Skoropadsky family
The House of Skoropadsky (Ukrainian: Скоропадський) is a noble Ukrainian family of Cossack origin.
| Skoropadsky | |
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| Noble family | |
 Skoropadsky Coat of Arms | |
| Country | Cossack Hetmanate Ukrainian State |
| Current region | Canada Ukraine |
| Titles | Hetman of Zaporizhian Host Hetman of Ukraine |
| Members | Ivan Skoropadsky Pavlo Skoropadskyi Danylo Skoropadskyi |
| Traditions | Hetmanate Movement |
Ivan Skoropadsky (Hetman 1708–1722)
Famous members
- Ivan Skoropadsky (1646 – September 3, 1722; reigned 1708–1722) — Hetman of Zaporizhian Host, succeeded the deposed Hetman Ivan Mazepa after his defection to the Swedes during the Great Northern War.
- Pavlo Skoropadsky (1873–1945) — Lieutenant General in the Imperial Russian Army, member of Emperor Nicholas II's svita, briefly Hetman of Ukraine in 1918. Dethroned and expelled from the country by Symon Petliura. Claimant (1919–1945) to the post of Hetman. Died in exile in Nazi Germany in 1945.
- Danylo Skoropadsky (1904–1957) — Son of Pavlo, claimant to the Hetmanate (1945-1957). Died in London under mysterious circumstances, February 23, 1957.
- Maria Skoropadska (d. 1959) — daughter of Pavlo — (claimant 1957–1959)
- Yelyzaveta Skoropadska (d. 1976) — daughter of Pavlo — (claimant 1959–1976)
- Olena Skoropadska-Ott (b. 1919 – d. 2014) — daughter of Pavlo — (claimant 1976–2014)
- Borys Skoropadsky (b. 1956) — alleged son of Danylo — (claimant 1999–present)
The Skoropadskys now reside in Toronto and the rights to Danylo's grave have been passed down to Olena Skoropadska-Ott's two daughters, after her death in 2014.[1][2]
| Mykola Markevych | Pulkheria Skoropadska (Markevych) | Mykhailo Skoropadsky | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Andriy Miklashevsky | Daria Miklashevska (Olsuyeva) | Yelyzaveta Skoropadska (Tarnovska) | Ivan Skoropadsky | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maria Skoropadska (Miklashevska) | Petro Skoropadsky | Yelyzaveta Myloradovych (Skoropadska) | Lev Myloradovych | Pyotr Durnovo | Maria Durnovo (Kochubey) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pavlo Skoropadsky | Oleksandra Skoropadska (Durnovo) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oleksandra Timchenko | Danylo Skoropadsky | Maria Skoropadska | Yelyzaveta Skoropadska | Olena Skoropadska-Ott | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Borys Skoropadsky | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References
- Skoropadsky successor returns to Ukraine, The Day, Kyiv, Tuesday, 23 January 2007.
- (in Ukrainian) Донька Скоропадського заперечує існування онука Гетьмана!
- V. I. Lenin "Everybody On Food And Transport Work!" Endnote: "In November–December 1918 the Ukrainian workers and peasants rose up against the German invaders and their stooge, Hetman Skeropadsky. On December 14 Skoropadsky fled from Kyiv."
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