Gryf coat of arms of the Mielecki family
Mielecki (plural: Mieleccy, feminine form: Mielecka) was a family of
knights, a branch of the
Gryffin Clan. The founders and former owners of the City of
Mielec.
History
It is believed that their progenitor could be ''Pawlik z Mielec'', mentioned in 1224. The first documented ancestor was ''Jakub Trestka'', castellan of
Brzesc
Brest ( be, Брэст / Берасьце, Bieraście, ; russian: Брест, ; uk, Берестя, Berestia; lt, Brasta; pl, Brześć; yi, בריסק, Brisk), formerly Brest-Litovsk (russian: Брест-Литовск, lit=Lithuanian Br ...
in 1334. The Mielecki of Gryf family line died out in 1771.
Notable members
* Stanislaw z Mielca, Royal
Rotmistrz,
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
Połaniec, married
Elżbieta Tęczyńska h. Topór
**
Jan Mielecki,
Grand Marshal of the Crown
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People with the name
* Grand (surname)
* Grand L. Bush (born 1955), American actor
* Grand Mixer DXT, American turntablist
* Grand Puba (born 1966), American rapper
Places
* Grand, Oklahoma
* Grand, Vosges, village and co ...
, married
Anna Koła
Anna may refer to:
People Surname and given name
* Anna (name)
Mononym
* Anna the Prophetess, in the Gospel of Luke
* Anna (wife of Artabasdos) (fl. 715–773)
* Anna (daughter of Boris I) (9th–10th century)
* Anna (Anisia) (fl. 1218 to 1221)
...
h. Junosza
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Mikołaj Mielecki 150px, right
Mikołaj Mielecki h. Gryf (ca. 1540 – 11 May 1585 in Kraków) was a Polish nobleman and politician. Since 1569 Mielecki was the voivod of Podolian Voivodship, between 1578 and 1580 he also served in the Polish Army as the Grand ...
,
Voivode of Podole
The Podolian Voivodeship, uk, Подільське воєводство or Palatinate of Podolia was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Kingdom of Poland, since 1434 until 1793, except for the period of Ottoman occup ...
and
Grand Hetman of the Crown, married
Elżbieta Radziwiłł h. Trąby
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Zofia Mielecka, married Prince
Szymon Olelkowicz Słucki Szymon is a Polish version of the masculine given name Simon.
Academics
*Szymon Askenazy – a historian and diplomat who served as the first Polish representative at the League of Nations
*Szymon Datner – a Polish-Jewish historian and anti-Nazi ...
h.
Pogoń Litewska
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 als ...
and
Hetman Jan Karol Chodkiewicz h.
Kościesza
Coat of arms
The family used the
Gryf coat of arms.
Bibliography
* Rodzina, herbarz szlachty polskiej, t. XI, Warszawa 1914
References
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