200px, Ennoblement of the Odrowąż family from ''Liber Genesos illustris Familiae Shidlovicae'' Iwo Odrowąż, Bishop of Kraków

Odrowąż (plural: Odrowążowie or Odrowąże) was an important family of

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s in the medieval

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, strongly allied with the

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in the 12th century.

History

Their family seats were in

Upper Silesia Upper Silesia ( pl, Górny Śląsk; szl, Gůrny Ślůnsk, Gōrny Ślōnsk; cs, Horní Slezsko; german: Oberschlesien; Silesian German: ; la, Silesia Superior) is the southeastern part of the historical and geographical region of Silesia, located ...

and in

Lesser Poland Lesser Poland, often known by its Polish name Małopolska ( la, Polonia Minor), is a historical region situated in southern and south-eastern Poland. Its capital and largest city is Kraków. Throughout centuries, Lesser Poland developed a s ...

, and after the 13th-century invasion by the

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, they moved to

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just within Lesser Poland. The progenitor of the family was ''Prandota Stary'', who came to

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

in the 12th century from

Moravia Moravia ( , also , ; cs, Morava ; german: link=yes, Mähren ; pl, Morawy ; szl, Morawa; la, Moravia) is a historical region in the east of the Czech Republic and one of three historical Czech lands, with Bohemia and Czech Silesia. The me ...

(or possibly

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Notable members

Iwo Odrowąż Iwo Odrowąż (died 21 August 1229) was a medieval Polish humanist, statesman, and bishop. Life Iwo was very probably born in Końskie, son of Szaweł Odrowąż and a member of the noble family of Odrowąż. He studied in Bologna and Paris, maint ...

Archbishop of Gniezno This is a list of archbishops of the Archdiocese of Gniezno, who are simultaneously primates of Poland since 1418.Archbishop of Kraków The Archbishop of Kraków is the head of the archdiocese of Kraków. A bishop of Kraków first came into existence when the diocese was created in 1000; it was promoted to an archdiocese on 28 October 1925. Due to Kraków's role as Poland's politic ...

* Czesław Odrowąż vel Blessed Ceslaus * Jacek Odrowąż vel saint

Hyacinth of Poland Hyacinth ( pl, Święty Jacek or ''Jacek Odrowąż''; ca. 1185 – 15 August 1257) was a Polish Dominican priest and missionary who worked to reform women's monasteries in his native Poland. He was a Doctor of Sacred Studies, educated in Pa ...

* Bronisława Odrowąż vel Blessed Bronisława *

Jan Prandota Jan Prandota (c. 1200 – 20 September 1266) was bishop of Kraków from 1242 to his death in 1266. He was member of the Odrowąż family.Jacek Maciejewski: Episkopat polski doby dzielnicowej, 1180-1320. Kraków 2003, p. 234. Prandota is recorded a ...

Archbishop of Kraków The Archbishop of Kraków is the head of the archdiocese of Kraków. A bishop of Kraków first came into existence when the diocese was created in 1000; it was promoted to an archdiocese on 28 October 1925. Due to Kraków's role as Poland's politic ...

* Jan Odrowąż, Archbishop of

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* Jan II Odrowąż of Sprowa,

Archbishop of Gniezno This is a list of archbishops of the Archdiocese of Gniezno, who are simultaneously primates of Poland since 1418.Andrzej Odrowąż Andrzej of Sprowa Odrowąż was a 15th-century Polish noble and statesman, starost of Ruthenia and Voivode of Podolia. He is best known as the founder of the Bernardine Church in Lwów. Polish nobility Polish Roman Catholics Year o ...

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 ...

, founder of the Bernardine Church in

. * Jan Odrowąż of Sprowa, starost of Lwów,

Voivode of Ruthenia The Ruthenian Voivodeship (Latin: ''Palatinatus russiae'', Polish: ''Województwo ruskie'', Ukrainian: ''Руське воєводство'', romanized: ''Ruske voievodstvo''), also called Rus’ voivodeship, was a voivodeship of the Crown ...

and Voivode of Podole * Jan of Szczekociny,

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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 ...

* Piotr Odrowąż of Sprowa, starost of Lwów, Voivode of Ruthenia and Podole *

Zofia Odrowąż Zofia Odrowąż (1537–1580) was a Polish noblewoman. She was the daughter of castellan and voivode Stanisław Odrowąż and only daughter of Anna of Masovia, last Masovian duchess of the Piast dynasty, and became the widow of the castellan of ...

, married Hetman

Jan Krzysztof Tarnowski Count Jan Krzysztof Tarnowski (1 January 1537 – 1 April 1567) was a Polish nobleman (szlachcic), Leliwa coat of arms. Son of Hetman Jan Tarnowski and Zofia née Szydłowiecka. He was married to Zofia Odrowąż since 1555, but had no issue. ...

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Stanisław Odrowąż Stanisław Odrowąż (1509-1545) was a Polish noble (szlachcic). He married Katarzyna Górka in 1530 and Anna of Masovia from the Piast dynasty in February 1536. He had one child with Anna, Zofia Odrowąż. He was castellan of Lwów since 1533, ...

, Voivode of Ruthenia and Podole, married to

Anna of Masovia Anna of Masovia (c. 1498 – after 26 January 1557 in Jarosław) was Princess of Mazovia and a member of the House of Piast. She was the last representative of the line of Masovian-Piast. She was the second daughter of Konrad III of Masovia ...

* Jakub Dembiński,

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* Strasz of Białaczów, knight,

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Łęczyca Łęczyca (; in full the Royal Town of Łęczyca, pl, Królewskie Miasto Łęczyca; german: Lentschitza; he, לונטשיץ) is a town of 13,786 inhabitants () in central Poland. Situated in the Łódź Voivodeship, it is the county seat of the ...

Branches of the family

* Bębnowscy * Białaczowscy * Chlewiccy * Dembińscy * Kamieńscy * Koneccy (vel Konieccy) * Maliccy (from Malice Kcyńskie) * Modliszewscy * Sprowscy * Sypniewski * Szydłowiecki * Wądołowscy

Coat of arms

The family used the

Odrowąż coat of arms Odrowąż is a Polish coat of arms of probably Moravian origin. It was used by many noble families known as '' szlachta'' in Polish in medieval Poland and later under the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, branches of the original medieval Odrow ...

. file:POL COA Odrowąż.svg, Odrowąż coat of arms

Palaces

file:Debno (js).jpg, Castle in

Dębno Dębno (german: Neudamm) is a town in Myślibórz County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship in western Poland. As of December 2021, the town has a population of 13,443. After the Migration Period, the area was populated by West Slavic peoples since t ...

Related Houses

* clan Gryf *

Piast dynasty The House of Piast was the first historical ruling dynasty of Poland. The first documented Polish monarch was Duke Mieszko I (c. 930–992). The Piasts' royal rule in Poland ended in 1370 with the death of king Casimir III the Great. Branch ...

* clan Łabędź * Kołda of clan Oksza * House of Spyra of clan Pernus

References

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