Oksza - is a
Polish coat of arms
The coat of arms of Poland is a white, crowned eagle with a golden beak and talons, on a red background.
In Poland, the coat of arms as a whole is referred to as ''godło'' both in official documents and colloquial speech, despite the fact that ...
. 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.
Notable bearers
Notable bearers of this coat of arms include:
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Jan Kołda
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Andrzej Rej (diplomat)
Andrzej Rej (1584 - 13 February 1641, Skoki) was a Polish diplomat. Educated in Altdorf bei Nürnberg and Leiden, he was sent on a diplomatic mission to the Danish, British and Dutch courts in 1637 - he is one of the possible candidates for the s ...
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Mikołaj Rej
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Nicholas Andrew Rey
Nicholas Andrew Rey (23 January 1938, Warsaw, Poland – 13 January 2009, Washington, D.C.) was an American diplomat, businessman, and United States Ambassador to Poland (from 1993 to 1997), affiliated with the Democratic Party.
Life
Rey was born ...
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Konstantin Rokossovsky
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Paweł Edmund Strzelecki
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Stanisław Orzechowski
Stanisław Orzechowski, also known among others as Stanisław Orżechowski Roxolan, Stanislaus Orichovius Polonus, Stanislaus Orichovius Ruthenus,
See also
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Polish heraldry
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Heraldry
Heraldry is a discipline relating to the design, display and study of armorial bearings (known as armory), as well as related disciplines, such as vexillology, together with the study of ceremony, rank and pedigree. Armory, the best-known branch ...
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Coat of arms
External links
* Oksza Coat of Arms and the bearers
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Polish coats of arms