Krótkie życie i niespodziewana śmierć młodego magnata. Janusz Paweł ks. Ostrogski i jego testament z 6 sierpnia 1619 roku
Short life and unexpected death of a young magnate Prince Janusz Paweł Ostrogski and his last will of August 6, 1619

Summary/Abstract: The article is devoted to prince Janusz Paweł Ostrogski (1597–1619). He was a descendant of one of the most powerful magnate families in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. After the early death of his father, the Volyn voivode Aleksander, he was brought up, together with older brother, by his mother. She led them to conversion from Orthodoxy to Catholicism. In the years 1611–1615 the young Ostrogski brothers took an educational journey around the Western Europe. After returning to the fatherland they took over a huge latifundium from their mother. Both brothers were known of their rude lifestyle and promiscuity. They were infected with syphilis, which was a cause of their premature death. After the death of his older brother, Janusz Paweł became one of the greatest landowners in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. He was going to get married. Death however, surprised him on his way to the home of his future father-in-law. The prince made an interesting last will before his death, the critical edition of which was included as an annex to this study.

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