The House of Glinski (Polish: Gliński) was an ancient Russian princely family, part of the Russian nobility, originted in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, whose ancestors were members of the Lipka Tatar clan who claimed descent from the Mongol ruler Mamai.[1]

Coat of arms of Princes Glinski

Surname

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Glinski, Glinskii, Glinsky, or Glinskiy (Polish: Gliński, Hliński, Lithuanian: Glinskis, Russian: Глинский), is also a family name. Feminine form: Russian: Glinskaya (Глинская), Polish: Glińska.

Notable people

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See also

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  1. ^ Трепавлов В. В. Предки «Мамая-царя». Киятские беки в «Подлинном родослове Глинских князей» // Тюркологический сборник 2006. — М.: Восточная литература, 2007. — С. 319—341.