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[[File:Jan Fryderyk Sapieha.PNG|thumb|Jan Fryderyk Sapieha]]
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'''Sapieha''' ({{IPA-pl|saˈpʲjɛxa|}}; [[Lithuanian language|Lithuanian]]: ''Sapiega''; {{lang-be|Сапега}}, ''Sapeha'') is a [[Poles|Polish]] and [[Lithuanians|Lithuanian]] noble and [[magnate]] family of [[Grand Duchy of Lithuania|Lithuanian]] and [[Ruthenians|Ruthenian]] origin,<ref name="ReferenceA">Энцыклапедыя ВКЛ. Т.2, арт. "Сапегі"</ref><ref>Саверчанка І.В. Канцлер Вялікага княства. Леў Сапега, Мн., Навука і тэхніка, 1992, с.63</ref><ref>Чаропка В. Бацька Айчыны. Леў Сапега. ў кнізе "Уладары вялікага княства", Мн., Беларусь, 1-е издание 1996, 2-ое издание 2002, с.327–408</ref> descending from the medieval [[boyar]]s of [[Smolensk]] and [[Polotsk]].<ref
==History==
The first confirmed records of the Sapieha family date back to the 15th century, when Semen Sopiha ({{lang-be|Сямён Сапега}}) was mentioned as a writer (scribe) of the then [[King of Poland]] and [[Grand Duchy of Lithuania|Grand Duke of Lithuania]], [[Casimir IV Jagiellon]] ({{lang-pl|Kazimierz IV Jagiellończyk}}) for the period of 1441–49. Semen had two sons, Bohdan and Iwan.
Possibly, the family of Semen Sopiha owned the village of [[Sopieszyno]] near [[Gdańsk|Gdansk]], which they left because of the [[Teutonic Order|Teutonic]] invasion. [[Sopieszyno]] is one of the oldest [[Pomerania
The creator of the fortune and power of the Sapieha family was the Court and Great [[Chancellor (Poland)|Chancellor]] and Great [[Hetman]] of Lithuania, [[Lew Sapieha]].
The [[prince]]ly title of the Sapieha-Kodenski branch was recognized in Poland in 1572 and in Austria-Hungary in 1845, while that of the Sapieha-Rozanski line was officially acknowledged in Russia in 1880.<ref name="enache">Enache, Nicolas. ''La Descendance de Marie-Therese de Habsburg''. ICC, Paris, 1996. pp. 72, 80-81. (French). {{ISBN|2-908003-04-X}}</ref>
On 14 September 1700, [[Michał Franciszek Sapieha]] had obtained the title of prince from Emperor [[Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor|Leopold I]], but the title became extinct upon his death on 19 November 1700. That year, the family lost its dominant position in the Grand Duchy as a result of its defeat in the [[Civil war in Lithuania (1700)|Lithuanian Civil War]]. In 1768, members of the Sapieha family obtained [[Princely Houses of Poland|recognition of the princely title]] from the Polish [[Sejm]]. After the [[partitions of Poland]], the family appeared in the list of persons authorised to bear the title of Prince of the [[Congress Poland|Kingdom of Poland]] in 1824. The title was recognised in Austria in 1836 and 1840, and in Russia in 1874 and 1901. In 1905, the family obtained the qualification of Serene Highness in Austria.
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* [[Jan Kazimierz Sapieha the Elder]] (?–1730), Grand Hetman of Lithuania
* [[Jan Kazimierz Sapieha the Younger]], (ca. 1642–1720), Field Hetman
* [[Jan Pavel Sapieha-Rozanski]] (1935) head of House Sapieha,<ref name=enache/>
* [[Jan Piotr Sapieha]] (1569–1611), Polish royal officer
* [[Jan Stanisław Sapieha]] (1589–1635), Court Marshal of Lithuania, Great Lithuanian Marshal
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