Jan Hieronimowicz Chodkiewicz

Jonas Jeronimaitis Chodkevicius
Governor of Livonia
Coat of arms Kościesza odm. Chodkiewicz
Tenure1566–1578
Born1537
Died4 August 1579 (aged 42)
Vilnius
BuriedVilnius Cathedral
FamilyChodkiewicz
ConsortKrystyna Zborowska h. Jastrzębiec
IssueAleksander
Jan Karol
Hieronim
Zofia Drohostajska
Anna, Princess Joachim Korecki
Aleksandara, Princess Adam Wiśniowiecki
Elżbieta, Princess Jan Żyliński
FatherHieronim Chodkiewicz h. Kościesza
MotherAnna Szemetówna h. Łabędź


Jan Hieronimowicz Chodkiewicz (Lithuanian: Jonas Chodkevičius, Belarusian: Ян Геранімавіч Хадкевіч) (c. 1537 – 4 August 1579) was a 16th-century Lithuanian noble. He was Grand Pantler of Lithuania from 1559, Elder of Samogitia (1564–1579), Governor of Livonia (1566–1578), Grand Marshal of Lithuania (1566–1579), Count of Shklow 1568, Castellan of Vilnius (1574–1579). He was the elder of Telšiai and Plateliai from 1566, of Rumšiškės from 1568, and of Kaunas from 1569.


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