The House of Korecki (Polish: ród Koreckich (Korecki
clan
A clan is a group of people united by actual or perceived kinship
and descent. Even if lineage details are unknown, a clan may claim descent from a founding member or apical ancestor who serves as a symbol of the clan's unity. Many societie ...
), Koreccy) was a princely family of the
Grand Duchy of Lithuania
The Grand Duchy of Lithuania was a sovereign state in northeastern Europe that existed from the 13th century, succeeding the Kingdom of Lithuania, to the late 18th century, when the territory was suppressed during the 1795 Partitions of Poland, ...
origin. The name is derived from the original seat of the family at the
Korets Castle
The Korets Castle () is a castle built in Korets by either Prince Theodor Ostrogski or Prince Dymitr Korybut. Its main tower is featured in the town's emblem.
The moated castle on the bank of the Korchyk River was the seat of the princely Ho ...
, which was part of the Grand Duchy of
Lithuania
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at these times (today
Rivne Oblast
Rivne Oblast (), also referred to as Rivnenshchyna (), is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is Rivne. The surface area of the region is . Its population is:
Before its annexation by the ...
).
["КОРЕЦЬКІ"]
("Korecki") at the Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine, citing Мыцык Ю.А., "Украинские летописи ХVII века", Днепропетровск, 1978.
There are two family legends about the descent. By one of them it descended from
Patrikas
Patrikey Glebovich or Patrikas Narimantaitis (, Finnish: ''Patrika Narimantinpoika'') was a grandson (or great-grandson) of Gediminas who exchanged his lands in and near Starodub in Siveria for the Korela and Oreshek fortresses in the Novgorod Re ...
, son of
Narymunt
Narimantas or Narymunt (baptized ''Gleb''; 1277 or just before 1300 (according to Wasilewski 1992) – 2 February 1348) was a Lithuanian duke and the second eldest son of Gediminas, Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Grand Duke of Lithuania. During vari ...
, the second eldest son of
Gediminas
Gediminas ( – December 1341) was Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1315 or 1316 until his death in 1341.
He is considered the founder of Lithuania's capital Vilnius (see: Iron Wolf legend). During his reign, he brought under his rule lands from t ...
.
[ By another legend, it derives from ]Kaributas
Kaributas (''Koribut'', ''Korybut'', baptized ''Dmitry''; after 1350 – after 1404) was a son of Algirdas, Grand Duke of Lithuania, and reigned in Severian Novgorod until 1393.
Kaributas was born some time after 1350 (exact date is unknown ...
, son of Algirdas
Algirdas (; , ; – May 1377) was List of Lithuanian monarchs, Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1345 to 1377. With the help of his brother Kęstutis (who defended the western border of the Duchy) he created an empire stretching from the pre ...
, Grand Duke of Lithuania
This is a list of Lithuanian monarchs who ruled Lithuania from its inception until the fall of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in 1795. The Lithuanian monarch bore the title of Grand duke, Grand Duke, with the exception of Mindaugas, who was crown ...
.[''Herbarz polski Kaspra Niesieckiego powiększony dodatkami z późniejszych autorów, rękopismów, dowodów urzędowych i wydany przez Jana Nep. Bobrowicza'', tom V, Lipski 1841, p. 228 ]
The princely family line became extinct in the 17th century.
Coat of arms
The family used the Pogonia Coat of Arms, granted to Lithuanian noblemen upon the union into the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, also referred to as Poland–Lithuania or the First Polish Republic (), was a federation, federative real union between the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania ...
.[
]
Notable members
* Samuel Korecki (1586–1622), a nobleman of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
*
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* Samuel Karol Korecki (1621–1651)[
]
See also
* Korecki
References
External links
* https://web.archive.org/web/20130921210104/http://mariusz.eu.pn/genealogia/rody/koreccy01.html
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