Jełowicki family

Ruthenian-Polish noble family

The Jełowicki family, sometimes called Jałowiecki, is a Polish princely family of Ruthenian-Lithuanian origin, bearing the Jełowicki arms. They use the prefix Bożeniec. Their estates were originally in Volhynia to the east of the Kingdom of Poland. As Ruthenian nobility, they held the title of kniaz (prince). By the late 16th century, the family converted from Orthodox to Catholicism and became polonized. They eventually left their original settlements at Jałowicze/Jełowicze and Bożeniec. Following their victorious exploits against the invading Tartars King Casimir IV Jagiellon rewarded them in 1444 with the domain of Łanowce in present day Ukraine. They remained on the same land from father to son from 1444 to 1865. Across the centuries, the family produced many civic officials, Prelates and clergy. They are related to other notable houses in the region, including Czartoryski, Rzewuski and Ostrogski. The family is possibly the supposedly "extinct" branch of the Kropotkin family.

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