Nowina () is a Polish coat of arms. It was used by several ''

szlachta The ''szlachta'' (Polish: endonym, Lithuanian: šlėkta) were the noble estate of the realm in the Kingdom of Poland, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth who, as a class, had the dominating position in the ...

'' families in the times of the

Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, formally known as the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and, after 1791, as the Commonwealth of Poland, was a bi-confederal state, sometimes called a federation, of Crown of the Kingdom of ...

. The original clan consisted of only 24 families.

History

Nowina is one of the oldest Polish heraldic marks with claims that it existed prior to 960 CE. However, the earliest known depiction was on a seal of Nacislaw of Dobrosolow of the Nowina clan in 1293 CE. It was first mentioned in a court registry of 1392 and spread across the families of Greater Poland and the lands of

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Lublin Lublin is the ninth-largest city in Poland and the second-largest city of historical Lesser Poland. It is the capital and the center of Lublin Voivodeship with a population of 336,339 (December 2021). Lublin is the largest Polish city east of t ...

Sandomierz Sandomierz (pronounced: ; la, Sandomiria) is a historic town in south-eastern Poland with 23,863 inhabitants (as of 2017), situated on the Vistula River in the Sandomierz Basin. It has been part of Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship (Holy Cross Provi ...

and

Sieradz Sieradz ( la, Siradia, yi, שעראַדז, שערעדז, שעריץ, german: 1941-45 Schieratz) is a city on the Warta river in central Poland with 40,891 inhabitants (2021). It is the seat of the Sieradz County, situated in the Łódź Voivodes ...

. After the

Union of Horodło The Union of Horodło or Pact of Horodło was a set of three acts signed in the town of Horodło on 2 October 1413. The first act was signed by Władysław II Jagiełło, King of Poland, and Vytautas, Grand Duke of Lithuania. The second and third ...

of 1413 CE several boyar families adopted this coat of arms. The representative of the Nowina clan ''adopted'' the nobility of Lithuanian descent was Mikołaj of Sepno, while the newcomers were represented by Mikołaj Bejnar.

Blazon

Azure, a cauldron's handle Argent, with both ends upwards. Between them a cross or a sword proper, with the handle upwards. Out of the crest coronet an armoured leg bent in the knee as if kneeling. Foot directed leftwards.

Notable bearers

* Hetman Fylyp Orlyk (1672–1742), secretary and close associate of Hetman Ivan Mazepa, diplomat,

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in exile * Hryhoriy Orlyk (1702–1759), Ukrainian-born French military commander, special envoy and member of Louis XV's

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* Jan Przerębski (?–1523), castellan of

* Jan Przerębski (1519–1562), Crown chancellor, secretary of the Crown, royal secretary, nominee for the bishopric of

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* Jerzy Krasuski (1930–2009), historian, specializing in the history of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries * Anton Luckievič (1884-1942), Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the

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Marcin Szlachciński Marcin Szlachciński ( ''Latin'': ''Martinus Slachcinius''; born: 1511–1512) was a Polish renaissance scholar; Polish, Latin and Ancient Greek translator; poet; philosopher and professor at the Jagiellonian University. Personal life Szlachci� ...

(1511/1512–?), scholar, translator, poet, philosopher and professor at the

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* Marian Przysiecki (1905–1943), economist, agronomist, officer of the

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(1842–1912), pioneer of the

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, naturalist and breeder *

Mikołaj Złotnicki Mikołaj Złotnicki (died 4 July 1694) was King's Cup-Bearer of the Crown (pl. cześnik koronny) since 1688. References *''Urzędnicy centralni i nadworni Polski XIV-XVIII wieku. Spisy'', ed. Antoni Gąsiorowski, Kórnik 1992 ("Urzędnicy dawn ...

(?–1694), cup-bearer to

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Olga Boznańska Olga Boznańska (15 April 1865 – 26 October 1940) was a Polish painter of the turn of the 20th century. She was a notable painter in Poland and Europe, and was stylistically associated with the French impressionism, though she rejected this lab ...

(1865–1940), painter, portraitist and representative of

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Stanisław Brzóska Stanisław Brzóska (December 30, 1832, Dokudów Pierwszy – May 23, 1865, Sokołów Podlaski) was a Polish priest, general, one of leaders of the Polish insurgency and the last partisan of the January Uprising. He commanded the Polish detachme ...

(1832–1865), priest, general, one of leaders of the Polish insurgency and the last partisan of the

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- fictional character, a

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from

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* * {{Coats of arms of Polish families Nowina

History

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See also

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