Polish-Lithuanian magnate family
The House of Tyszkiewicz (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 grandson, 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
Count Eustachy Tyszkiewicz (1814–1874), nobleman and archaeologist
Janusz Skumin Tyszkiewicz (1570–1642), Polish–Lithuanian nobleman and politician who was a sponsor of Baroque music
Janusz Tyszkiewicz Łohojski (1590–1649), Polish–Lithuanian magnate and politician
Katarzyna Eugenia Skumin Tyszkiewicz (c. 1610 –1648), Polish noblewoman (daughter of Janusz Skumin Tyszkiewicz)
Count Konstanty Tyszkiewicz (1806–1868), Polish-Lithuanian noble, archaeologist and ethnographer
Ludwik Skumin Tyszkiewicz , Field Lithuanian Hetman (Grand Treasurer) of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Count Michal Tyszkiewicz (1828–1897), collector and amateur Egyptologist
Count Michał Zygmunt Tyszkiewicz (1903–1974), diplomat and songwriter
Samuel Tyszkiewicz (1889–1954) was a Polish typographer
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 [uk ] (1857—1930) - Ukrainian politician, patron of Prosvita Society, ambassador of Ukrainian State to Vatican.
Family estates
Manors
Gallery
Palaces connected with the Tyszkiewicz family
References
Further reading
Potocka-Wąsowiczowa, Anna z Tyszkiewiczów. Wspomnienia naocznego świadka. Warszawa: Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy, 1965.
Lithuanian origin Ruthenian origin Others