Zasławski

Zasławski

Ostrogski coat of arms
Ethnicity	Polish, Ruthenian
Current region	Poland
Place of origin	Iziaslav
Members	Aleksander Zasławski Władysław Zasławski
Connected families	Ostrogski family
Estate	Starozasławski Castle

Possessions of Ostrogski are marked in pink; Zasławski (partially) in red.

Zasławski (plural Zasławscy) is a surname of Polish–Ruthenian nobility and a cadet branch of the Ostrogski family. The Zasławski family had its power base in Volhynia, Crown of the Kingdom of Poland (today Ukraine), and traced its origins to a branch of the Rurikids that took a name from the Iziaslav. Due to their relation to the Rurikids, they held title of Knyaz (Prince).

History

Zasławski family was one of the three major families in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth to trace its origins to the Ruthenian Rurikids; the other two families are the Ostrogski family & Wiśniowiecki family. The Zasławski family was sometimes seen as a junior line of the Ostrogoski, and after the last male heir of Ostrogoski family, Janusz Ostrogski, died out, much of Ostrogoski possessions were inherited by Zasławcy. Nonetheless Zasławski family faced a similar fate to that of Ostrogoski: their last heir, Aleksander Janusz Zasławski, died in 1682. Their huge possessions passed to the Lubomirski (due to their marriage with Aleksander's sister, Teofilia Ludwika Zasławska) and other families of Polish szlachta. A complicated litigation concerning Ostrogski inheritance continued until Russian Empire annexed Poland during the Partitions.

Notable members

• Vasyl′ "Krasny" Ostrogski, father of Yurii
• Yuri Zasławski (1432–1500), Prince of Iziaslav (Zaslav), progenitor of Zaslavski clan who inherited the Zasław town
• Ivan Zasławski (died 1515), Prince of Zaslav and Ostrog
• Kuz′ma Zasławski (died 1556)
• Janusz Zasławski (1548–1629), voivode of Podlaskie and Volhynia
• Konstanty Alexander Zasławski, (1620–1642)
• Aleksander Zasławski (died 1628), voivode of Bratslav, and Kiev
• Władysław Dominik Zasławski-Ostrogski (1618–1656), voivode of Kraków
• Aleksander Janusz Zasławski (c. 1650–1682), last male heir
• Teofilia Ludwika Zasławska (1650–1709), last female heir

External links

• Zaslawski at the Encyclopedia of Ukraine
• Zaslavski at the Handbook on history of Ukraine