Mazepa family

The Mazepa family () was a noble Ruthenian family. Their origin can be traced back to 1544, when the Ruthenian szlachtych Mykola Mazepa-Koledynski was given a khutor (farmstead) Kamyanets (which later grew to become the village of ) by King Sigismund I for his duty. The family bore the coat of arms.

Notable members

Mazepyntsi branch

• Mykola Mazepa-Koledynski (16th century)
• Fedir Mykhaylovych Mazepa, a Cossack otaman. He fought against the Poles together with Hryhory Loboda, Severyn Nalyvaiko & Krzysztof Kosiński. Later he was caught and together with Severyn Nalyvaiko was executed in Warsaw.
• Stepan-Adam Mazepa. His spouse Maryna Mazepa (died 1707), née Mokiyevska, became a nun and later hegumenia of the in Kiev under the name Magdalena. They had a son, Ivan, and a daughter, who later married Andrew Voynarovsky.
• Ivan Mazepa (1639–1709), Hetman of Zaporizhian Host (1687–1709)
• Andriy Voynarovsky (1689-1740), nephew and heir of Ivan Mazepa, member of the Zaporozhian Army

Kostobobriv branch

• Isaak Mazepa (1884–1952), Prime minister of Ukraine
• Halyna Mazepa (1910-1995), Ukrainian painter, who later settled in Venezuela
• Anna Politkovskaya (1958–2006), Russian journalist

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