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{{Short description|Polish noble family}}
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| name          = Chodkiewicz
| crest         = [[File:POL COA Chodkiewicz.svg|200px]]
| caption       = [[Chodkiewicz coat of arms|Chodkiewicz]]
| region        = [[Poland]], [[Belarus]] and [[Lithuania]]
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| origin        = [[Grand Duchy of Lithuania]]
| members       = [[Aleksander Chodkiewicz]]<br>[[Grzegorz Chodkiewicz]]<br>[[Jan Karol Chodkiewicz]]<br>[[Krzysztof Chodkiewicz]]
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[[File:Suprasl orthodox church 1.jpeg|thumb|200px|[[Supraśl|Supraśl Monastery]] founded by [[Aleksander Chodkiewicz]]]]
The '''House of Chodkiewicz''' ({{langx|be|Хадкевіч}}; {{langx|lt|Chodkevičius}}) was one of the most influential [[Szlachta|noble families]] of [[Grand Duchy of Lithuania|Lithuanian]]-[[Ruthenians|Ruthenian]] descent within the [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]] in the 16th and 17th century.<ref>Chester S. L. Dunning, Caryl Emerson, Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin, ''The Uncensored Boris Godunov'', Univ of Wisconsin Press, 2007, SBN 0299207641, [https://books.google.com/books?id=9FusgXypm7MC&dq=%22Chodkiewicz+family%22&pg=PA486 Google Print, p. 498]</ref> 

== History ==
[[Chodko Jurewicz]], chamberlain to Grand Duke [[Vytenis]], was probably the ancestor of the whole clan and gave it the name ''Chodkiewicz'', meaning "son of Chodzko". Surnames were not used in that time, but apparently later in history, the name ''Chodzko'' became a surname after Christianization of Chodzko Juriewicz, father of Iwan (later Jan) Chodkiewicz. They bore the [[Coat of arms of Chodkiewicz|Chodkiewicz coat of arms]]. In 1572, Jan Hieronimowicz Chodkiewicz converted from [[Calvinism]] to [[Roman Catholicism]] with his two sons, which made them the first [[polonization|Polonized]] generation of the once Lithuanian-Ruthenian family. Emperor [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V]] granted them the title of [[Imperial Count]].

==Notable family members==
*[[Chodko Jurewicz]] (c.1431–1447), founder of Chodkiewicz clan
*[[Ivan Chodkiewicz]] (?–1484), founder of the Chodkiewicz family
*[[Aleksander Chodkiewicz]] (1475–1549), [[voivode]] of the [[Nowogródek Voivodeship (1507–1795)|Nowogródek Voivodeship]], [[Grand Marshal of Lithuania]]
*[[Yurii Chodkiewicz]] (1524–1569), voivode of the Nowogródek Voivodeship
*[[Hieronim Chodkiewicz]] (1500–1561), Grand Lithuanian [[Podczaszy]], [[Elder of Samogitia]], [[Count|Count of the Roman Empire]]
*[[Jan Hieronimowicz Chodkiewicz]] (1537–1579), Livonian hetman, [[Grand Marshal of Lithuania|Grand Lithuanian Marshall]], castellan of [[Vilnius]].
*[[Grzegorz Chodkiewicz]] (?–1572), [[Hetmans of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth|Grand Hetman of Lithuania]]
*[[Jan Karol Chodkiewicz]] (1560–1621), Grand Hetman of Lithuania
*[[Krzysztof Chodkiewicz]] (?–1652), [[castellan]] of [[Vilnius]], voivode of [[Vilnius Voivodship]]
*[[Jan Kazimierz Chodkiewicz]] (1616–1660), castellan of Vilnius
*[[Anna Eufrozyna Chodkiewicz]] (c. 1600 – c. 1631), married [[Prokop Sieniawski (d. 1627)|Prokop Sieniawski]] in 1623
*[[Teresa Chodkiewicz]] (1645–1672), married Stanisław Bonifacy Krasiński about 1667
*[[Jan Mikołaj Chodkiewicz]] (1738–1781), father of [[Rozalia Lubomirska]]
*[[Aleksander Franciszek Chodkiewicz|Aleksander Chodkiewicz]] (1776-1838), Polish patriot and polymath

== See also ==
* [[Lithuanian nobility]]
* [[List of szlachta]]
{{Commons category|House of Chodkiewicz}}

== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080617235723/http://www.e-familytree.net/F10/F10257.htm#1] Genealogy of Chodkiewicz family.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080618010408/http://roots.eswo.org/Chodkiewicz.htm] Site about Chodkiewicz clan.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080415215319/http://www.polskiedzieje.pl/drzewa-genealogiczne/drzewo-chodkiewiczowie] Full interactive family tree (in Polish).

== References ==
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* Kasper Niesiecki, ''Herbarz polski Kaspra Niesieckiego'', Published by Waif, 1839, [https://books.google.com/books?id=S11JAAAAIAAJ&q=chodkiewicz&pg=PA48 Google Print, p.48 (public domain)]

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