Zasławski

Zasławski

Ethnicity Polish, Ruthenian
Current region Poland
Place of origin Iziaslav
Members Aleksander Zasławski
Władysław Zasławski
Connected families Ostrogski family
Estate Starozasławski Castle
Possessions of Ostrogski are marked in pink; Zasławski (partially) in red.

Zasławski (plural Zasławscy) is a surname of Polish–Ruthenian nobility and a cadet branch of the Ostrogski family. The Zasławski family had its power base in Volhynia, Crown of the Kingdom of Poland (today Ukraine), and traced its origins to a branch of the Rurikids that took a name from the Iziaslav. Due to their relation to the Rurikids, they held title of Knyaz (Prince).

History

Zasławski family was one of the three major families in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth to trace its origins to the Ruthenian Rurikids; the other two families are the Ostrogski family & Wiśniowiecki family. The Zasławski family was sometimes seen as a junior line of the Ostrogoski, and after the last male heir of Ostrogoski family, Janusz Ostrogski, died out, much of Ostrogoski possessions were inherited by Zasławcy. Nonetheless Zasławski family faced a similar fate to that of Ostrogoski: their last heir, Aleksander Janusz Zasławski, died in 1682. Their huge possessions passed to the Lubomirski (due to their marriage with Aleksander's sister, Teofilia Ludwika Zasławska) and other families of Polish szlachta. A complicated litigation concerning Ostrogski inheritance continued until Russian Empire annexed Poland during the Partitions.

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