Rola 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
Kingdom of Poland
The Kingdom of Poland ( pl, Królestwo Polskie; Latin: ''Regnum Poloniae'') was a state in Central Europe. It may refer to:
Historical political entities
*Kingdom of Poland, a kingdom existing from 1025 to 1031
*Kingdom of Poland, a kingdom exist ...
and
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 ...
.
One of the several Polish coats of arms which
adopted
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Lithuania
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n
catholic
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nobles due to
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 ...
(1413) acts.
Blazon
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Gules, a rose Argent seeded Or, encircled by three coulters Argent, one pointed downwards.
Notable bearers
Notable bearers of this coat of arms include:
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Jan Januszowski
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Piotr Wolyniec
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Balthasar "Balthus" Klossowski
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Pierre Klossowski
Pierre Klossowski (; ; 9 August 1905 – 12 August 2001) was a French writer, translator and artist. He was the eldest son of the artists Erich Klossowski and Baladine Klossowska, and his younger brother was the painter Balthus.
Life
Born in Par ...
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Stanisław Kostka Gadomski
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Stanisław Lubieniecki
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Józef Niemojewski
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Stanisław Rola-Arciszewski
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Augustinus Rotundus
Augustinus Rotundus ( pl, Augustyn Rotundus, lt, Augustinas Rotundas, 1520–1582) was a Christian and Renaissance humanist, erudite, jurist, political writer, first historian and apologist of Lithuania. Rotundus was vogt of Vilnius, general secre ...
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Aleksander Rożniecki
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Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Al ...
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Jan Tarnowski
Jan Amor Tarnowski (Latin: Joannes Tarnovius; 1488 – 16 May 1561) was a Polish nobleman, knight, military commander, military theoretician, and statesman of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland. He was Grand Crown Hetman from 1527, and was ...
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Tomasz Wawrzecki
Tomasz Antoni Wawrzecki () (1753–1816) was a distinguished Polish-Lithuanian politician and military commander. During Kościuszko Uprising, he succeeded Tadeusz Kościuszko as the .
Early life
Tomasz Wawrzecki was born in the in 1754 or 7 ...
Gallery
image:Herb Rola, Baranow Sandomierski.PNG, fresco
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in Baranów Sandomierski Castle
image:Herb Rola.jpg, Rola
image:POL COA Kroje.svg, Kroje (variant)
image:POL COA Borek III.svg, Borek III (variant)
image:POL COA Kątny.svg, Kątny (variant)
image:POL COA Proboszczowski.svg, Proboszczowski (variant)
image:POL COA Sieroszewski.svg, Sieroszewski (variant)
image:POL COA Wierzejewski.svg, Wierzejewski (variant)
See also
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Polish heraldry
Polish heraldry is the study of the coats of arms that have historically been used in Poland and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. It treats of specifically Polish heraldic traits and of the Polish heraldic system, contrasted with heraldic sys ...
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Heraldic family
A heraldic clan (''ród herbowy''), in Poland, comprised all the noble (''szlachta'') bearers of the same coat of arms. The members of a heraldic clan were not necessarily linked by consanguinity. The concept was unique to Polish heraldry.
His ...
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List of Polish nobility coats of arms
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People
* List (surname)
Organizations
* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
* SC Germania List, German rugby union ...
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triskelion
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The spiral design can be based on interlocking Archimedean spirals, or represent three bent human legs. It is found in artefacts of ...
External links
* Rola Coat of Arms and bearers
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Bibliography
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Jean Le Fevre de Saint-Remy (15th century). ''Armorial Toison d'Or''. fol. 119v
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