Tyszkiewicz family
Persons, originating from Poland

Tyszkiewicz family

The Tyszkiewicz family (Lithuanian: Tiškevičiai, singular: Tiškevičius) was a wealthy and influential magnate family of Ruthenian/Lithuanian nobility with roots traced into the times of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Their nobility was reaffirmed in Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Russian Empire. Places named Tyszkiewicz Palace, "former Tyszkiewicz Palace" , Tiškevičiai Palace, and other historical properties of the family are located in numerous towns of modern Poland, Belarus, Lithuania and Ukraine. For instance in: Warszawa, Kraków, Wilno (Vilnius) Palanga, Kretinga, Lahojsk, Raudondvaris, Berdychiv, Biržai, Kavarskas, Deltuva, Trakai, Lentvaris and Seredžius.

Eustachy Tyszkiewicz
Born: 1814 in Łohojsk, Lithuania. Died: 1874 in Wilno, Lithuania Count Eustachy Tyszkiewicz was a Polish–Lithuanian archaeologist and historian in the former Grand Duchy of Lithuania, then part of the Russian Empire. He was noted as the first archaeologist with academic and
          Coat of arms of the
          Tyszkiewicz family              
systematical approach to studies of in the Belarusian, Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian lands. In 1858 he also founded the Museum of Antiquities (Muzeum Starożytności) there. In 1865, after the Uprising of 1863, Governor Mikhail Nikolayevich Muravyov transferred most valuable parts of collection to Moscow. Eustachy went to Biržai and spent most of his time there. Remaining parts of the museum became the basis of the National Museum of Lithuania.
Polonica stamps: Lithuania 2005, 07 V
Eustachy Tyszkiewicz         


Józef Tyszkiewicz
In 1875, he built a palace in Kretinga, near the Baltic Sea. During World War II the palace was severly damaged. In 1992 the palace was converted to a museum, and now contains a number of archeological finds, fine and applied art collections, folk art, and ethnographic exhibits, as well as a restored orangery. Nearby is a sculpture garden featuring a reconstruction of a Lithuanian solar calendar.
Polonica stamps: Lithuania 2010, 10 VII

Feliks Tyszkiewicz
                          Kretinga Museum
          former palace of Józef Tyskiewicz                      

Born: 1870 in Darbėnų, Lithuania. Died: 1932 in Palanga, (Połąga in Polish) Lithuania. Son of  Joseph Tyszkiewicz and Sofia Horvataitė. He married Antanina Tyszkiewicz 1870-1952. Tyszkiewicz inherited the estate in Palanga. In 1897 the German architect Franz Schwechten designed for him a new palace in neo renaissance style. It was build on Birute hill and surrounded by a park, designed by French garden architect Eduard François André. He gathered a unique collection of ancient amber jewelry. After his death, in 1936 the collection was given to the Kretinga Museum by his wife. Tyszkiewicz was the main founder of the new church of Palanga. He gave the
Tyszkiewicz Palace, Palanga, Lithuania      

local school in Palanga a gymnasium. Since 1963 the Tyszkiewicz palace functions as the Amber Museum. The park is now a botanic garden.
Polonica stamps: Lithuania 2009, 13 VI
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Polonica stamps:

Lithuania 2005, 07 V
 Lithuania 2009, 13 VI
 Lithuania 2010, 10 VII