Janusz Ostrogski

Prince Janusz Ostrogski (Lithuanian: Jonušas Ostrogiškis) (1554 – 17 September 1620 in Tarnów) was a Polish-Lithuanian noble and statesman. He served as a voivode of Volhyn (1584-1593), as a castellan of Kraków (from 1593 on), and as a starosta of Bohuslav (from 1591), Biała Cerkiew (since 1592), Czerkasy and Kaniów (from 1594), Perejasław (1604 on) and Włodzimierz.

Janusz Ostrogski
Prince
Coat of armsOstrogski
Born1554
Died17 September 1620
FamilyOstrogski
ConsortZuzanna Seredi
Katarzyna Lubomirska
Teofilia Tarło
Issuewith Zuzanna Seredi
Eleonora Ostrogska
Eufrozyna Ostrogska
FatherKonstanty Wasyl Ostrogski
MotherZofia Tarnowska

Ostrogski was one of the richest magnates of the Commonwealth, and the last of the male line of his family. Upon his death his estate passed to the Zasławskis.

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