Hrehory Chodkiewicz

Hrehory Chodkiewicz was a nobleman and military officer of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. He was a son of Aleksander, brother of Hieronim and Yurii, and uncle of Jan Hieronimowicz Chodkiewicz. He commanded the Lithuanian army during the later part of the Livonian War after he had become the Great Lithuanian Hetman in 1566.

Historiography usually provides that Chodkiewicz was born around 1505. However, Lithuania historian Genut Kirkien noted that in such a case Chodkiewicz began his political career in his midforties, when most nobles started in late twenties or early thirties. Kirkien suggested that his fathers marriage and birth of children should be moved from 1500s to mid1510s. As a young boy Chodkiewicz was sent to the court of Albert, Duke of Prussia. He returned in 1532 with personal recommendation letters from Albert to King Sigismund I the Old, Prince Sigismund II Augustus and Queen Bona Sforza. The relationship and correspondence with Albert continued for decades Chodkiewicz sent both of his sons to be educated at Alberts court.

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