Lew Sapieha

Lew Sapieha
Great Hetman
Grand Chancellor
Coat of armsLis
Born4 April 1557
near Vitebsk, Grand Duchy of Lithuania (now Belarus)
Died7 July 1633(1633-07-07) (aged 76)
Vilnius, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (now Lithuania)
Noble familySapieha
Spouse(s)Dorota Firlej
Halaszka Radziwiłł
Issuewith Dorota Firlej
Katarzyna Sapieha
Krzysztof Sapieha
Jan Stanisław Sapieha
Andrzej Sapieha
with Halaszka Radziwiłł
Anna Sapieha
Krzysztof Michał Sapieha
Kazimierz Leon Sapieha
FatherIwan Sapieha
MotherBohdana Drucka Konopka

Lew Sapieha (Lithuanian: Leonas Sapiega; Belarusian: Леў Сапега, romanizedLieŭ Sapieha; 4 April 1557 – 7 July 1633) was a nobleman and statesman of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. He became Great Secretary of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in 1580, Great Clerk of the Grand Duchy in 1581, Crown Chancellor in 1585, Grand Chancellor from 1589 until 1623, Voivode of Vilnius in 1621, Great Lithuanian Hetman in 1623 and governor of Slonim, Brest and Mogilev.

Sapieha is considered as a great political figure of the Commonwealth. A rich and powerful magnate, he was known for his wisdom as a statesman, lawyer and military commander, he was one of the greatest leaders of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania at the times of the Duchy's highest cultural flourishing. He was of Ruthenian ethnicity.[1][2] Modern Belarusian sources interpret his Ruthenian heritage as Belarusian.[3][4][5][6][7][8]

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  3. ^ Саверчанка І.В. Канцлер Вялікага княства. Леў Сапега, Мн., Навука і тэхніка, 1992, с.63.
  4. ^ Чаропка В. Бацька Айчыны. Леў Сапега. ў кнізе «Уладары вялікага княства», Мн., Беларусь, 1-е издание 1996, 2-ое издание 2002, с.327-408.
  5. ^ Редактор: Тарас А. Е, Вялікі беларус Леў Сапега: Зборнік артыкулаў, 2012, Издательство: Інстытут беларускай гісторыі i культуры ISBN 978-9984-897-03-5
  6. ^ "Лев Сапега (БЕЛАРУСЬ)". Library.by. 2010.
  7. ^ "Прокопчук Артур Андреевич. Беларусь - 1000 Лет Истории В Женских Образах".
  8. ^ "Прафесар Крыштаповіч: Радзівілы, Сапегі, Агінскія не маюць нічога супольнага з беларускай ментальнасцю — відэа".

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