Tyszkiewicz family

The Tyszkiewicz family (Polish: Tyszkiewiczowie, singular: Tyszkiewicz, Belarusian: Тышкевічы, singular: Тышкевіч, Lithuanian: Tiškevičiai, singular: Tiškevičius, Ukrainian: Тишкевичі, singular: Тишкевич, Russian: Тышкевичи, singular: Тышкевич) was a wealthy and influential Polish-Lithuanian magnate family of Ruthenian origin, with roots traced to the times of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. They held the Polish coat of arms Leliwa. Their nobility was reaffirmed in Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Russian Empire.

Tyszkiewicz
Leliwa.
Current region	Lithuania, Poland, Ukraine, Belarus
Members	Ludwik Tyszkiewicz Teodor Tyszkiewicz Stefan Tyszkiewicz
Estate(s)	Tyszkiewicz Palace Tiškevičiai Palace Lentvaris Manor

The family traces its roots to a 15th-century Ruthenian boyar Kalenik Mishkovich and derives from the name of his son, Tysha with the addition of the 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, 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, Lahojsk, Raudondvaris, Berdychiv, Biržai, Kavarskas, Deltuva, Trakai, Lentvaris, Seredžius, etc.)

Notable members

• Eustachy Tyszkiewicz (1814–1874)
• Janusz Skumin Tyszkiewicz
• Janusz Tyszkiewicz Łohojski
• Katarzyna Eugenia Tyszkiewicz
• Konstanty Tyszkiewicz
• Ludwik Skumin Tyszkiewicz, Field Lithuanian Hetman (Grand Treasurer) of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
• Count Michal Tyszkiewicz (1828–1897), collector and amateur Egyptologist
• Count Michał Zygmunt Tyszkiewicz 1903-1974 diplomat and songwriter
• Samuel Tyszkiewicz
• 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 Mykhaylo Tyshkevych (1857—1930) - Ukrainian politician, patron of Prosvita Society, ambassador of Ukrainian State to Vatican.

See also: Tyszkiewicz (surname)

Family estates

• Makhnivka, Koziatyn Raion

Manors

Astravas Manor		Tiškevičiai Palace, Palanga		Užutrakis Manor on Lake Galvė, Trakai

Gallery

Palaces connected with the Tyszkiewicz family

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  Tyszkiewicz palace in Warsaw
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  Tyszkiewicz palace in Krakow
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  Palace in Przecław
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  The 'Red Manor', Raudondvaris Castle with Basilica of St Teresa
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  Tiškevičiai palace in Kretinga
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  Tiškevičiai palace in Trakų Vokė
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  Tiškevičiai Palace in Lentvaris
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  Arnionys Manor
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  Nemėžis Manor
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  Tiškevičiai palace in Vilnius
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  The Palace in Valozhyn
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  Leonpolis Manor
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  The mansion in Ziezmariai
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  Tyszkiewicz palace in Łahojsk (in ruins)
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  Former manorial buildings in Balbieriškis, (destroyed)
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  Stable buildings at Kojrany Manor, Vilnius. (destroyed)
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  The palace in Dunilavichy (destroyed)

References

• Jerzy Jan Lerski; Piotr Wróbel; Richard J. Kozicki (1996). Historical Dictionary of Poland, 966-1945. Greenwood Publishing. p. 616.
• 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.