Published: 2025-12-30

The probate inventories of Konstanty Jelski, general major of the former Lithuanian army (d. 1799)

Leanarda Kharytonchyk
The Quarterly of the History of Material Culture
Section: Sources
DOI https://doi.org/10.23858/KHKM73.2025.4.007

Abstract

The paper presents the probate inventories of movable property compiled after the death of Konstanty Jelski, revealing the “world of things” of a member of the moderately wealthy Lithuanian nobility. Based on these sources, elements of his daily life, living standards, tastes, and interests were reconstructed. The appendix contains an edition
of the inventory registers.

Keywords:

inventories, movable property, Grodno region, Grand Duchy of Lithuania, middle nobility

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Kharytonchyk, L. (2025). The probate inventories of Konstanty Jelski, general major of the former Lithuanian army (d. 1799). The Quarterly of the History of Material Culture, 73(4), 603–616. https://doi.org/10.23858/KHKM73.2025.4.007

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