Tymofiy Khmelnytsky
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Tymofiy Bohdanovych Khmelnytsky or Tymish Bohdanovych Khmelnytsky (Ukrainian: Тимофій, Тиміш, Тимош Хмельницький, Tymofiej Chmielnicki; 1632 — 15 September 1653) was the eldest son of the Ukrainian Cossack Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky.[1]
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Married to Moldavian princess Ruxandra Lupu (Rozanda in Ukrainian), daughter of Prince Vasile Lupu, he took part in the Battle of Finta (1653) as commander of a Cossack force. After the defeat, Timofiy was besieged by a Wallachian army in Suceava and died in the confrontation.[2]