THE ENIGMA OF THE ОRIGIN OF PRINCE FED’KO NIESWITSKI:ANCIENT AND MODERN DISCUSSIONS

Abstract

The question of origin of princely families (Zbaraz’ki, Vyshnevetski, Porytski, Voronetski) is still open. Fed’ko Neswitskyy was protoplasts of these families. But the debate on his origin is still unfinished. It was caused by the contradictory nature of the sources from XIVth – early XVth century. Discussion of the origin of Fed’ko Nesvitskyy turned into a real “genealogical war” (“bellum genealogicum”), which is strongly held in the first third of the ХХ century and permanently continue now days. This problem is an enigma which has not yet found a legitimate response. Therefore, an analysis of the discussion helps us to understand the problem and at least reject the false version and come closer to the final solution.

Key words: Fed’ko Neswitskyy, Fed’ko Korybutovycz, “genealogical war”, Zbaraz’ki,
Vyshnevetski.