Gutowski Coat Of Arms
Gutowski (feminine Gutowska) is a Polish surname. It is a surname of a Polish szlachta (nobility) which is one of the oldest recorded names of Polish nobility. The first surviving record found is in 1241 as the Chancellor (Poland), Chancellor of Poland, Wawrzęta Gutowski. Most of the families belong to the Ślepowron coat of arms, Clan of Ślepowron (nobility), one of the original clans, located south of Warsaw, in the Duchy of Masovia. Than later the name was spread into 4 other clans. Polish nobility is not like any other nobility. One is they don't get letters of patents from a king, the state can not remove nobility, the nobility is given full title to all decedents, male and female if they follow the rules of the nobility. Notables * Ace Gutowsky (1909–1976), American football fullback * Adalbert Gutowski (1753–1812), Austrian painter * Antoni Gutowski (19th century), castellan of Grabowiec ...
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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),
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