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180px, Adam Ignacy Komorowski, Primate of Poland The House of Komorowski (plural: Komorowscy, feminine form: Komorowska) is an old and influential
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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 Belz ( uk, Белз; pl, Bełz; yi, בעלז ') is a small city in Lviv Oblast of Western Ukraine, near the border with Poland, located between the Solokiya river (a tributary of the Bug River) and the Richytsia stream. Belz hosts the administ ...
, 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 of Liptov and Orawa, which was given to them in 1467 by the Polish king Casimir IV Jagiellon and were later confirmed in 1469 by the
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, Matthias Corvinus. Later, in 1793 they also obtained the title of Count in
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from Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor. After the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire the titles of Count were confirmed in 1820 by the Deputation of the Senate of Poland, in 1844 by the State Council of the Russian Empire and in 1892 by the
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Coat of arms

image:POL COA Komorowski hrabia.svg, Coat of Arms of Counts Komorowski


Notable members

* Adam Ignacy Komorowski – Primate of Poland * Anna Maria Komorowska – wife of Patrick d'Udekem d'Acoz and mother of Queen Mathilde of Belgium * Bronisław KomorowskiPresident of Poland from August 6, 2010, to August 6, 2015 *
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 Paw ...
– wife of Stanisław Szczęsny Potocki *
Helena Komorowska Helena may refer to: People * Helena (given name), a given name (including a list of people and characters with the name) *Katri Helena (born 1945), Finnish singer *Helena, mother of Constantine I Places Greece * Helena (island) Guyana * ...
– second wife of
Bohdan Chmielnicki Bohdan Zynovii Mykhailovych Khmelnytskyi ( Ruthenian: Ѕѣнові Богданъ Хмелнiцкiи; modern ua, Богдан Зиновій Михайлович Хмельницький; 6 August 1657) was a Ukrainian military commander and ...
*
Ignacy Komorowski Ignacy is a Polish given name. Notable people with the name include: *Ignacy Tadeusz Baranowski (1879–1917), Polish historian *Piotr Ignacy Bieńkowski (1865–1925), Polish classical scholar and archaeologist, professor of Jagiellonian Universit ...
castellan A castellan is the title used in Medieval Europe for an appointed official, a governor of a castle and its surrounding territory referred to as the castellany. The title of ''governor'' is retained in the English prison system, as a remnant o ...
of Chełmno *
Józef Joachim Komorowski Joseph is a common male given name, derived from the Hebrew Yosef (יוֹסֵף). "Joseph" is used, along with "Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the mo ...
– member of the Targowica Confederation *
Maja Komorowska Maja Komorowska-Tyszkiewicz (born 23 December 1937) is a Polish film actress. She has appeared in over 35 films since 1970. Selected filmography * ''Family Life'' (1971) * ''A Woman's Decision'' (1975) * ''Budapest Tales'' (1976) * ''Spiral'' ...
– actress * Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski – military leader of the
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*
Zygmunt Komorowski Zygmunt, Zigmunt, Zigmund and spelling variations thereof are masculine given names and occasionally surnames. People so named include: Given name Medieval period * Sigismund I the Old (1467–1548), Zygmunt I Stary in Polish, King of Poland and Gr ...
– professor at Warsaw University


Palaces

image:Żywiec Stary Zamek 001.JPG, The Old Castle in Żywiec image:Sucha Beskidzka castle.jpg, Castle in
Sucha Beskidzka Sucha Beskidzka (before 1961 called only ''Sucha'') is a town in the '' Beskid Żywiecki'' mountain range in southern Poland, on the Skawa river. It is the county seat of Sucha County. It has been in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship since 1999; p ...
image:Pałac w Siedliskach (gm. Szczekociny) od strony frontowej.JPG, Palace in Siedliska, Zawiercie County image:Dworek2.jpg, Manor Park "Zabrzeźnia" in
Głowno Głowno is a town and community in Poland, in Łódź Voivodeship, in Zgierz County, about 25 km northeast of Łódź. The town administratively belonged to the Łódź Voivodeship from 1975 to 1998. According to data from 2020, the city h ...
image:Pałac w Głębowicach 03.jpg, Ruins of the Palace in Głębowice image:Svirzh.jpg, Castle in Świrz


See also

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Komorowski family Komorowski is a Polish language, Polish locational surname, which means a person from Komorowo (disambiguation), Komorowo, which in turn derives from the Old Polish ''komor'' or "mosquito".''Dictionary of American Family Names''"Komorowski Family Hi ...
of Ciołek coat of arms *
d'Udekem d'Acoz family The House d'Udekem () is the name of a noble family that belongs to the nobility of Belgium since 1816. History The origin of the Udekem family dates back to the Late Middle Ages, with the earliest member recorded as dying in 1472. In the 18 ...


Notes


Bibliography

* Jana Długosza kanonika krakowskiego Dziejów polskich ksiąg dwanaście, przeł. K. Mecherzyński, t. V, ks. 12, Kraków 1870, s. 622-623 {{Poland-noble-stub