Helena Stetkiewicz
Ukrainian politician; wife of Ivam Vyhovsky
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Helena Stetkiewicz or Olena Vyhovska (Ukrainian: Олена Виговська; died 1664) was the second wife of Ivan Vyhovsky, the hetman of the Zaporozhian Host (1657–1659) in the Cossack Hetmanate.[1][2]
Life
Helena Stetkiewicz was the daughter of Bohdan Stetkiewicz, a Lithuanian castellan of Nowogródek (Navahrudak) and Mścisław (Mstsislaw).[1][3] Her mother, Helena Sołomierecka, was a Ruthenian duchess (knyazhna) of Rurikid stock tracing her lineage to the Principality of Smolensk.[1][4]
After marriage, the couple lived in Subotiv and Kyiv.[1]
She married Hetman Ivan Vyhovsky.[5]
Helena was an influential figure among the Ukrainian Cossacks. She is known to have participated in politics as an adviser and collaborator of her spouse during his reign.[citation needed]
After the murder of Ivan Vyhovsky, Helena moved to the town of Ruda in the Ruthenian Voivodeship (today a village in Lviv Oblast) where she reburied her husband and died soon after.[1][6] However, there is version of the story that holds that the couple is buried in the Manyava Skete in Carpathian Mountains.[1]
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Parents of Helena Stetkiewicz
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