies of S. L. Ptashitsky, it follows that “... in the second half of the 15th century there was Prince Vasily Glazyn , who had two sons - Prince Olehno Vasilyevich and Prince Ivan Vasilyevich, who fled to Moscow and left five sons in Lithuania: Princes Dmitry, Ivan, Leo , Michael and Andrew. These latter in official documents are called the children of Prince Ivan - Glazinin’s brother, without mentioning their nicknames or surnames ... ”Further S. L. Ptashitsky, on the basis of documents, leads the Puzyns family from the second son of Prince Ivan Vasilyevich Glazini Prince Ivan Ivanovich Puzyna, who received from the king Sigismund’s court of Nosovo in the Melnitsky district, and about the latter’s brother - Prince Dmitry Ivanovich, he says that the family of the Oginsky princes went from him.

G. A. Vlasyev writes: “From the work of Adam Bonetsky „ Poczet Rodow w Wielkim K. Litewskiem “we learn that at the end of the 15th century there were two brothers Glushenka - Prince Dmitry Ivanovich, who received the court of Vogint, Жyzhmorsky County, and the Prince from King Alexander Ivan Ivanovich, who received a village in Melnitsky povet in 1496 ... the grandson of Prince Dmitry Ivanovich - Prince Fyodor Bogdanovich, has the name of Oginsky. ”

Comparing the names of individuals "... it must be admitted that in both cases it is about the same brothers - Princes Dmitry and Ivan Ivanovich, the founders of Oginsky and Puziny, with a difference only in nicknames, which it is certainly not possible to agree" ^[4] .

The famous local historian Cheslav Yankovsky wrote in his book about the origin of the Oginsky clan as follows:

“... in 1510, Prince Dmitry Ivanovich Glushonok (the son of the ancestor of the Puzy family) died, who received the privilege from Alexander Yagellonchik to own Ogint in the Zhizhmorsky district , becoming the progenitor of the Oginsky princes. Then Ogintsy settled in different regions of Lithuania, having founded several branches of the clan; in the Novogrudok Voivodeship , where subsequently the famous hetman Oginsky, the creator of the canal bearing his name, lived in Slonim , in Vitebsk , in Trok ( Stravenniki ); for a while Ogintsy were the owners of Ivy in the Oshmyany district . Some of these branches have died out over the course of centuries, others thrive to this day ” ^[5] .

according to Dolgorukov

The shield is divided horizontally into two halves. In the upper half, in the red field, St. George the Victorious on a white horse, striking a black dragon with a spear. In the lower half in the blue field there is a red marquee and above it a silver cross (the coat of arms of Brama or Oginets). The coat of arms is covered with a princely mantle and a Russian princely hat.

• Oginsky, Gregory Anthony - the great Lithuanian hetman.
• Oginsky, Ignatius - statesman and diplomat of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Grand Marshal of Lithuania, regent of Grand Duke ON.
• Oginsky, Mikhail Kazimir - statesman.
• Oginsky, Mikhail Kleofas - politician, composer.
• Oginsky, Tadeusz František - statesman of the Commonwealth .
• Oginskaya, Elzbieta Magdalena - patroness of sciences and philanthropist.

• Noble clans of the Russian Empire. Volume 1. Princes / Compiled by P. Grebelsky, S. Dumin, A. Mirvis, A. Shumkov , M. Katin-Yartsev. - SPb. : IPK Vesti, 1993. - 344 p. - 25,260 copies. - ISBN 5-86153-004-1 .
• Dolgorukov P.V. Russian genealogy book . - SPb. : Type. E. Weimar, 1856. - T. 3. - S. 20, 474.
• Dolgorukov P.V. Russian genealogy book . - SPb. : Type. 3 Sep. Own. E.I.V. Chancellery, 1857. - T. 4. - S. 474.
• Gajl T. Polish Armorial Middle Ages to 20th Century . - Gdańsk: L&L, 2007 .-- ISBN 978-83-60597-10-1 . (polish)

• Oginskie // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
• Family Tree of Oginski (Polish)
• Oginsky pedigree painting
• Lyudmila Khmelnytsky. Princes Oginsky in Vitebsk region.
• And in the evening in the garden from the house you can hear only the sounds of a polonaise ...