Jablonovski

 

Jablonovski - Polish magnate family of the arms Pruss III of Mazovia.

The arms Pruss – was a combination of a silver half-horseshoe and scythe on a Coat of arms "Pruss ˛˛˛"red field. On the point of their connection there is the sesquialteral cross. In a helmet – a leg with a spur, bent in a knee.

The Jablonovski’s family was included in the list " of the elected families " of Rich Pospolita in XVI - beginning of XVII centuries, when the prince line of the Jablonovski’s was founded, and its representative Jan-Stanislav got a title of the crown sword-bearer.

In 1637 and 1640 he was elected marshalok of an ambassadorial government-office. The following generation of the family is represented by Stanislav-Jan J. - the great crown hetman, " one of the greatest men of that time ". Practically all his life he spent in the battles, was at war against tatar, Swedes and insurgent Ukrainian Cossacks. In 1660 he had to meet near Khmelnick with the army of the Semigradski prince Rakotsy, and after that Jablonovski took an active participation in a rout of Russian army of prince Sheremetiev near Chudnov.

Especially rough period of the life of Stanislav Jablonovski was at the end of 60’s – the beginning of 70’s of XVIIStanislav Jablonovskiy century. In 1669 he completely defeated Turkish squadron near the walls of Nemyriv, and soon the similar destiny met another horde - near Komarne and Striy. His name hetman Jablonovskiy had glorified in the bloody Khotyn battle in 1673, in which there were lost more than 30 thousand Turkish infantrymen. For these feats the significant land possession were given to him by the royal privilege (in particular, Vinnitsa provinse on Bratslavshchina), then the family of Jablonovski got on one level with Pototski’s, Lubomirski’s and other powerful magnates of Podillia. Stanislav Jablonovskiy was in time to finish to the logical end the business of the life - just he released from Turkish army Kamianets-Podilskiy after signing in 1699 Karlovitsky peace. In three years after that S. Jablonovski has died.

His sons Stanislav-Karol, Jan-Stanislav and Olexander-Josef have continued the business of the father. All of them holded a high rule in hierarchy of Rich Pospolita. In particular, Jan-Stanislav headed the Russian province, and Olexander-Josef became the great crown khorunziy.

A rather interesting person was Jan-Kaetan Jablonovskiy, the governor of Bratslava and long-term worshipper of Stanislav Leshchinski. Jan-Kaetan traveled on much in Europe, for a long time he lived in Paris, Madrid, Vienna, received a rank of the field marshal of "Sacred Roman empire", became the cavalier of an order of Golden Fleece. At the same time contemporaries treated him rather skeptically, believing, that Jablonovski "had more fee, than mind". Later on he reconciled with the king August and moved to Bratslavshchina. Jan-Kaetan died in 1764 on Sejm, which wasCoat of arms "Grzimal" holded in Vinnitsa. His wife Anna Jablonovska in some years took an active participation in the Bar confederacy.

Alongside with the representatives of the family of Jablonovski, whose arms was Pruss, there are known also Jablonovski’s of the arms Grzimal (arms Grzimal - three towers of brick color in a gold field. At an open gate of the central tower an armed warrior protects the entrance). This branch of family was formed in XV century, and in XVIII century it was divided into two lines – gentry and count.

The founder of the last - Rokh Mikhailo Jablonovskiy - also had the direct relation to the history of Bratslavshchina, and took participation in the Bar confederacy. In later times Jablonovski gave the world the significant scientists and figures of culture. The direct heir of this family was Olexander Jablonovskiy – an outstanding researcher and connoisseur of the Ukrainian history.

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