Sapieha
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The Sapieha (Belarusian: Сапега; Lithuanian Sapiega) is a Polish-Lithuanian princely family descending from the medieval boyars of Smolensk.[1] The family acquired great influence in the sixteenth century.
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[edit] History
The creator of the fortune and power of the Sapieha family was Court and Great Chancellor and Great Hetman of Lithuania Lew Sapieha, a powerful magnate.
On September 14, 1700 Michal Franciszek Sapieha obtained the title of Prince from Emperor Leopold I. The title became extinct upon his death on November 19, 1700. In 1768 members of the Sapieha family obtained recognition of the princely title from the Polish Sejm. After the partitions of Poland, the family appeared in the list of persons authorised to bear the title of Prince of the Kingdom of Poland in 1824. The title was recognised in Austria in 1836 and 1840, and in Russia in 1874 and 1901. In 1905 the family obtained the qualification of Serene Highness in Austria.
[edit] Coat of arms and motto
The Sapieha family used the "Lis" arms and their motto was: ?
[edit] Members
- Lew Sapieha (1557-1633), Court Chancellor and Great Hetman of Lithuania
- Kazimierz Lew Sapieha (1609-1656), Marshal of the Crown, son of Lew Sapieha
- Mikołaj Krzysztof Sapieha (1613-1639),Voivode of Mińsk
- Jan Kazimierz Sapieha the Younger, (ca. 1642–1720), Field Hetman
- Michal Franciszek Sapieha (1670-1700), General, Koniuszy
- Jan Kazimierz Sapieha the Elder (?–1730), Grand Hetman of Lithuania
- Jan Fryderyk Sapieha (1680–1751), Grand Recorder of Lithuania
- Teresa Sapieha (?-c.1784), was married to Hieronim Florian Radziwill and Joachim Karol Potocki
- Kazimierz Nestor Sapieha (1757-1798), political activist, General
- Anna Zofia Sapieha (1799-1864), was married to Adam Jerzy Czartoryski
- Leon Sapieha (1803-1878), political and economic activist
- Adam Stefan Cardinal Sapieha (1867-1951), Archbishop of Kraków, Cardinal
- Zofia Maria Sapieha (1919-1997); was married to count Leon Michal Komorowski, was the grand-mother of Her Royal Higness princess Mathilde of Belgium, duchesse of Brabante, born Marie Christine Ghislaine d'Udekem d'Acoz.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Vernadsky, George. A History of Russia. New Haven. Connecticut: Yale University Press. 1961. online
