Galitzine

The Galitzines, more correctly the Golitsyns (Russian: ???????), are one of the largest and noblest princely houses of Russia. Since the extinction of the Korecki family in the 17th century, the Galitzines have claimed dynastic seniority in the House of Gedyminas.

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The family descends from Yuriy Patrikeevich, a Lithuanian prince who emigrated to the court of Vasily I and married his sister. His children and grandchildren, such as Vassian Patrikeyev, were considered premier Russian boyars. One of them, Prince Mikhail Bulgakov, was nicknamed Galitsa for an iron glove he wore in the Battle of Orsha (1514). His great grandson Prince Vasily Galitzine (+1619) was active during the Time of Troubles and went as an ambassador to Poland to offer the Russian crown to Prince Wladislaw.

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