Pylyp Orlyk - Family

Family

Pylyp Orlyk married Hanna Hertsyk in the mid-1690s. She was of Jewish descent, a daughter of the colonel Pavlo Semenovych Hertsyk (a close ally of Mazepa) of the Poltava regiment. Pylyp and Hanna had eight children. They were:

• Anastasiya Orlyk (? – 1728) – married the Swedish nobleman and officer Johan Stenflycht (1681–1758) in 1723. They had two sons:
  • Carl Gustaf (1724 – 1758) – colonel in the French regiment Royal Pologne.
  • Filip (1726 – 1739) – died in Hamburg.
• Grégoire Orlyk (French: du Comte Grégoire Orlyk) (* November 5, 1702 — † November 14, 1759)- born in Baturyn, Ukraine. His godfather was Hetman Ivan Mazepa. He studied at Lund University (1717–1718). After leaving Sweden in 1720 he first lived with his mother in Kraków, Poland. He later became a Lieutenant General in France where he called himself Comte d'Orlik. Although he kept the contact with Sweden and in 1742 he also visited Stockholm. In 1747 he married a French noblewoman, but they didn't have any children. He was killed in 1759 at the Battle of Minden in Germany where he also is buried.
• Mykhailo Orlyk (1704 – ?) – born in Baturyn, Ukraine. His godfather was Hetman Ivan Mazepa.
• Varvara Orlyk – born in Baturyn, Ukraine. Her godfather was Hetman Ivan Mazepa.
• Yakiv Orlyk (1711 – ?) – born in Bender, Ottoman Empire. His godfather was king Charles XII of Sweden.
• Marta Orlyk (1713 -?) – born in Bender, Ottoman Empire. Her godfather was king Stanisław Leszczyński of Poland.
• Maryna Orlyk (1715 – ?) – born in Altefähr, Rügen, Swedish Pomerania. Her godparents were king Charles XII of Sweden's sister Ulrika Eleonora and king Stanisław Leszczyński of Poland.
• Kateryna Orlyk (November 5, 1718 – ?) – born in Kristianstad, Skåne, Sweden and probably died already in 1719.