Helena Stetkiewicz or Olena Vyhovska (Ukrainian: Олена Виговська; died 1664) was the second wife of Ivan Vyhovsky, the hetman of the Zaporozhian Host (1657–1659) in the Cossack Hetmanate.[1][2]

Life

Helena Stetkiewicz was the daughter of Bohdan Stetkiewicz, a Litvin castellan of Nowogródek (Navahrudak) and Mścisław (Mstsislaw).[1][3] Her mother, Helena Sołomierecka, was a Ruthenian duchess (knyazhna) of Rurikid stock tracing her lineage to the Principality of Smolensk.[1][4]

After marriage, the couple lived in Subotiv and Kiev.[1]

She married Hetman Ivan Vyhovsky.[5]

Helena was an influential figure among the Ukrainian Cossacks. She is known to have participated in politics as an adviser and collaborator of her spouse during his reign.[citation needed]

After the murder of Ivan Vyhovsky, Helena moved to the town of Ruda in the Ruthenian Voivodeship (today a village in Lviv Oblast) where she reburied her husband and passed away soon after.[1][6] However, there is version of the story that holds that the couple is buried in the Manyava Skete in Carpathian Mountains.[1]

References

Further reading

  • Руїна: друга половина XVII ст. / Упоряд. і передмова О. І. Гуржія; Ред. кол. В. А. Смолій (голова) та ін. — К.: Україна, 1996. — 431 с. — С. 312. — ISBN 5-319-01313-2.
  • Kovalevska, Olha. Hetmanesses. The Ukrainian Week. 24 December 2010.
  • Руїна: друга половина XVII ст. / Упоряд. і передмова О. І. Гуржія; Ред. кол. В. А. Смолій (голова) та ін. — К.: Україна, 1996. — 431 с. — С. 312. — ISBN 5-319-01313-2.
  • Мицик Ю. Іван Виговський // Володарі гетьманської булави: Історичні портрети / Автор передмови В. А. Смолій. — К.: Варта, 1994. — 560 с. — С. 191—236. — ISBN 5-203-01639-9.
  • Дружини гетьмана Виговського
  • ДРУЖИНИ ГЕТЬМАНІВ УКРАЇНИ: ЗАБУТІ ДОЛІ
  • Гетьманші
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