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Sieniawski Family
200px, Adam Sieniawski 200px, Mikołaj Hieronim Sieniawski The Sieniawski family (plural: Sieniawscy, feminine form: Sieniawska) was a Polish szlachta family. They were magnates in the First Republic of Poland. Their properties were inherited by the Czartoryski family after the family expired in the 18th century. Coat of arms The Sieniawski family used the Leliwa coat of arms. image:POL COA Sieniawski.svg, Coat of Arms of Prokop Sieniawski (A mix with Chodkiewicz coat of arms. Prokops wife was a member of the Chodkiewicz family.) Notable members *Świętosław Sieniawski ** Gunter Sieniawski (died c. 1494), Judge of Lwów *** Rafał Sieniawski (died 1518), Chorąży of the Crown, married Agnieszka Cebrowska z Cebra h. Hołobok ****Mikołaj Sieniawski (1489–1569), Great Hetman of the Crown, married Katarzyna Koła h. Junosza ******Hieronim Jarosz Sieniawski (c. 1516 – 1587), voivode of the Ruthenian Voivodship, married firstly Elżbieta Radziwiłł h. Trąby, seco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Hetman Of The Crown
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Adam Hieronim Sieniawski (1576–1616)
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Adam Hieronim Sieniawski (ca. 1576–1616) was a Polish–Lithuanian noble. He was a deputy cup-bearer of the Crown since 1661 and starost of Jaworów. Married to Katarzyna Kostka since 1598. 1570s births 1616 deaths Adam Adam; el, Ἀδάμ, Adám; la, Adam is the name given in Genesis 1-5 to the first human. Beyond its use as the name of the first man, ''adam'' is also used in the Bible as a pronoun, individually as "a human" and in a collective sense as " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Topór Coat Of Arms
Topór (Polish language, Polish for "axe") is a Polish heraldry, Polish coat of arms. It was used by several ''szlachta'' (noble) families in History of Poland in the Middle Ages, medieval Poland and under the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. History The topór coat of arms is said to be one of the oldest Polish szlachta emblems, if not the oldest. Its use dates back to at least as far as a seal of the late 13th century. Before the Union of Horodło (1413) approximately 220 Polish szlachta families - mostly in and around Kraków, Lublin and Sandomierz - used this symbol. Under the Union the coat of arms was represented by Maciej z Wąsocza, the Kraków Voivodeship (14th century – 1795), Voivod of Kraków, and by Jan Butrym, a Lithuanian boyar who represented Lithuanian noble families. After the union another 150 families in Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Lithuania adopted the topór coat of arms. Due to its antiquity it was sometimes referred to as "''Starża''", an Old Polish lang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jadwiga Tarło (XVI-?)
Jadwiga (; diminutives: ''Jadzia'' , ''Iga'') is a Polish feminine given name. It originated from the old German feminine given name ''Hedwig'' (variants of which include ''Hedwiga''), which is compounded from ''hadu'', "battle", and ''wig'', "fight". Jadwiga may refer to: * Jadwiga (wife of Władysław Odonic) (died 1249), Duchess consort of Greater Poland * Jadwiga of Kalisz (1266–1339), Queen of Poland and mother of Casimir III of Poland * Jadwiga of Żagań (before 1350–1390), Queen of Poland, wife of Casimir III of Poland (daughter-in-law of previous) * Jadwiga of Poland (1374–1399), female monarch of Poland, named after Saint Hedwig of Andechs * Jadwiga Dzido (1918–1985), Polish survivor of Ravensbrück concentration camp * Jadwiga Jagiellon (other), several Polish princesses of that name See also * Hedwig (other) * Hadewijch * Edwige Edwige is a feminine French given name. Notable people with the name include: * Edwige Avice, French politician ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pogoń Litewska Coat Of Arms
The coat of arms of Lithuania consists of a mounted armoured knight holding a sword and shield, known as (). Since the early 15th century, it has been Lithuania's official coat of arms and is one of the oldest European coats of arms. It is also known by other names in various languages, such as , in the Lithuanian language or as , , ( romanized: ) in the Polish, and Belarusian languages. is translatable as Chase, Pursuer, Knight or Horseman, similar to the Slavic vityaz ( Old East Slavic for brave, valiant warrior). Historically – (mounted epic hero of old) or in heraldry – (mounted sovereign). The once powerful and vast Lithuanian state, first as Duchy, then Kingdom, and finally Grand Duchy was created by the initially pagan Lithuanians, in reaction to pressures from the Teutonic Order and Swordbrothers which conquered modern-day Estonia and Latvia, forcibly converting them to Christianity. The Lithuanians are the only Balts that created a state before the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanna Zasławska
Hannah or Hanna may refer to: People, biblical figures, and fictional characters * Hannah (name), a female given name of Hebrew origin * Hanna (Arabic name), a family and a male given name of Christian Arab origin * Hanna (Irish surname), a family name of Irish origin Places United States * Hannah, Georgia * Hanna City, Illinois * Hanna, Indiana * Hanna, Louisiana * Hannah, Michigan * Hanna, Missouri * Hannah, North Dakota * Hanna, Oklahoma * Hannah, South Carolina * Hanna, South Dakota * Hanna, Utah * Hanna, West Virginia * Hanna, Wyoming * Hannah Run, a stream in Ohio Elsewhere * Hanna, Alberta, Canada, a town * Hannah, a small village in Hannah cum Hagnaby, a civil parish in Lincolnshire, England * Hana, Iran, a city in Isfahan Province * Hanna, Lublin Voivodeship, Poland, a village * Haná (German spelling: Hanna), an ethnic region in Moravia, Czech Republic * Hannah Island (Greenland) * Hanna Lake, a lake near Quetta, Pakistan Ships * , a destroyer escort acquired by t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trąby Coat Of Arms
Trąby (, "Horns") is a Polish coat of arms. It was used by many ''szlachta'' (noble) families under the Kingdom of Poland and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. History The origin of the horn motif lies in the extent of lands conceded being determined by the distance a horn could be heard in all directions. Blazon Argent three bugle horns in triangle the mouthpieces conjoined in fess point Sable garnished, virolled and corded Or. Notable bearers Notable bearers of this coat of arms have included: * Prince Jan Karaszewicz-Tokarzewski (1885–1954) — Ukrainian diplomat and heraldry historian * Kristinas Astikas * Radvila Astikas * Zbigniew Brzeziński * Teodor Narbutt, historian, military engineer * Radziwiłł family * Tadeusz Jordan-Rozwadowski, Austrian & Polish General & Politician, first chief of the modern Polish General Staff 1918-1919 & 1920-1924, major contributor to victory at the Battle of Warsaw, one of the founders of the modern Polish state. * Michał Kara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elżbieta Radziwiłł
Elżbieta or Elžbieta may refer to: * Elżbieta, Lublin Voivodeship, a village in eastern Poland * Elżbieta-Kolonia, a village in eastern Poland * Elżbieta, a Polish given name equivalent to Elizabeth Elizabeth or Elisabeth may refer to: People * Elizabeth (given name), a female given name (including people with that name) * Elizabeth (biblical figure), mother of John the Baptist Ships * HMS ''Elizabeth'', several ships * ''Elisabeth'' (sch ... * Elžbieta, a Lithuanian given name equivalent to Elizabeth See also * {{disambiguation Lithuanian feminine given names Polish feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruthenian Voivodship
The Ruthenian Voivodeship (Latin: ''Palatinatus russiae'', Polish: ''Województwo ruskie'', Ukrainian: ''Руське воєводство'', romanized: ''Ruske voievodstvo''), also called Rus’ voivodeship, was a voivodeship of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland from 1434 until the 1772 First Partition of Poland with a center in the city of Lviv ( pl, Lwów). Together with a number of other voivodeships of southern and eastern part of the Kingdom of Poland, it formed Lesser Poland Province of the Polish Crown, with its capital city in Kraków. Following the Partitions of Poland, most of Ruthenian Voivodeship, except for its northeastern corner, was annexed by the Habsburg monarchy, as part of the province of Galicia. Today, the former Ruthenian Voivodeship is divided between Poland and Ukraine. History Following the Galicia–Volhynia Wars, the Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia was divided between Poland and Lithuania. In 1349 the Polish portion was transformed into the Ruth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voivode
Voivode (, also spelled ''voievod'', ''voevod'', ''voivoda'', ''vojvoda'' or ''wojewoda'') is a title denoting a military leader or warlord in Central, Southeastern and Eastern Europe since the Early Middle Ages. It primarily referred to the medieval rulers of the Romanian-inhabited states and of governors and military commanders of Hungarian, Balkan or some Slavic-speaking populations. In the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, ''voivode'' was interchangeably used with ''palatine''. In the Tsardom of Russia, a voivode was a military governor. Among the Danube principalities, ''voivode'' was considered a princely title. Etymology The term ''voivode'' comes from two roots. is related to warring, while means 'leading' in Old Slavic, together meaning 'war leader' or 'warlord'. The Latin translation is for the principal commander of a military force, serving as a deputy for the monarch. In early Slavic, ''vojevoda'' meant the , the military leader in battle. The term has als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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