The Buczacki plural: Buczaccy, feminine form: Buczacka was a Polish
noble family
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Magnates in the 14th and 15th century.
Notable members
Generation 0
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Michał Adwaniec of Buczacz (died 1392) – the progenitor of the family, owner of
Buczacz
Generation 1
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Michał Buczacki (died 1438) –
voivode
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of
Podlasie (1437), castellan of
Halicz
Halych ( uk, Га́лич ; ro, Halici; pl, Halicz; russian: Га́лич, Galich; german: Halytsch, ''Halitsch'' or ''Galitsch''; yi, העליטש) is a historic city on the Dniester River in western Ukraine. The city gave its name to the ...
(1433–1437),
cześnik of Halicz (1434)
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Michał Mużyło Buczacki Michał () is a Polish and Sorbian form of Michael and may refer to:
* Michał Bajor (born 1957), Polish actor and musician
* Michał Chylinski (born 1986), Polish basketball player
* Michał Drzymała (1857–1937), Polish rebel
* Michał Hell ...
(died 1470) – voivode of
Podole (1465),
castellan of
Kamieniec Podolski
Kamianets-Podilskyi ( uk, Ка́м'яне́ць-Поді́льський, russian: Каменец-Подольский, Kamenets-Podolskiy, pl, Kamieniec Podolski, ro, Camenița, yi, קאַמענעץ־פּאָדאָלסק / קאַמעניץ, ...
since 1460
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Teodoryk Buczacki Jazłowiecki – castellan of Halicz, castellan of Kamieniec Podolski and
starost of Podole
Generation 2
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Jakub Buczacki
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(1430/1438–1501) –
voivode
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of
Ruthenia (1497), voivode of Podole (1485-1497), castellan of Halicz (1472), appointed leader of Podole and general starost of Podole (1485)
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Dawid Buczacki (died 1485) – voivode of Podole since 1481, general starost of Podole (1483),
podkomorzy of Halicz since 1474,
stolnik
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Stolnik in Crown of Poland
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of Kamieniec Podolski since 1472, starost of
Kołomyja
Generation 3
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Jakub Buczacki
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(died 1541) – royal secretary (1503), parson of Lublin (1505), of Kamieniec Podolski since 1507, of
Chełmno
Chełmno (; older en, Culm; formerly ) is a town in northern Poland near the Vistula river with 18,915 inhabitants as of December 2021. It is the seat of the Chełmno County in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship.
Due to its regional impor ...
since 1518,
bishop
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of
Płock
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since 1538, starost of
Rawa
20th- century
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Stefan Buczacki
Stefan T. Buczacki (born 16 October 1945) is a British horticulturist, botanist, biographer, novelist and broadcaster.
Early life
Buczacki grew up in Duffield, Derbyshire, where he was educated at The Ecclesbourne School. He gained a first-clas ...
(born 1945) - scientist based in the
United Kingdom
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Buczacki's Polish heritage
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Coat of arms
The family used the Abdank coat of arms.
References
Polish noble families
Ruthenian noble families
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