Kmicic is a Polish noble patronymic surname literally meaning "descendant of
Kmita Szreniawa coat of arms of the Kmita family
Piotr Kmita Sobieński
Gravestone of Piotr Kmita (died 1505) located in Wawel Cathedral, Kraków.
The Kmita (plural: Kmitowie) was a magnate family from Little Poland.
History
The progenitor of the ...
". A variant of the surname is Kmitycz.
The Kmicic family, of the II coat of arms, came from
Orsza
Orsha ( be, О́рша, Во́рша, Orša, Vorša; russian: О́рша ; lt, Orša, pl, Orsza) is a city in Belarus in the Vitebsk Region, on the fork of the Dnieper and Arshytsa rivers.
History
Orsha was first mentioned in 1067 as Rsha ...
and was of no particular note.
"Kmicic istniał naprawdę. Kim był Samuel Kmicic, pierwowzór głównego bohatera „Potopu”"
, ''Wprost
''Wprost'' (, meaning "Directly") is a Polish-language weekly news magazine published in Poznań, Poland. '', April 5, 2021
Notable people with the surname include:
*Andrzej Kmicic
Andrzej Kmicic is best known as a fictional character created by Henryk Sienkiewicz featured in the novel ''The Deluge''. He is a typical szlachcic (Polish-Lithuanian noble) from the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth; unruly yet patriotic. During ...
, fictional character created by Henryk Sienkiewicz
Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius Sienkiewicz ( , ; 5 May 1846 – 15 November 1916), also known by the pseudonym Litwos (), was a Polish writer, novelist, journalist and Nobel Prize laureate. He is best remembered for his historical novels, especi ...
featured in the novel ''The Deluge''
*Samuel Kmicic 150px, Radzic Coat of Arms
Samuel Kmicic (between 1625 & 1630–1692) was a nobleman ( szlachcic) from Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. He held the ranks of colonel ( pułkownik) in the Royal Army, chorąży (en ...
, a nobleman from Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
See also
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References
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Polish-language surnames
Patronymic surnames