The House of Mniszech (plural: Mniszchowie, historical feminine forms: Mniszchówna (unmarried), Mniszchowa (married or widow)) was a Polish

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bearing the Mniszech Coat of Arms.

Notable members

* Andrzej Jerzy Mniszech (1823–1905), painter * (died c. 1569) * Franciszek Bernard Mniszech * Jan Karol Wandalin Mniszech * Jan Mniszech * Jerzy August Mniszech * Jerzy Jan Wandalin Mniszech *

Jerzy Mniszech Jerzy Mniszech (c. 1548 – 1613) was a Poles, Polish Szlachta, nobleman and diplomat in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Member of the Mniszchowie, House of Mniszech. Krajczy koronny in 1574, castellan of Radom in 1583, voivode of Sandom ...

(c. 1548–1613),

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* Józef Jan Wandalin Mniszech * Józef Wandalin Mniszech * Józefina Amalia Mniszech (1752–1798), wife of

Stanisław Szczęsny Potocki Count Stanisław Szczęsny Feliks Potocki (; 1751–1805), of the Piława coat of arms, known as Szczęsny PotockiE. Rostworowski, Potocki Stanisław Szczęsny (Feliks) herbu Pilawa, n:Polski Słownik Biograficzny, t. XXVIII, Wrocław–Warszawa� ...

* Ludwika Mniszech * Maria Amalia Mniszchowa (1736–1772) * Maryna Mniszchówna (c. 1588–1614), Tsaritsa of Russia * Michał Jerzy Wandalin Mniszech (1742–1806),

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* (1484–1553) * Stanisław Bonifacy Mniszech * Stanisław Jerzy Wandalin Mniszech * Urszula Mniszchówna

Palaces

image:WarsawPalace12.jpg, Mniszech Palace in Warsaw image:Pałac Mniszchów.JPG, Mniszech Palace in

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Bibliography

* Kossakowski S. K., 1860, Monografie historyczno-genealogiczne niektórych rodzin polskich, t. 2, Warszawa. * Leitgeber S., 1993, Nowy Almanach Błękitny, Oficyna Wydawnicza „Audiutor”, Poznań-Warszawa. * Zielińska T, 1997, Poczet polskich rodów arystokratycznych, WSiP, Warszawa. {{Poland-noble-stub