Konstanty Wasyl Ostrogski

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For article about other Konstanty Ostrogoski, the father of Konstanty Wasyl, see Konstanty Ostrogski (1460-1530)

Konstanty Wasyl Ostrogski
Noble Family	Ostrogski
Coat of Arms	Ostrogski
Parents	Konstanty Ostrogski Aleksandra Słucka
Consorts	Zofia Tarnowska
Children	with Zofia Tarnowska Elżbieta Ostrogska Janusz Ostrogski Katarzyna Ostrogska Konstanty Ostrogski Aleksander Ostrogski
Date of Birth	1526
Place of Birth	Ostróg
Date of Death	February 13, 1608
Place of Death	Ostróg

Konstanty Wasyl Ostrogski (1526-13 February 1608) was a Lithuanian prince, starost of Volodymyr-Volynskyi, Marshal of Volhynia and voivode of Kijów Voivodship, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Married on January 1553 in Tarnów. Refused to help False Dmitriy I. Supporter of Jan Zamoyski.

In 1570s he waged war against another magnate, Stanisław Tarnowski, about disputed possession of estates in the area of Tarnów. Among Ostrogski's private army were units of the Tatars.

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• a chapter of the "History of Russia" by Nikolay Kostomarov devoted to "Knyaz Konstantin Konstantinovich Ostrozhskiy" (in Russian).