Skoropadsky family

Skoropadskyi
Noble family
Skoropadskyi Coat of Arms
CountryCossack Hetmanate
Ukrainian State
Current regionCanada
Ukraine
TitlesHetman of Zaporizhian Host
Hetman of Ukraine
MembersIvan Skoropadskyi
Pavlo Skoropadskyi
Danylo Skoropadskyi
TraditionsHetmanite movement

The House of Skoropadskyi (Ukrainian: Скоропадські) is a noble Ukrainian family of Cossack origin.

Famous members

Ivan Skoropadsky (Hetman 1708–1722)
  • Illya Skoropadsky (? - ?), Referendarium General of Right-bank Ukraine, father of Hetman.
  • Ivan Skoropadsky (1646 – September 3, 1722; reigned 1708–1722), Hetman of Zaporizhian Host, succeeded the deposed Hetman Ivan Mazepa after his defection to the Swedes during the Great Northern War.
  • Vasyl Skoropadsky (? – 1727), brother of Ivan Skoropadsky. Bunchuk General.
  • Mykhailo Skoropadsky (1697 — 1758), son of Vasyl Skoropadsky. Treasurer General.
  • Ivan Skoropadsky (1727 — 1782), son of Mykhailo Skoropadsky. Last Adjutant General.
  • Mykhailo Skoropadsky (1764 - 1810), nephew of Ivan Skoropadsky (Last Adjutant General). Second major.
  • Ivan Skoropadsky (1805 - 1887), grandgrandson of Treasurer General Mykhailo Skoropadsky and grandfather of Hetman Pavlo Skoropadsky. Provincial Marshal of the Poltavian Nobility.
  • Georgiy Skoropadsky (1873 - 1925), deputy of State Duma of the Russian Empire.
  • Petro Skoropadskyi (1834-1885),father of Pavlo Skoropadskyi,landowner in Poltava Governorate
  • Pavlo Skoropadsky (1873–1945), Lieutenant General in the Imperial Russian Army, member of Emperor Nicholas II's svita, briefly Hetman of Ukraine in 1918. Dethroned and expelled from the country by Symon Petliura. Claimant (1919–1945) to the post of Hetman. Died in exile in Nazi Germany in 1945.
  • Danylo Skoropadsky (1904–1957), son of Pavlo, claimant to the Hetmanate (1945–1957). Died in London under mysterious circumstances, February 23, 1957.
  • Petro Skoropadskyi (1900-1956),son of Pavlo
  • Maria Skoropadska (d. 1959), daughter of Pavlo (claimant 1957–1959)
  • Yelyzaveta Skoropadska (d. 1976), daughter of Pavlo (claimant 1959–1976)
  • Olena Skoropadska-Ott (b. 1919 – d. 2014), daughter of Pavlo (claimant 1976–2014)
  • Borys Skoropadsky (b. 1956), alleged son of Danylo (claimant 1999–present)
  • Danylo Skoropadskyi (b. 1998),son of Borys
  • Maxim Skoropadskyi (b. 2000),son of Borys

The Skoropadsky family now reside in Toronto and the rights to Danylo's grave have been passed down to Olena Skoropadska-Ott's two daughters, after her death in 2014.[1][2]

Mykola MarkevychPulkheria Skoropadska (Markevych)Mykhailo Skoropadsky
Andriy MiklashevskyDaria Miklashevska (Olsuyeva)Yelyzaveta Skoropadska (Tarnovska)Ivan Skoropadsky
Maria Skoropadska (Miklashevska)Petro SkoropadskyYelyzaveta Myloradovych (Skoropadska)Lev MyloradovychPyotr DurnovoMaria Durnovo (Kochubey)
Pavlo SkoropadskyOleksandra Skoropadska (Durnovo)
Oleksandra TimchenkoDanylo SkoropadskyMaria SkoropadskaYelyzaveta SkoropadskaOlena Skoropadska-Ott
Borys Skoropadsky

Other bearers of the surname

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