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Gertruda Komorowska
Gertruda Komorowska (born 1754 in Suszno – 13 February 1771 in the river Rata near Sielec Bełski, Poland) was a Polish noblewoman, known the tragic circumstances of her marriage and death. Daughter of Count Jakub Komorowski and Antonina Pawłowska, Gertruda Komorowska married Count Stanisław Szczęsny Potocki on 26 December 1770. The marriage was not arranged in accordance with custom, but was the result of an elopement, possibly following a secret love affair. Her father-in-law forced her spouse to initiate divorce proceedings and send her back to her family, who was to have her imprisoned in a convent for adultery. On her way home, however, she died in mysterious circumstances. Her life has been the subject of fictional portrayals. References * Jarosław Komorowski. Tragedia Gertrudy Komorowskiej. „Spotkania z Zabytkami”. Nr 12/2007 (grudzień 2007). s. 16-18. * Łojek J. (1983, wyd. II), Potomkowie Szczęsnego. Dzieje fortuny Potockich z Tulczyna 1799-1921, Lublin, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Komorowski (Korczak) Family
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] |
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] |
Stanisław Szczęsny Potocki
Count Stanisław Szczęsny Feliks Potocki (; 1751–1805), of the Piława coat of arms, known as Szczęsny PotockiE. Rostworowski, Potocki Stanisław Szczęsny (Feliks) herbu Pilawa, n:Polski Słownik Biograficzny, t. XXVIII, Wrocław–Warszawa–Kraków–Gdańsk–Łódź 1984–1985, p. 183. was a member of the Polish szlachta and a military commander of the forces of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and then Poland. Knight of the Order of the White Eagle, awarded in August 1775. He was named Great Chorąży of the Crown in 1774–1780, voivode of Ruthenian Voivodeship in 1782–1791, Great Lieutenant General of the Crown since 1784, General of Artillery of the Crown in 1789–1792, ''starost bełski, hrubieszowski, sokalski, hajsyński, zwinogrodzki'', Marshal of the Targowica Confederation in 1792. He plotted with others against the state, was convicted of treason and sentenced to death in his absence. He died in ignominy. Biography Early life He was th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous member state of the European Union. Warsaw is the nation's capital and largest metropolis. Other major cities include Kraków, Wrocław, Łódź, Poznań, Gdańsk, and Szczecin. Poland has a temperate transitional climate and its territory traverses the Central European Plain, extending from Baltic Sea in the north to Sudeten and Carpathian Mountains in the south. The longest Polish river is the Vistula, and Poland's highest point is Mount Rysy, situated in the Tatra mountain range of the Carpathians. The country is bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukraine to the east, Slovakia and the Czech Republic to the south, and Germany to the west. It also shares maritime boundaries with Denmark and Sweden. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suszno
Suszno is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Włodawa, within Włodawa County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus. It lies approximately north of Włodawa and north-east of the regional capital Lublin Lublin is the ninth-largest city in Poland and the second-largest city of historical Lesser Poland. It is the capital and the center of Lublin Voivodeship with a population of 336,339 (December 2021). Lublin is the largest Polish city east of t .... References Suszno {{Włodawa-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rata River (Poland)
Rata may refer to: Biology * Some plants of the genus ''Metrosideros'' from New Zealand, including: ** ''Metrosideros albiflora'' (Large white rātā) ** ''Metrosideros bartlettii'' (Bartlett's rātā or Cape Reinga white rātā) ** '' Metrosideros carminea'' (Carmine rātā) ** '' Metrosideros colensoi'' (Colenso's rātā) ** '' Metrosideros diffusa'' (White rātā) ** '' Metrosideros fulgens'' (Scarlet rātā) ** ''Metrosideros parkinsonii'' (Parkinson's rātā) ** '' Metrosideros perforata'' (Small white rātā) ** '' Metrosideros robusta'' (Northern rātā) ** '' Metrosideros umbellata'' (Southern rātā) * The mangosteen tree '' Garcinia dulcis'' of Indonesia * ''Rata'' (crab), a genus of crabs Mythology * Rātā (Māori mythology) * Rata (Tahitian mythology) * Rata (Tuamotu mythology) * Laka, a figure in Hawaiian mythology Places * Rata, New Zealand, near Hunterville * Tanah Rata, a town in Malaysia * Malaya Rata, a region of Sri Lanka * Maya Rata, medieval kingdom in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sielec Bełski
Sielec may refer to the following places: Belarus *Sialiec, Biaroza Raion (western Belarus) Poland * Sielec, Inowrocław County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship (north-central Poland) *Sielec, Żnin County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship (north-central Poland) * Sielec, Gmina Opoczno, Łódź Voivodeship (central Poland) * Sielec, Gmina Żarnów, Łódź Voivodeship (central Poland) * Sielec, Lublin Voivodeship (east Poland) * Sielec, Grójec County, Masovian Voivodeship (east-central Poland) * Sielec, Płońsk County, Masovian Voivodeship (east-central Poland) * Sielec, Tarnobrzeg, Podkarpackie Voivodeship * Sielec, Podkarpackie Voivodeship * Sielec, Subcarpathian Voivodeship (south-east Poland) *Sielec, Busko County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship (south-central Poland) *Sielec, Jędrzejów County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship (south-central Poland) * Sielec, Staszów County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship (south-central Poland) * Sielec-Kolonia, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, formally known as the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and, after 1791, as the Commonwealth of Poland, was a bi-confederal state, sometimes called a federation, of Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Lithuania ruled by a common Monarchy, monarch in real union, who was both King of Poland and List of Lithuanian monarchs, Grand Duke of Lithuania. It was one of the largest and most populous countries of 16th- to 17th-century Europe. At its largest territorial extent, in the early 17th century, the Commonwealth covered almost and as of 1618 sustained a multi-ethnic population of almost 12 million. Polish language, Polish and Latin were the two co-official languages. The Commonwealth was established by the Union of Lublin in July 1569, but the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania had been in a ''de facto'' personal union since 1386 with the marriage of the Polish ... [...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] |
Jerzy Łojek
Jerzy Łojek (3 September 1932 – 7 October 1986) was a Polish historian and opposition activist in People's Republic of Poland. He specialized in European, Polish and Russian history of 17th to 20h centuries. Some of his works were first published underground. The communist government prevented him from receiving professor Professor (commonly abbreviated as Prof.) is an Academy, academic rank at university, universities and other post-secondary education and research institutions in most countries. Literally, ''professor'' derives from Latin as a "person who pr ...ship. References * Paweł Janowski, ''Łojek Jerzy, 1932-1986, historyk, publicysta'', :''Encyklopedia Katolicka'', Lublin 2006, t. XI, kol. 493. 1932 births 1986 deaths Burials at Powązki Cemetery Polish dissidents 20th-century Polish historians Polish male non-fiction writers Writers from Warsaw {{Poland-historian-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1771 Deaths
Events January– March * January 5 – The Great Kalmyk (Torghut) Migration is led by Ubashi Khan, from the east bank of the Lower Volga River back to the homeland of Dzungaria, at this time under Qing Dynasty rule. * January 9 – Emperor Go-Momozono accedes to the throne of Japan, following his aunt's abdication. * February 12 – Upon the death of Adolf Frederick, he is succeeded as King of Sweden by his son Gustav III. At the time, however, Gustav is unaware of this, since he is abroad in Paris. The news of his father's death reaches him about a month later. * March – War of the Regulation: North Carolina Governor William Tryon raises a militia, to put down the long-running uprising of backcountry militias against North Carolina's colonial government. * March 12 – The North Carolina General Assembly establishes Wake County (named for Margaret Wake, the wife of North Carolina Royal Governor William Tryon) from portions of Cumberland, Joh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Komorowski Family
Komorowski is a Polish language, Polish locational surname, which means a person from Komorowo (other), Komorowo, which in turn derives from the Old Polish ''komor'' or "mosquito".''Dictionary of American Family Names''"Komorowski Family History" Oxford University Press, 2013. Retrieved on 7 January 2016. Variants of Komorowski include Komorowska and Komorowsky. Notable people with the surname include: *Andrzej Komorowski (born 1975), Polish Catholic priest *Anna Komorowska (born 1953), Polish philologist *Anna Maria Komorowska (born 1946), Polish noblewoman *Bronisław Komorowski (born 1952), Polish politician and former President *Bronisław Komorowski (priest) (1889–1940), Polish priest *Gertruda Komorowska (1754–1771), Polish noblewoman *Liliana Komorowska (born 1956), Polish actress *Maja Komorowska (born 1937), Polish actress *Marcin Komorowski (born 1984), Polish footballer *Stanisław Komorowski (1953–2010), Polish diplomat *Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski (1895–196 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
