Gruszecki (russian: Грушецкий, sometimes anglicized as Grushetsky) is the name

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and

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noble family.

History

The name originates from the

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Maciej –

Chorąży Standard-bearer ( Polish: ''Chorąży'' ; Russian and Ukrainian: , ''khorunzhiy''; ; ) is a military rank in Poland, Ukraine and some neighboring countries. A ''chorąży'' was once a knight who bore an ensign, the emblem of an armed troops, a voi ...

of the King of Poland Jogaila. The King had given to him village Gruszka Duża, in eastern

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, in favor of knightly merit, in 1411. The Gruszecki family name was derived from the village of Gruszka Duża.

Notable representatives of the family

* Maciej Gruszecki -

of the King of Poland Jogaila. Stirps. * Samuel Gruszecki – secretary of the King of Poland Zygmunt III, ambassador in

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. * Bronisław Samuel Gruszecki, sobriquet Szumilist –

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and Łowczy of

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, built himself castle into

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. *

Karol Gruszecki Karol Gruszecki (born 4 November 1989) is a Polish professional basketball player for Spójnia Stargard of the Polish Basketball League (PLK) and the Polish national basketball team. Professional career Gruszecki signed with Spirou Charleroi in ...

, professional basketball player

In Russia

Agafya Grushetskaya Agafya Semyonovna Grushetskaya or Gruszecki (originally in Polish: Agata Siemionowna Gruszecka; russian: Агафья Семёновна Грушецкая; 1663 – 14 July 1681) was Tsaritsa of Russia as the first spouse of Tsar Feodor III of Rus ...

(1663 – 1681) –

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, the first spouse of Tsar

Feodor III of Russia Fyodor III Alekséyevich (in Russian: ''Фёдор III Алексеевич'') or Feodor III Alekséyevich (9 June 1661 – 7 May 1682) was the Tsar of Russia between 1676 and 1682. While disabled and paralyzed from birth, he managed to pass ref ...

. * {{Interlanguage link multi, Alexander Fedorovich Grushetskiy, ru, 3=Грушецкий, Александр Фёдорович (born October 17, 1854 – 1911) –

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, Governor-General of

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