Svyatopolk-Mirsky

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Coat of Arms of Princes Sviatopolk-Mirskiis
Coat of Arms of Princes Sviatopolk-Mirskiis
Nikolai Ivanovitch Sviatopolk-Mirskii and his descendants used a variation of the Białynia Coat of Arms
Nikolai Ivanovitch Sviatopolk-Mirskii and his descendants used a variation of the Białynia Coat of Arms

Svyatopolk-Mirsky (Russian: Святополк-Мирский, Polish: Światopełk-Mirski) is a family of Russian and Polish nobility that originated from Belarus.

They first appeared in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the late 15th century as Mirski, a name derived from their famous Mir Castle, currently one of the UN World Heritage Sites. Later, they claimed a Rurikid descent (according the their claim, Mirskies were ancestors of Sviatopolk I of Kiev, hence the Sviatopolk part of the family name), but their claims were completely debunked by leading genealogists of Poland and Russia in the 19th century. Despite that, their pro-Russian attitudes and allegiance to the tsars earned them the confirmation of their very dubious princely title by Alexander II of Russia in 1861.

After the Polish insurgents destroyed Sviatopolk-Mirskii estate (1831), they moved to St Petersburg and joined the imperial service.

Among most notable Sviatopolk-Mirskiis are:

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