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Konstanty Wasyl Ostrogski (2 February 1526 – 13 February 1608, ) was a Lithuanian
Grand Duchy of Lithuania

The Grand Duchy of Lithuania was an Eastern and Central European state from the 12th /13th century until the 18th century. It was founded by Lithuanians, at the time one of the Lithuanian mythology Baltic tribes, whose initial lands covered Auk?taitija, the eastern part of present day Lithuania....
 prince, starost of Volodymyr-Volynskyi
Volodymyr-Volynskyi

Volodymyr-Volynskyi or Vladimir-Volynsky is a historic city located in the what is now Volyn Oblast , in north-western Ukraine. Serving as the Capital city of the Volodymyr-Volynskyi Raion , the city itself is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast....
, marshal of Volhynia
Volhynia

File:Luchesk.JPGVolhynia, Volynia, or Volyn is a historic region in western Ukraine located between the rivers Pripyat River and Western Bug, to the north of Galicia and Podolia....
 and voivode of the Kiev Voivodeship, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. He got married on January 1553 in Tarnów
Tarnów

Tarn?w is a city in southeastern Poland with 116,109 inhabitants The city has been situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship since 1999, but from 1975 to 1998 it was the capital of the Tarn?w Voivodeship....
. Ostrogski refused to help False Dmitriy I
False Dmitriy I

False Dmitriy I was the Tsar of Russia from 21 July 1605 until his death on 17 May 1606 under the name of Dimitriy Ioannovich . He is sometimes referred to under the usurped title of Dmitriy II....
 and supported Jan Zamoyski
Jan Zamoyski

Jan Zamoyski , was a Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth szlachcic, magnate, 1st duke/Ordynat of Zamosc. Royal Secretary since 1566, Lesser Kanclerz ) of the Crown since 1576, Lord Grand-Chancellor of the Crown since 1578, and Grand Hetman of the Crown since 1581....
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In 1570s he waged a war against another magnate
Magnate

Magnate, from the Late Latin magnas, a great man, itself from Latin magnus 'great', designates a noble or other man in a high social position, by birth, wealth or other qualities....
, Stanislaw Tarnowski, about disputed possession of estates in the area of Tarnów.






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Konstanty Wasyl Ostrogski (2 February 1526 – 13 February 1608, ) was a Lithuanian
Grand Duchy of Lithuania

The Grand Duchy of Lithuania was an Eastern and Central European state from the 12th /13th century until the 18th century. It was founded by Lithuanians, at the time one of the Lithuanian mythology Baltic tribes, whose initial lands covered Auk?taitija, the eastern part of present day Lithuania....
 prince, starost of Volodymyr-Volynskyi
Volodymyr-Volynskyi

Volodymyr-Volynskyi or Vladimir-Volynsky is a historic city located in the what is now Volyn Oblast , in north-western Ukraine. Serving as the Capital city of the Volodymyr-Volynskyi Raion , the city itself is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast....
, marshal of Volhynia
Volhynia

File:Luchesk.JPGVolhynia, Volynia, or Volyn is a historic region in western Ukraine located between the rivers Pripyat River and Western Bug, to the north of Galicia and Podolia....
 and voivode of the Kiev Voivodeship, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. He got married on January 1553 in Tarnów
Tarnów

Tarn?w is a city in southeastern Poland with 116,109 inhabitants The city has been situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship since 1999, but from 1975 to 1998 it was the capital of the Tarn?w Voivodeship....
. Ostrogski refused to help False Dmitriy I
False Dmitriy I

False Dmitriy I was the Tsar of Russia from 21 July 1605 until his death on 17 May 1606 under the name of Dimitriy Ioannovich . He is sometimes referred to under the usurped title of Dmitriy II....
 and supported Jan Zamoyski
Jan Zamoyski

Jan Zamoyski , was a Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth szlachcic, magnate, 1st duke/Ordynat of Zamosc. Royal Secretary since 1566, Lesser Kanclerz ) of the Crown since 1576, Lord Grand-Chancellor of the Crown since 1578, and Grand Hetman of the Crown since 1581....
.

In 1570s he waged a war against another magnate
Magnate

Magnate, from the Late Latin magnas, a great man, itself from Latin magnus 'great', designates a noble or other man in a high social position, by birth, wealth or other qualities....
, Stanislaw Tarnowski, about disputed possession of estates in the area of Tarnów. Among Ostrogski's private army were units of the Tatars.

See also

  • Grand Duchy of Lithuania
    Grand Duchy of Lithuania

    The Grand Duchy of Lithuania was an Eastern and Central European state from the 12th /13th century until the 18th century. It was founded by Lithuanians, at the time one of the Lithuanian mythology Baltic tribes, whose initial lands covered Auk?taitija, the eastern part of present day Lithuania....
  • House of Ostrogski
    Ostrogski

    Ostrogski was one of the greatest Ruthenian princely families of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.They were most likely of Rurikid stock and descended from Sviatopolk II of Kiev....
  • List of szlachta
    List of szlachta

    The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was a semi-confederal and semi-federal monarchic republic comprising the Kingdom of Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania, from 1569 until 1795....
  • Lithuanian nobility


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  • by Nikolay Kostomarov
    Nikolay Kostomarov

    Mykola Ivanovich Kostomoarov , of mixed Ukrainians and Russians origin, is one of the most distinguished History of Ukraine and History of Russia historians, a Professor of History at the Kiev University and later at the St....
     devoted to "Knyaz Konstantin Konstantinovich Ostrozhskiy"