Jonas Jeronimaitis Chodkevicius | |
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Governor of Livonia | |
Coat of arms | Kościesza odm. Chodkiewicz |
Tenure | 1566–1578 |
Born | 1537 |
Died | 4 August 1579 (aged 42) Vilnius |
Buried | Vilnius Cathedral |
Family | Chodkiewicz |
Consort | Krystyna Zborowska h. Jastrzębiec |
Issue | Aleksander Jan Karol Hieronim Zofia Drohostajska Anna, Princess Joachim Korecki Aleksandara, Princess Adam Wiśniowiecki Elżbieta, Princess Jan Żyliński |
Father | Hieronim Chodkiewicz h. Kościesza |
Mother | Anna Szemetówna h. Łabędź |
Jan Hieronimowicz Chodkiewicz (Lithuanian: Jonas Chodkevičius, Belarusian: Ян Геранімавіч Хадкевіч) (c. 1537 – 4 August 1579) was a 16th-century Lithuanian noble. He was Grand Pantler of Lithuania from 1559, Elder of Samogitia (1564–1579), Governor of Livonia (1566–1578), Grand Marshal of Lithuania (1566–1579), Count of Shklow 1568, Castellan of Vilnius (1574–1579). He was the elder of Telšiai and Plateliai from 1566, of Rumšiškės from 1568, and of Kaunas from 1569.