House of Tyszkiewicz
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Ethnicity | Polish, Ruthenian (Belarusian, Ukrainian), Lithuanian |
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Current region | Poland, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania |
Members |
Ludwik Tyszkiewicz Teodor Tyszkiewicz Stefan Tyszkiewicz |
Estate |
Tyszkiewicz Palace Tiškevičiai Palace Landwarow |
The Tyszkiewicz family (Polish: Tyszkiewiczowie, singular: Tyszkiewicz, Belarusian: Тышкевічы, singular: Тышкевіч, Lithuanian: Tiškevičiai, singular: Tiškevičius, Ukrainian: Тишкевичі, singular: Тишкевич, Russian: Тышкевичи, singular: Тышкевич) was a wealthy and influential Polish-Lithuanian magnate family of Ruthenian origin, with roots traced to the times of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. They held the Polish coat of arms Leliwa. Their nobility was reaffirmed in Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Russian Empire.
The family traces its roots to a 15th-century Ruthenian boyar Kalenik Mishkovich and derives from the name of his son, Tysha with the addition of the patronymic, resulting in Tyszkiewicz-Kalenicki. A branch of the family germanised the name to Tischkowitz and a few members of this branch are still to be found in Germany and the UK.
Places named Tyszkiewicz Palace, "former Tyszkiewicz Palace", Tiškevičiai Palace, and other historical properties of the family are located in Warsaw, Kraków and Vilnius, as well as in numerous towns of modern Poland, Belarus, Lithuania and Ukraine (in Palanga, Kretinga, Lahojsk, Raudondvaris, Berdychiv, Biržai, Kavarskas, Deltuva, Trakai, Lentvaris, Seredžius, etc.)
Notable members
- Eustachy Tyszkiewicz (1814–1873)
- Janusz Skumin Tyszkiewicz
- Janusz Tyszkiewicz Łohojski
- Katarzyna Eugenia Tyszkiewicz
- Konstanty Tyszkiewicz
- Ludwik Skumin Tyszkiewicz, Field Lithuanian Hetman (Grand Treasurer) of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
- Count Michal Tyszkiewicz (1828–1897), collector and amateur Egyptologist
- Samuel Tyszkiewicz
- Stefan Tyszkiewicz (1894-1976), engineer and inventor, soldier and political activist married into the extended Russian imperial family
- Tadeusz Tyszkiewicz, (1774–1852) a general
- Teodor Skumin Tyszkiewicz, Grand Treasurer of Lithuania of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
- Count Mykhaylo Tyshkevych (1857—1930) - Ukrainian politician, patron of Prosvita Society, ambassador of Ukrainian State to Vatican.
- See also: Tyszkiewicz (surname)
Family estates
Manors
Astravas Manor | Tiškevičiai Palace, Palanga | Tyszkiewicz (Tiškevičiai) Palace on Lake Galvė, Trakai |
Gallery
Palaces connected with the Tyszkiewicz family
- Tyszkiewicz palace in Warsaw
- Tyszkiewicz palace in Krakow
- Palace in Przecław
- The 'Red Manor', Raudondvaris Castle with Basilica of St Teresa
- Tyszkiewicz palace in Kretinga
- Tyszkiewicz palace in Trakų Vokė
- Tyszkiewicz Palace in Landwarow
- Tyszkiewicz palace in Vilnius
- The Palace in Valozhyn
- The mansion in Ziezmariai
- Tyszkiewicz palace in Łahojsk (in ruins)
- Former manorial buildings in Balbieriškis, (destroyed)
- Stable buildings at Kojrany Manor, Vilnius. (destroyed)
- The palace in Dunilavichy (destroyed)
References
- Jerzy Jan Lerski; Piotr Wróbel; Richard J. Kozicki (1996). Historical Dictionary of Poland, 966-1945. Greenwood Publishing. p. 616.
- Walerian Kalinka, Dzieła, chapter "Żywot Tadeusza Tyskiewicza", 1900, Google Print, p.195-198 (public domain)
Further reading
- Potocka-Wąsowiczowa, Anna z Tyszkiewiczów. Wspomnienia naocznego świadka. Warszawa: Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy, 1965.