Helena Stetkiewicz or Olena Vyhovska (; died 1664) was the second wife of Ivan Vyhovsky, the hetman of the Zaporozhian Host (1657âÂÂ1659) in the Cossack Hetmanate.
Life
Helena Stetkiewicz was the daughter of Bohdan Stetkiewicz, a Lithuanian castellan of Nowogródek (Navahrudak) and MÃ
ÂcisÃ
Âaw (Mstsislaw). Her mother, Helena SoÃ
Âomierecka, was a Ruthenian duchess (knyazhna) of Rurikid stock tracing her lineage to the Principality of Smolensk.
After marriage, the couple lived in Subotiv and Kyiv.
She married Hetman Ivan Vyhovsky.
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.
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 died soon after. However, there is version of the story that holds that the couple is buried in the Manyava Skete in Carpathian Mountains.
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- àÃÂÃÂýð: ôÃÂÃÂóð ÿþûþòøýð XVII ÃÂÃÂ. / ãÿþÃÂÃÂô. àÿõÃÂõôüþòð ÃÂ. ÃÂ. ÃÂÃÂÃÂöÃÂÃÂ; àõô. úþû. ÃÂ. ÃÂ. áüþûÃÂù (óþûþòð) ÃÂð ÃÂý. â ÃÂ.: ãúÃÂðÃÂýð, 1996. â 431 ÃÂ. â á. 312. â .
- Kovalevska, Olha. Hetmanesses. The Ukrainian Week. 24 December 2010.
- àÃÂÃÂýð: ôÃÂÃÂóð ÿþûþòøýð XVII ÃÂÃÂ. / ãÿþÃÂÃÂô. àÿõÃÂõôüþòð ÃÂ. ÃÂ. ÃÂÃÂÃÂöÃÂÃÂ; àõô. úþû. ÃÂ. ÃÂ. áüþûÃÂù (óþûþòð) ÃÂð ÃÂý. â ÃÂ.: ãúÃÂðÃÂýð, 1996. â 431 ÃÂ. â á. 312. â .
- ÃÂøÃÂøú î. ÃÂòðý ÃÂøóþòÃÂÃÂúøù // ÃÂþûþôðÃÂàóõÃÂÃÂüðýÃÂÃÂúþàñÃÂûðòø: ÃÂÃÂÃÂþÃÂøÃÂýàÿþÃÂÃÂÃÂõÃÂø / ÃÂòÃÂþàÿõÃÂõôüþòø ÃÂ. ÃÂ. áüþûÃÂù. â ÃÂ.: ÃÂðÃÂÃÂð, 1994. â 560 ÃÂ. â á. 191âÂÂ236. â .
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