Yuri Yuryevich Khodkevich (c. 1570 - October 26, 1595 , Berestovitsa ) - statesman of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania , Kravchik the Great Lithuanian ( 1588 - 1590 ), the elder Zhemaist ( 1590 - 1595 ), Marshals of the Tribunal of Lithuania ( 1594 ).
| Yuri Yuryevich Khodkevich | |||||||
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 Khodkevich | |||||||
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| Predecessor | Konstantin Ostrozhsky | ||||||
| Successor | Krishtof Nikolay Dorogostaysky | ||||||
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| Predecessor | Jan Gut | ||||||
| Successor | Stanislav Radziwill | ||||||
| Birth | 1570 | ||||||
| Death | October 26, 1595 Berestovitsa | ||||||
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| Kind | Khodkevichi | ||||||
| Father | Yuri Khodkevich | ||||||
| Mother | Sofia Yurievna Slutskaya | ||||||
| Spouse | Sofia Helena Glebovich | ||||||
| Children | Nikolay | ||||||
Biography
Representative of the Lithuanian magnate Khodkevich family of the coat of arms “ Khodkevich ”, the youngest son of the Trochel’s chestnut Yuri Alexandrovich Khodkevich ( 1524 - 1569 ) and Princess Sofia Yurievna Slutskaya (d. 1571 ). The elder brother is Kastelan of Vilna, Jerome Hodkevich ( 1560 - 1617 ).
He was raised in Orthodoxy, but while studying at a Jesuit collegium, he converted to the Roman Catholic faith (also made his brother) and became an ardent supporter of the new religion. In 1588 he received the position of the Great Lithuanian Kravchik, and in 1590 became the general headman of the жemaiti , in 1594 he was elected marshal of the ON Tribunal .
In 1594 he married Calvinist Sofia Nikolaevna Radziwill (d. Before 1604 ), daughter of the governor of Novogrudok Nikolai Radziwill ( 1546 - 1589 ) and Sofia Helena Glebovich . In the marriage, the son Nikolai was born, who died in infancy.
October 26, 1595 Yuri Khodkevich suddenly died in the city of Berestovitsa . He was buried in the Supradual Annunciation monastery .
Literature
- Polski Słownik Biograficzny (t. 3 s. 369) (t. 3 s. 354)