Szeptycki (in Polish spelling; or  (Sheptytsky) in Ukrainian spelling) was a major noble family in Ruthenia (Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, later Austria-Hungary, Poland and Ukraine). The family was related to a number of other noble families, such as the Wiśniowiecki, the Ledóchowski or the Fredro.

Originally Eastern Orthodox, some time after 1596 the family joined the Greek Catholic Church following the Union of Brest.

From the 16th century, the family's members started to acquire important offices in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, including ecclesiastical ones (Greek Catholic Church and Catholic Church). 

Leon Ludwik Szeptycki (d. 1779).). In 1772 the family received the count title from the Holy Roman Empire. Around that time some members of the increasingly polonized family also converted to the Roman Catholic faith, and one member of the family became a Roman Catholic bishop (Hieronim Szeptycki, d. 1773). Notable 20th-century members included the Austro-Hungarian and then Polish general Stanisław Szeptycki, and Ukrainian monk and blessed Klymentiy Sheptytsky and Metropolitan Archbishop Andrey Sheptytsky.

The family continues to be active, and has created a foundation (Fundacja Rodu Szeptyckich) in modern Poland.

Main historical representatives

First Generation
Szeptycki's rights were created on April 12, 1469, by King Casimir IV Jagiellon in Gródek (present day  Horodok, Lviv, Ukraine). Fiodor Szeptycki, together with grandsons Fiodor, Hlib and Sienek were confirmed in the ownership of their estates of Szeptyce, Woszczańce and Kanafosty, then part of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, today located in Ukraine.

IInd Generation
 Jan Szeptycki, son of Fiodor, from Szeptyce and Uherce Wieniawskie.

IIIrd Generation
 Hlib Szeptycki, son of Jan, from Szeptyce, Uherce Wieniawskie i Woszczańce.

IVth Generation
 Jacek Szeptycki, son of Hlib, from Szeptyce, Uherce Wieniawskie i Woszczańce.

Vth Generation
Jacek's sons were given the following estates:
 Szeptyce and Kanafosty for Jerzy Szeptycki;
 Woszczańce for Teodor Szeptycki; 
 Uherce Wieniawskie for Semion Szeptycki.

VIth Generation
 Paweł Szeptycki, Jerzy's son, inherited Szeptyce estate. He was a lieutenant in the Polish hussars.
 Aleksander Szeptycki, Teodor's son, owned the Woszczańce estate. He served also in the Polish hussars.
 Mikolaj Szeptycki, Semion's son, was a colonel of the crown and a captain in the Polish hussars.

VIIth Generation
 Jerzy Prokop Szeptycki, son of Paweł, owned Szeptyce village.
 Aleksander Zahariasz Szeptycki, Aleksander's son, had the Kupnowice estate.

VIIIth Generation
 Jerzy Prokop's sons:
 Stefan Szeptycki, owned the Szeptyce estate. He became in 1683 a cavalry captain in the hussars. He married Zofia, née Korybut-Daszkiewicz.
 Adam Szeptycki from Szeptyce.
 Aleksander Zahariasz's sons:
 Baarlam (Bazyl) Szeptycki (1647-1715) was a bishop in Lviv. He was originally a bishop of the Eastern Orthodox rite, before converting to the Greek rite;
 Eustachy Stanisław was a lieutenant in the hussars;
 Teodor Szeptycki, became a companion in the hussars. He was wounded in 1683: his coat of arms was hung in the chapel on the hill of Kahlenberg;
 Alexander Sheptytsky.

IXth Generation
 Zofia's and Stefan's sons:
 Atanazy Andrzej Szeptycki (1723-1779) was the Eparch of Przemyśl (Ukrainian Rite). He started the construction of a new cathedral in Przemyśl, though only the belfry was completed during his tenure; 
 Bazyli Szeptycki, from Przyłbice, who married Rozalia.
 Eustachy Stanisław's sons:
 Hieronim Antoni Szeptycki (1700-1773) was the Bishop of Płock. An elector from the Płock province, he participated to the election of king Stanisław August Poniatowski in 1764. The same year, he was appointed to a Sejm commission. In 1766, he was appointed resident senator. In 1760, he was awarded the Order of the White Eagle. He died in his palace in Krakowskie Przedmieście in Warsaw and was buried in the collegiate church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Matthew in Pułtusk;
 Jerzy Szeptycki, living in Pohorylce, was a cavalry captain in the hussars;
 Franciszek Szeptycki.
 Atanazy Antoni Szeptycki, son of Aleksander, was the Eparch of Lviv and the Ruthenian Uniate Church archbishop of Kiev. He started the construction of the St. George's Cathedral in Lviv and participated in the Synod of Zamość (1720). In 1732, he led to the opening of a printing house in Uniów. As a metropolitan, he carried out the Latinization of temples and clergy's clothes.
 Filip Szeptycki, son of Adam, from Szeptyce.

Xth Generation

See also

 Stanisław Kostka Starowieyski
 Fredo family
 Wiśniowiecki family
 Ledóchowski family

References

Bibliography

External links
 Fundacja Rodu Szeptyckich

 
Polish noble families
Ruthenian noble families