Massalski family
Coat of Arms of the Massalski family
Aleksander Masalski (1593-1643), voivode of Mińsk
Ignacy Jakub Massalski, Bishop of Wilno
The Massalski (Plural: Massalscy, feminine form: Massalska) sometimes: "Masalski" is a Polish-Lithuanian princely family of Ruthenian origin from the Principality of Chernigov and based on the city of Mosalsk. The family descended from the Rurik dynasty. Their princely title was recognized in 1775.
Living family members are members in the Confederation of the Polish Nobility.
Notable members
- Aleksander Masalski (1593-1643), voivode of Mińsk Voivodship
- Andrzej Massalski (died 1651), voivode of Mińsk Voivodship
- Michał Józef Massalski, Great Hetman of Lithuania
- Ignacy Jakub Massalski, Bishop of Wilno
- Józef Adrian Massalski (1726-1765), marszałek of the Sejm
- Helena Apolonia Massalska (1763-1815), diarist
- Edward Tomasz Massalski (1799-1879), writer and publicist
- Józef Massalski (1800-1845), poet
Palaces
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Verkiai Palace, as commissioned by Ignacy Jakub Massalski
References
- I. Lipiński, Massalscy – linia wołkowyska od XVI do początku XIX wieku, "Genealogia. Studia i materiały historyczne", t. 11, Poznań – Wrocław 1999, s. 21.
- Tomasz Lenczewski, Genealogie rodów utytułowanych w Polsce, t. 1, Warszawa 1996-1997, s. 54-66, fot. 10-13.
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