Oleksander Ostrogski

Aleksander Ostrogski
Prince
Coat of armsOstrogskiOstrogski's coat of arms
Bornc. 1571
Wiewiórka
Died1603
Tarnopol
FamilyOstrogski
ConsortAnna Kostka h. Dąbrowa
IssueZofia Ostrogska
Konstanty Ostrogski
Janusz Ostrogski
Anna Alojza Ostrogska
Katarzyna Ostrogska
FatherKonstanty Wasyl Ostrogski h. Ostrogski
MotherZofia 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]

  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.

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