Yuri I Olelkovich
Prince of Kopyl and Slutsk from 1503 to 1542
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Yuri Simeonovich[a] (c. 1492 – 17 April 1542)[1] was the prince of Kopyl and Slutsk from 1503 until his death in 1542. He was from the Olelkovich family of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and was a son of Simeon Mikhailovich Slutsky and Anastasia Slutskaya.
Yuri Olelkovich | |
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Posthumous portrait by Bartosz Paprocki (1579) | |
| Prince of Kopyl and Slutsk | |
Reign | 1503–1542 |
Predecessor | Simeon Mikhailovich Slutsky |
Successor | Simeon Yuryevich |
| Born | c. 1492 |
| Died | 17 April 1542 |
| Noble family | Olelkovich |
| Father | Simeon Mikhailovich Slutsky |
Life
Yury was born c. 1492.[2][3] He became the prince of Kopyl and Slutsk in 1503 after his father Simeon died.[2][1] He was an influential member of the Lithuanian Council of Lords.[3]
He participated in the Battle of Olshanitsa and in the Battle of Orsha
In about 1531, Simeon married Helena from the Radziwiłł family,[1] a daughter of Mikolaj II Radziwill.
Yury died on 17 April 1542, and was succeeded by his son Simeon as prince.[1][4]
Issue
Simeon, briefly married to Elizaveta Ostrogska,daughter of Ilia Ostrogski. Simeons aunt had been married to Ostrogskas grand-father. The marriage was annulled on the order of Sigismund II Augustus, the king of Poland.
Yuri, married Katarzyna Tęczyńska and had issue.
Sophia, married Jerzy Chodkiewicz and had issue.