Umiastowski-von Nandelstädt is a
Polish noble
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 ...
-aristocratic family and one of oldest aristocratic lines in Central and Eastern Europe with records in Poland going back to 1238 (Rościsław Pierzchała-''prefectus plociensis, haetmanus mazoviensis'').
History
The Umiastowski family line is a Polish line. Their origins date back to the
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 ...
period. The Umiastowskis possessed numerous estates in
Mazovia,
Kuyavia, and
Lesser Poland. The progenitor of the family, Rościsław, was a
starost
The starosta or starost (Cyrillic: ''старост/а'', Latin: ''capitaneus'', german: link=no, Starost, Hauptmann) is a term of Slavic origin denoting a community elder whose role was to administer the assets of a clan or family estates. Th ...
of
Płock and hetman under
Konrad I of Masovia.
At one point in time the Umiastowskis settled in
Livonia, an area now belonging to Latvia and Estonia. As of the 16th century the full family name has been von Nandelstädt Umiastowski, the first part being granted to them by
Christina of Sweden.
Land holdings
The Umiastowski property included:
*In Livland: Schluckum, Waux-Moysen, Winkiel-Moysen
*In the former Grand Duchy of Lithuania: Sobotniki, Żemłosław (now , Belarus), Opita-
Talkowszczyzna, Szakarnia, Czerwony Dwór, Stoki, Klewica, Puzyniewicze, etc.
*In Poland:
Rękoraj
Rękoraj is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Moszczenica, within Piotrków County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately west of Moszczenica, north of Piotrków Trybunalski, and south-east of the r ...
*Two palaces in
Vilnius
*One palace in
Warsaw
From Pierzchała to Umiastowski
The Pierzchała family changed their name from Pierzchała to Umiastowski in the 15th century, when they owned the town of Umiastów near Warsaw (in Duchy of Mazovia).
Members
Representatives of the family included:
*Iwan
komes Pierzchała of Radomin (Duchy Stettin (
Stettin
Szczecin (, , german: Stettin ; sv, Stettin ; Latin language, Latin: ''Sedinum'' or ''Stetinum'') is the capital city, capital and largest city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland. Located near the Baltic Sea and the Po ...
))- 14th century
*
Barbora Žagarietė
Barbora of Žagarė (1628 – ) was a Roman Catholic Servant of God from Žagarė, then Grand Duchy of Lithuania. According to oral history, Barbora distinguished herself by her Christian virtues and died young under obscure circumstances. Her r ...
- 17th century
*
Jan Kazimierz von Nandelstädt Umiastowski - 17th century
*
Władysław count Umiastowski - 19th century
* (1860-1941)
Coat of arms and motto
*Coat of arms:
Roch III
*
Motto: ''Frangas non Flectas''
External links
Two foundations exist established by this family:
*Fondazione Romana Marchesa Umiastowsk
*Fundacja Frangas non Flecta
Genealogy
*Genealogy of the family comites Umiastowski(polish
See also
*
References
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Bibliography
* Amiklar Kosiński - "Przewodnik Heraldyczny " Warszawa 1848
* Janina Umiastowska - Nałęcz - "Szmat Ziemi i Życia " Wilno 1928
* Czeslaw Jankowski - Powiat Oszmianski "Rodzina Umiastowskich" Wilno 1922
* Praca Zbiorowa: Szlachta Wielkiego Ksiestwa Litewskiego - Warszawa 1998
* Slawomir Leitgeber: Alamanach Blekitny - Poznan 1997 i wznowienia
* Archives of Foundation "Frangas non Flectas"
Umiastowski family,