The House of Tyszkiewicz (, singular: , , singular: , , singular: , , singular: , , singular: ) was a wealthy and influential
Polish-Lithuanian magnate
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family of
Ruthenian origin, with roots traced to the times of the
Grand Duchy of Lithuania
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. They held the
Polish coat of arms Leliwa. Their nobility was reaffirmed in
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
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and the
Russian Empire
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.
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 surname, 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, Palanga, 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 Museum, 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 (–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 Michał Tyszkiewicz (Egyptologist), 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 (1857—1930) - Ukrainian politician, patron of Prosvita Society, ambassador of Ukrainian State to Vatican.
Family estates
* Makhnivka, Koziatyn Raion
Manors
Gallery
Palaces connected with the Tyszkiewicz family
File:Warsaw 07-13 img28 Tyszkiewicz Palace.jpg, Tyszkiewicz palace in Warsaw
File:Pałac Tyszkiewiczów, Kraków, ul. Asnyka 2, A-323 03.jpg, Tyszkiewicz palace in Kraków
File:Przeclaw js.jpg, Palace in Przecław
File:Raudondvaris palace.jpg, The 'Red Manor', Raudondvaris Castle with Basilica of St Teresa
File:Kretinga palace.jpg, Tiškevičiai palace in Kretinga
File:Traku-vokes-dvaras-facade.jpg, Tiškevičiai palace in Trakų Vokė
File:Lithuania Landwarów Palace.jpg, Tiškevičiai Palace in Lentvaris
File:Arnioniu dvaro pastas.jpg, Arnionys Manor
File:Nemezis Manor.jpg, Nemėžis Manor
File:Tiškevičiųrūmai2010 02 09Vilnius43.JPG, Tiškevičiai palace in Vilnius
File:Валожын, палац Тышкевічаў.jpg, The Palace in Valozhyn
File:Leonpolio dvaras.JPG, Leonpolis Manor
File:Ziezmariu dvaras.jpg, The mansion in Ziezmariai
File:Łahojsk, Tyškievič. Лагойск, Тышкевіч (L. Daškievič, 1923) (2).jpg, Tyszkiewicz palace in Łahojsk (in ruins)
File:Balbieriškis, parkas.JPG, Former manorial buildings in Balbieriškis, (destroyed)
File:Vilniaus universiteto botanikos sodas. Arklides.jpg, Stable buildings at the former Kairėnai Manor, Vilnius.
File:Duniłavičy, Tyškievič. Дунілавічы, Тышкевіч (1916).jpg, The palace in Dunilavichy (destroyed)
References
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* Walerian Kalinka, ''Dzieła'', chapter "Żywot Tadeusza Tyskiewicza", 1900
Google Print, p.195-198(public domain)
Further reading
* Potocka-Wąsowiczowa, Anna z Tyszkiewiczów. ''Wspomnienia naocznego świadka.'' Warszawa: Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy, 1965.
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