Czartoryski, Jerzy

Representative of the noble Lithuanian princely family of the Czartoryski coat of arms " Pursuit ". The youngest son of Prince Ivan Fedorovich Chartorysky (c. 1518 - 1567 ) and Anna Kuzminichna Zaslavskaya (d. 1582 ).

He studied at the Vilnius Jesuit College, then traveled to Western Europe. After returning to his homeland, he was engaged in household affairs in his estates, which before that were in the hands of guardians. Inherited from his father significant estates in the Kremenets and Lutsk districts, in the Kiev region .

In 1581, after the death of his older brother Ivan Ivanovich Czartoryski near Pskov, Jerzy Czartoryski inherited the Klevan Principality. I bought from Poniatowski Bilev estates, which Ivan Chartorysky gave him on bail.

In 1580, after his marriage to Princess Alexander Andreevna, Vishnevetskaya was taken into possession of Alexinets and Moravitsa as a dowry. After the death of his father-in-law Andrei Vishnevetsky ( 1584 ), Alexander wrote down on him a Vishnevetsky castle with adjoining lands.

In 1606, after the death of his childless cousin, Prince Yuri Mikhailovich Chartorysky , Jerzy Ivanovich inherited the Principality of Chartory .

About 1605, Prince Jerzy Czartoryski divorced his wife, which led to a lawsuit for the Vyshnevetsky castle , which he was forced to sell to the elder Ovrutsky , Prince Mikhail Vishnevetsky .

In 1593 - 1595, Prince Jerzy Czartoryski participated in the defense of the southern Polish possessions from the raids of the Crimean Tatars. In 1600, he participated in the military campaign of Chancellor Jan Zamoysky against Moldova and Wallachia. In 1605, Jerzy Czartoryski supported and escorted to False Dmitry I in his campaign to Moscow.

In 1621, Jerzy Czartoryski equipped several outdoor banners under the command of his son Nikolai Jerzy , who, as part of the Polish-Lithuanian army, participated in the defeat of the Turkish-Tatar troops in the battle of Khotyn . In 1622, the Seymic of the Volyn Voivodeship decided that for the merits in the Battle of Khotyn, Prince Jerzy Czartoryski would be allowed to take washes (duties) from the Kiev region, Bratslav region and Volyn.

Together with his participation in political and military activities, Jerzy Czartoryski participated in spiritual life. He acted as a mediator between the Uniates and their opponents.

Initially, Jerzy Ivanovich Czartoryski was opposed to the conclusion of the Union of Brest Church , but in 1598 he abandoned Orthodoxy and converted to Uniate . After the transition to the union, he continued to help the Orthodox brotherhoods. In 1601, he signed a decree on the protection of the Orthodox Church. In 1623, Jerzy Czartoryski received the post of headman of Lutsk .

In 1626, the prince passed away and was buried in a church in Klevan .

Prince Jerzy Czartoryski moved his residence from Lutsk to Klevan , which he expanded significantly. I paid the poor pupils of the Jesuit colleges their training. He was a believer and a charitable person; he transferred many funds to the needs of the Greek and Catholic churches.

In 1595, for the maintenance of the hospital for the poor, he presented the settlement of Peresopnitsa with the monastery to Russian monks.

In 1590 he built a Roman Catholic church in Klevani . He founded a school at the church, where he appointed pensions to rectors and bachelors. In 1592 - 1593, his sons studied at this school. The school was taught by foreign teachers.

He transferred significant funds to Jesuit colleges in Vilna , Bar and Vinnitsa . The largest amounts were received by the Lutsk college, to which, in addition, he donated his own Lutsk estate with adjoining lands, and allocated funds for the development of the college.

He was married three times. From 1580, his first wife was Princess Alexandra Andreevna Vishnevetskaya (d. 1612 ), daughter of the governor of Kiev , Prince Andrei Ivanovich Vishnevetsky (c. 1528 - 1584 ), and Euphemia Yurievna Verzhbitskaya ( 1539 - 1589 ). Around 1605, the couple divorced. Children:

• Alexander Czartoryski (d. Before 1605 ), died young
• Adrian Czartoryski (d. 1618 ), became a monk
• Nicholas Jerzy Czartoryski ( 1585 - 1661 ), Prince Czartoryski and Klevansky ( 1626 - 1661 ), Volynskiy chestnut ( 1633 - 1655 ), governor Podolsky ( 1655 - 1657 ) and Volyn ( 1657 - 1661 ).

Secondly married Gosha Golovinskaya, from a marriage with whom he had two children:

• Andrei Chartorysky, died young
• Sophia Chartoryyskaya (d. 1649/1650 ), wife from 1646 Casimir Pesochinsky (d. 1659 )

For the third time he married Sofia Lubomirsky, the daughter of Andrzej Bogumil Lubomirsky and Anna Radziwill, from whom she had no children.

• E. Latacz. Czartoryski Jerzy // Polski Słownik Biograficzny.- Kraków, 1937.- t. IV / 1, zeszyt 16. 480 ss 277-278 sex.

• Leonty VOYTOVICH KNYAZIVSKI DYNASTІЇ
• KSIĄŻĘTA CZARTORYSCY