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Prince
Feodor Ostrogski (1360 – 1446) was a powerful
magnate in
Volhynia of
Rurikid stock, son of
Daniil Ostrogski. In some sources he's called
Teodor,
Fedko or
Frederic.
Biography
In 1386
Grand Duke of Lithuania Jogaila conferred on him possession of Ostrog castle and appointed him
governor of
Volhynia with the capital at
Lutsk in 1387.
In addition to
Ostrog Feodor became owner of
Korets, Iziaslav (Zaslav), and other towns.
In 4 september 1390 year, Knyaz Feodor was commandeing defence of one of Vilnius lower castles during its siege by the
Vytautas the Great,
Teutonic Knights and
knight guests from almost all of European states. One of lower castles was captured and its commander, Karigaila, brother of Jogaila, was killed. Upper castle, with Polish stuff and lower, commandered by Feodor, were rescued.
He travelled to
Bohemia in 1422 in the entourage of
Sigismund Korybut and was sent by him as an ambassador to the
Hussites. Fought in the
Battle of Ústí, a folk song about this battle mentions
Frederic, Ruthenian Prince of Ostrog, who left home and had assimilated
Czech habits and language (
Długosz book XI, page 650). In 1430 with Zygmunt Korybut and
Hussites he captured
Gliwice and they made this town their stronghold, their participation in the Hussite assault on Saxony is however doubtful. Długosz however mentions it. In
Easter of the same year a group under the command of
Frederic Prince of Ostrog, Jakub Nadobny from Rogów and Jan Kuropatwa from Łańcuchów Średniawa, attacked
Jasna Góra Monastery, plundered it and destroyed
Icon of Black Madonna of Częstochowa. A year later with Zygmunt Korybut he attacked the Hungarian monastery in
Lechnica.
In the 1430s he supported
Grand Duke Švitrigaila and
Teutonic Order in the civil war against
Sigismund Kęstutaitis and war against
Poland. On 30 November 1432 he was defeated at Kopestrzyn (or
kopersztyn) by
Ruthenian voivode Wincenty z Szamotuł, Feodor escaped.
In 1433 he led Czech and
Polish Hussites from
Greater Poland in battles against Poland and
Neumark, they captured
Drawno,
Dobiegniew,
Złocieniec and
Santok;
Gorzów Wielkopolski was rescued. Then they were joined by Hussites from
Lesser Poland and after an unsuccessful siege of
Chojnice castle captured
Tczew, took two thousand captives and besieged
Gdańsk with no result. After he captured
Jasieniec on 13 September, a three month armistice was agreed.
On expiry of the truce, Ostrogski burned and looted
Brest-Litovsk. Castle wasn't captured, however, due to
Masovian Dukes relief. At that time he was probably imprisoned with Teodor Korybut by their own suzerain, Švitrigaila, and then rescued by Michał Buczacki. It isn't certain if Feodor Ostrogski switched sides and because of it was imprisoned, or if it happened after he was recaptured.
He was probably married to Agata Czurylowna (
Agrafena ?) and father to
Wasyl "Krasny" Ostrogski.
He died as a monk and was buried at the
Kievan Cave Monastery under the name Teodosii (
Teodor) and was later canonized (his feast day is 24 August).
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