Global InformationOleksander Ostrogski information
Aleksander Ostrogski | |
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| Prince | |
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| Coat of arms | Ostrogski |
| Born | c. 1571 Wiewiórka |
| Died | 1603 Tarnopol |
| Family | Ostrogski |
| Consort | Anna Kostka h. Dąbrowa |
| Issue | Zofia Ostrogska Konstanty Ostrogski Janusz Ostrogski Anna Alojza Ostrogska Katarzyna Ostrogska |
| Father | Konstanty Wasyl Ostrogski h. Ostrogski |
| Mother | Zofia Tarnowska h. Leliwa |
Prince Aleksander Ostrogski (Belarusian: Аляксандар Астрожскi Ukrainian: Олександр Острозький Lithuanian: Aleksandras Ostrogiškis) (c. 1571–1603) was a nobleman of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Son of voivode of Troki and Hetman Prince Konstanty Wasyl Ostrogski and Zofia Tarnowska h. Leliwa, the daughter of voivode of Ruthenia and Kraków Hetman Jan Amor Tarnowski h. Leliwa and Zofia Szydłowiecka h. Odrowąż.
He was voivode of Wołyń since 1593 and starost of Pereiaslav. In 1592 he married Anna Kostka h. Dąbrowa a Roman Catholic.
Aleksander stay the only son of Konstanty Wasyl Ostrogski who remained Orthodox. Together with his father he acted against the Union of Brest. He founded the Monastery of Holy Trinity in the village of Mezhirich. Aleksander was buried in the Church of Lord's Theophany in Ostróg.[1]
- ^ «С кройніки Бельського речі потребні вибрані» (Острозький літописець), in Ukrainian. Декамврія 2 князь Александер Острозький ярославський в Красном умер, а похован у Острозі в церкві замковой богоявленія.