Chartorysky, Alexander Fedorovich

Representative of the Lithuanian princely family of the Czartoryski coat of arms " Pursuit ". The eldest son of Fyodor Mikhailovich Czartoryski (? - 1542 ), the prince in Czartorysk and Klevani , the headman of Lutsk ( 1527 - 1542 ), from a marriage with Princess Sofia Andreevna Sangushko . The younger brother is Ivan Fedorovich Czartoryski (? - 1567 ), Prince of Klevan ( 1547 - 1567 ).

Member of numerous battles with the Crimean Tatars. It was first mentioned in 1527 when he fought in the Lithuanian army under the command of the great Lithuanian hetman, Prince Konstantin Ivanovich Ostrozhsky , against the Crimean horde in the battle on the Olshanitsa River . His military service lasted until 1542 , received praise from the King of Poland and the Grand Duke of Lithuania Sigismund I the Old .

Since 1542, Prince Alexander Chartorysky stopped military service, often appeared in court records, where property litigations were considered.

In June 1547, Alexander and his younger brother Ivan completed the process of dividing their fatherly principality. Alexander received Chartoryysk and Litovezh , and Ivan received Klevan . Around 1554, he held the post of headman of Vladimir-Volyn . As a result of the administrative reform of 1565-1566, the Volyn Voivodeship was formed from the Lutsk headman . On September 12, 1566, Prince Alexander Chartorysky was appointed by King Sigismund Augustus as the first governor of Volyn (received a position for his and his father's merits).

Alexander Czartoryski actively supported the conclusion of the Union of Lublin (1569) between the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania . In 1569, after the conclusion of the Union of Lublin, the Podlaskie , Volynsk , Kiev and Bratslav voivodships were torn away and included in Poland. After Volyn joined the Polish crown, Prince Alexander Czartoryski brought the oath of allegiance to the Polish king Sigismund II Augustus . Being on the Lublin Sejm, on May 25, 1569, he received from the Polish king a privilege confirmed by him in 1442 , in which the Czartoryski princes were recognized as relatives by the Jagiellons and had the right to use their own coat of arms “ Pursuit ”. At the end of 1569 he made a will, departing from political and public affairs.

At the beginning of 1571, Prince Alexander Fedorovich Czartoryski died.

"Popis of the Lithuanian army of 1567" characterizes the prince's possessions as follows:

"Voivode Volynsky. The month of October was 11 days. Prince Aleksandro Chortorysky, governor Volynsky, sent to his son, Prince Mikhail, mail from his son’s name, that is, from Chortoryisk and from Mstishin’s palace in Lutsk district; of the Zementsky monastery in the Volodimersky district; and the name of Stvolovich in the region of Novogrudok; and the name of Zhodishok in the region of Oshmensky; and of the name of Oldov in the region of Lida; with all these names he put the mail of the horses one hundred times - przr, pr., tar., etc. ; and at that post put him the mercy of the Drabs on foot 50 with handicrafts and from flakes " ^[1] .

He was married to Magdalena Jovanovna Brankovich (Despotovna) (d. 1575 ), from a marriage with whom he had a son and daughter:

• Mikhail Alexandrovich Czartoryski (? - 1582 ), Prince Czartoryski ( 1571 - 1582 ), the head of Zhytomyr ( 1574 - 1582 )
• Marina Alexandrovna Chartoryyskaya (? - 1570 ), wife of the governor of Polotsk and Smolensk, Andrei Pavlovich Sapieha (c. 1560 - 1621 ).

• J. Jasnowski. Czartoryski aleksander fedorowicz († 1571) // Polski Słownik Biograficzny.- Kraków, 1937. t. IV / 1, zeszyt 16.480 s. floor. , s. 272

• Leonty VOYTOVICH KNYAZIVSKI DYNASTІЇ
• KSIĄŻĘTA CZARTORYSCY
• Alexander Fedorovich, Prince Czartoryski