Rogala 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 ...

, likely imported from Germany to Poland in 1109 by the Rogala or the Ribersztein family, that then added the second horn. 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 ...

History

Blazon

Heraldist

Kasper Niesiecki Kasper Niesiecki (31 December 1682 – 9 July 1744), also known as Kacper Niesiecki, was a Polish heraldist, Jesuit, lexicographer, writer, theologian and preacher. Biography Niesiecki was born in Greater Poland to a burgher family. In 1699 he ...

describes it as white with a red deer horn, and red with a white bull horn. The horns' place is swapped on the helmet.

Notable bearers

Notable bearers of this coat of arms include: * House of Krasicki *

Ignacy Krasicki Ignacy Błażej Franciszek Krasicki (3 February 173514 March 1801), from 1766 Prince-Bishop of Warmia (in German, ''Ermland'') and from 1795 Archbishop of Gniezno (thus, Primate of Poland), was Poland's leading Enlightenment poet"Ignacy Krasic ...

Józef Wybicki Józef Rufin Wybicki (; 29 September 1747 – 10 March 1822) was a Polish nobleman, jurist, poet, political and military activist of Kashubian descent. He is best remembered as the author of "Mazurek Dąbrowskiego" (), which was adopted as the ...

— Author of Polish national anthem,

Mazurek Dąbrowskiego ( "Dąbrowski's Mazurka"), in English officially known by its incipit Poland Is Not Yet Lost, is the national anthem of the Republic of Poland. The original lyrics were written by Józef Wybicki in Reggio Emilia, in Northern Italy, between ...

(Polski) *

Kost Levytsky Kost Levytsky ( uk, Кость Леви́цький; 18 November 1859 – 12 November 1941) was a Ukraine, Ukrainian politician. He was a founder of the Ukrainian National Democratic Alliance, Ukrainian National Democratic movement and the lead ...

(1859-1941) — Ukrainian politician, Chairman of State Secretariat of West Ukraine *

Mykhailo Levytsky Mykhailo Levytskyi (or ''Mykhajlo Levitsky'' ( uk, Михайло Левицький, pl, Michał Lewicki)); 17 February, 1774 – 14 January, 1858) was the Metropolitan Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church from 1816 until his ...

(1774-1858) — Metropolitan Archbishop of the

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* Volodymyr Levytsky (1872-1956) — Ukrainian mathematician *

Wasielewski Wasielewski is the name of a German noble family History The Wasielewski family is Catholic and Protestant aristocracy, that commenced with Nicolaus Wasilewski recorded by King Sigismund I. of Poland in 1531. The Prussian line of the fami ...

* Karol Aleksander Krasicki * Wiseł Czambor *

Ignacy Zaborowski Ignacy Zaborowski (2 November 1754–10 January 1803) was a Polish mathematician and geodesist; Piarist. He was a professor and rector of the Collegium Nobilium. Biography Born on 2 November 1754 in Ruthenian Voivodeship, Zaborowski attended Pia ...

Albrycht Zaborowski Albrecht Zaborowskij (also rendered Saboroweski; Anglicisation, anglicized as Albert Zabriskie; 1638–1711) of Prussia (present-day Poland and Russia) settled in what is now New Jersey on August 31, 1662. Early life and emigration Saborowski, a ...

* Janusz Kałuski * Kulczyński * Józef Zawadzki (chemist) *

Aleksander Zawadzki (naturalist) Aleksander Zawadzki, born Józef Antoni Zawadzki, (6 May 1798 in Bielitz, Austrian Silesia – 5 June 1868 in Brno) was a Polish naturalist, author of flora and fauna lists of the Galicia region and the neighbourhood of Lviv ( pl, Lwów). He wa ...

* Augustyn Ludwik Michał Brzeżański *

Tadeusz Zawadzki Tadeusz Leon Józef Zawadzki, assumed surname: ''Tadeusz Zieliński'', Pseudonym, alias ''"Kajman"'', ''"Kotwicki"'', ''"Lech Pomarańczowy"'', ''"Tadeusz"'', ''"Zośka"'' (born on January 24, 1921, in Warsaw, died on August 20, 1943, in Sieczychy) ...

* Jan Boży Krasicki * Ksawery (Xavier) Franciszek Krasicki * Wacław Denhoff-Czarnocki
Norbert Lewald-Jezierski
* Stanisław Sieciński * Piotr Pilik * Władysław Rozwadowski * * Jan Gotfryd Biberstein-Krasicki * * Jerzy Krasicki * Casmir Koczorowski * Bruno-Denis-Aeropagite-Marcel Kicinski * Samuel-Albert Lewicki * Kazimierz-Witold-Stanislaw Zawadzki * Stefan Rogala-Bojakowski

Related coat of arms

* Hodyc coat of arms * Iwanowski coat of arms *

Biberstein coat of arms Biberstein - is a Polish coat of arms. It was used by several szlachta families in the times of the Kingdom of Poland and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. History Blazon Notable bearers Notable bearers of this coat of arms include: ...

References

External links

* Rogala Coat of Arms and bearers *

Sources

Dynastic Genealogy

Ornatowski.com

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