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Franciszek Piłsudski
Franciszek Piłsudski (1713-1791) Piłsudski coat of arms, was a Lithuanian nobleman, Colonel and Commander in the Samogitian division of the Grand Ducal Lithuanian army, Deputy cup-bearer, member of the Sejm of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and recipient of the Order of Saint Stanislaus (1779) and the Great Cross of Divine Providence. Biography Franciszek Piłsudski was born in 1713 in Manor to Ferdynand Ignacy Piłsudski (c1670-c1719) and Ludwika Urszula Piłsudska (née Biłłewicz), Mogiła coat of arms. He had four brothers, Jan, Ludwik, Aleksander and Antoni. He was a Colonel and Commander in the Samogitian division of the Grand Ducal Lithuanian army. He became Deputy cup-bearer and a member of the Sejm in 1758. In the Convocation Sejm (1764), he supported the election of Stanisław August Poniatowski as a member of the Szlachta from the Duchy of Samogitia. He was also a member of the Duchy of Samogitia to the in Czaplica. Manors Franciszek Piłsudski ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piłsudski Coat Of Arms
Piłsudski is a Polish heraldry, Polish coat of arms. The Piłsudski family, whom belonged to the Szlachta, Polish nobility (szlachta), used it. History Blazon The Coat of arms of Piłsudski is a variation of the Coat of arms of Kościesza Notable bearers Notable bearers of this coat of arms include: * Józef Piłsudski Chief of State and Marshal of Poland * Adam Piłsudski * Jadwiga Piłsudska * Jan Piłsudski * Bronisław Piłsudski *Franciszek Piłsudski *Jan Chryzostom Piłsudski See also * Polish heraldry * Heraldic family * List of Polish nobility coats of arms Related Coat of Arms * Kościesza Coat of Arms Bibliography * Herbarz polski, Tadeusz Gajl, Gdańsk 2007, Polish coats of arms Piłsudski family {{poland-heraldry-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duchy Of Samogitia
The Duchy of Samogitia ( lt, Žemaičių seniūnija, sgs, Žemaitėjės seniūnėjė, pl, Księstwo żmudzkie)Grzegorz Błaszczyk, ''Żmudź w XVII i XVIII wieku: zaludnienie i struktura społeczna'', Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu, 1985, , p.1-2 was an administrative unit of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania from 1422 (and from 1569, a member country of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth). Between 1422 and 1441 it was known as the Eldership of Samogitia. The Grand Duke of Lithuania also held the title of Duke of Samogitia, although the actual ruler of the province, responsible to the Duke, was known as the General Elder (Seniūnas) of Samogitia. The Duchy was located in the western part of the present Republic of Lithuania. Historically, in the west it had access to the Baltic Sea; in the north, it bordered the Duchy of Courland and Ducal Prussia in the south. During the Middle Ages and until the last partition in 1795, Samogitia had clearly defined borders as t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
18th-century Lithuanian Nobility
The 18th century lasted from January 1, 1701 ( MDCCI) to December 31, 1800 ( MDCCC). During the 18th century, elements of Enlightenment thinking culminated in the American, French, and Haitian Revolutions. During the century, slave trading and human trafficking expanded across the shores of the Atlantic, while declining in Russia, China, and Korea. Revolutions began to challenge the legitimacy of monarchical and aristocratic power structures, including the structures and beliefs that supported slavery. The Industrial Revolution began during mid-century, leading to radical changes in human society and the environment. Western historians have occasionally defined the 18th century otherwise for the purposes of their work. For example, the "short" 18th century may be defined as 1715–1789, denoting the period of time between the death of Louis XIV of France and the start of the French Revolution, with an emphasis on directly interconnected events. To historians who expand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
17th-century Lithuanian Nobility
The 17th century lasted from January 1, 1601 ( MDCI), to December 31, 1700 ( MDCC). It falls into the early modern period of Europe and in that continent (whose impact on the world was increasing) was characterized by the Baroque cultural movement, the latter part of the Spanish Golden Age, the Dutch Golden Age, the French ''Grand Siècle'' dominated by Louis XIV, the Scientific Revolution, the world's first public company and megacorporation known as the Dutch East India Company, and according to some historians, the General Crisis. From the mid-17th century, European politics were increasingly dominated by the Kingdom of France of Louis XIV, where royal power was solidified domestically in the civil war of the Fronde. The semi-feudal territorial French nobility was weakened and subjugated to the power of an absolute monarchy through the reinvention of the Palace of Versailles from a hunting lodge to a gilded prison, in which a greatly expanded royal court could be more easil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Chryzostom Piłsudski
Jan Chryzostom Piłsudski (1760–1837) (Piłsudski coat of arms), was a Lithuanian nobility, Lithuania nobleman and landowner, Chamberlain (office), Chamberlain of the Duchy of Samogitia, Marshal of Nobility (Poland), Marshal of the Nobility for the Telšiai District Municipality, District of Telšiai, member of ''Great Sejm, The Great Sejm'', Subprefecture, sub-prefect of the Provisional Government of Lithuania for the area of Telšiai County, TelšiaiBronius Dundulis, ''Napoleon et la Lituanie en 1812,'' Alcan, Paris, 1940, p. 279. and ancestor of Romanas Chodakauskas, Sofija Smetonienė, Tadas Chodakauskas and Jadvyga Tūbelienė. Biography Jan Chryzostom Piłsudski family, Piłsudski was born in :lt:Pajūralis, Pajūralis Manor 1760. His father was Franciszek Piłsudski (1713–1791), ''Podczaszy'' (Deputy Cup Bearer), Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, member of Parliament in 1758 and receiver of the Order of Saint Stanislaus (1779) and the Great Cross of Divine Providence ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radwan Coat Of Arms
Radwan () is a Polish knights' clan (''ród'') and a Polish coat of arms used by the ''szlachta'' (noble families within the clan). Blazon Gules: a Gonfanon or surmounted by a Maltese Cross of the last. Crest – on a crowned helmet – three ostrich feathers proper.ore_properly_a_"rycerz"_(German_"ritter")active_a_few_decades_earlier.__..."Janusz_Bieniak,_"Knight_Clans_in_Medieval_Poland",_in_Antoni_Gąsiorowski_(ed.)The_Polish_Nobility_in_the_Middle_Ages:_Anthologies_Ossolineum.html" ;"title="ritter").html" ;"title="ritter.html" ;"title="ore properly a "rycerz" (German "ritter">ore properly a "rycerz" (German "ritter")">ritter.html" ;"title="ore properly a "rycerz" (German "ritter">ore properly a "rycerz" (German "ritter")active a few decades earlier. ..."Janusz Bieniak, "Knight Clans in Medieval Poland", in Antoni Gąsiorowski (ed.)The Polish Nobility in the Middle Ages: Anthologies Ossolineum">Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich – Wydawnictwo; Wrocław, POLSKA; 1984, page 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korczak Coat Of Arms
Korczak is a Polish coat of arms. It was used by several noble families of Clan Korczak in the times of the Kingdom of Poland and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. History The coat of arms has Hungarian origins; the three bars represent the Danube, Tisza (or Drava), and Sava rivers. Earliest mention – 1142 annum (Ogród królewski, Paprocki Bartłomiej, D. Siedlczański, Praga, 1599). The first mention of the coat of arms was 1368, while the oldest known seal bearing the coat dates to 1432. The Gorajscy family was the first to use the seal. Bearers are largely made up of noble families from Red Ruthenia and Lesser Poland. The arms were confirmed in Lithuania at Union of Horodło (1413). Blazon Notable bearers Notable bearers of this coat of arms include: * Komorowski family ** Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski, Inspector General of the Armed Forces of Poland ** Countess Anna Maria Komorowska, mother of Queen Mathilde of Belgium ** Gertruda Komorowska * Branicki family ** Fra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Komorowski (Korczak)
180px, Adam Ignacy Komorowski, Primate of Poland The House of Komorowski (plural: Komorowscy, feminine form: Komorowska) is an old and influential Polish aristocratic family whose ancestral seat was Komorów in the Duchy of Belz.There are several places in Poland called Komorów; see :pl:Komorów for a larger list than in English Wikipedia. There are also several places in Ukraine whose Polish name is Komarów; see :uk:Комарів. Belz, onetime capital of the Duchy of Belz, is nowadays in Ukraine. At least three of the Ukrainian places are close to Belz: , and . There seems to be no good evidence as to which, if any, of those was the Komorowski family seat. All that can be said is that Komariv, Halych Raion appears to have the oldest history. History and titles The first mentions of the Komorowski family come from the 14th century. It's progenitor was knight Dymitr Komorowski of Komorów. Throughout the centuries, they acquired estates and titles. They held the title Count o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laukuva
Laukuva ( Samogitian: ''Laukova'') is a town in Šilalė district municipality, Tauragė County, Lithuania Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania .... According to the 2011 census, the town has a population of 832 people. References Towns in Lithuania Towns in Tauragė County {{TauragėCounty-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Šilalė
Šilalė (, Samogitian: ''Šėlalė'', yi, שילעל ''Shilel'', pl, Szyłele) is a town in Western Lithuania, Samogitia, Tauragė County. It is located north of Tauragė. The River Lokysta flows through the town and there is a pond in the centre of the town. History The town is part of the Samogitian ethnographic region of Lithuania and was first mentioned in the sixteenth century. Its name derives from the generic word sila ("Pinewood") and Samogitian suffix ''-alė.'' In July 1941, 135 Jewish men from Šilalė were shot on a site in the Jewish cemetery. In September 1941, the Jewish women and children of Šilalė were shot in the Tūbinės forest. Around 1,300 Jews were massacred by an Einsatzgruppen of Germans and local Lithuanian collaborators. Population Ethnic composition 2011 - population of 5,492 people: * Lithuanian - 99.02% (5438); * Russian - 0.33% (18); * Other - 0.66% (36). 2001 - population of 6,281 people: * Lithuanian - 99.23% (6235); * Russian - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Szlachta
The ''szlachta'' (Polish: endonym, Lithuanian: šlėkta) were the noble estate of the realm in the Kingdom of Poland, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth who, as a class, had the dominating position in the state, exercising extensive political rights and power. Szlachta as a class differed significantly from the feudal nobility of Western Europe. The estate was officially abolished in 1921 by the March Constitution."Szlachta. Szlachta w Polsce" ''Encyklopedia PWN'' The origins of the ''szlachta'' are obscure and the subject of several theories. Traditionally, its members owned land (allods), [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
