Wróblewski is one of the notable

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in the Kingdom of Poland.

History

The first known Wróblewski of Ślepowron coat of arms was

Łukasz Wróblewski Łukasz or Lukasz () is a Polish masculine given name, derived from Greek Λουκᾶς, Lukas. Derived family names are Łukaszewski, Łukaszewicz/ Łukasiewicz/ Lukashevich, Lukash (as transliterated from Ukrainian and Belarusian), Lukashenk ...

(born around 1620). He settled down in a village of Kołomyja in

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together with his wife, Katarzyna (''née'' Owadowska), during war with Cossacks. There is not much info available about him, except that he had at least one son. His name was Piotr, and he also had at least one son, who was named Sebastian. Sebastian Wróblewski was the heir of the Wróblewski family. He married Katarzyna (''née'' Rajtarowska) with whom he had three sons. They would later become founders of the three lines of the House of Wróblewski: * Bazyli Wróblewski * Józef Wróblewski * Jan Wróblewski

Main lines

Vilnius line

The Vilnius line was founded by Bazyli Łukasz Wróblewski, oldest of three sons of Sebastian Wróblewski. Initially, Bazyli and his brothers lived in the area of Kołomyja in

, but with time Bazyli and his family decided to move to

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. Some of the descendants of this line live until now in central and southern Poland, mainly in the vicinity of

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and

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. Notable members of this line are: * Walery Antoni Wróblewski, one of the leaders of the January Uprising and the Paris Commune, *

Tadeusz Wróblewski Tadeusz Stanisław Wróblewski (8 November 1858 – 3 July 1925) was a Polish noble, politician, lawyer, bibliophile and cultural activist. He supported the democratic wing of the Krajowcy movement and founded the Wróblewski Library in Vilnius ...

, lawyer and founder of the Wróblewski Library in Vilnius, * Franciszek Wróblewski, Doctor of Medicine and Surgery * Ludwik Wróblewski, Doctor of Medicine and Surgery *

Augustyn Wróblewski Augustyn Wróblewski (1866–1913) was a Polish biochemist and anarchist Anarchism is a political philosophy and movement that is skeptical of all justifications for authority and seeks to abolish the institutions it claims maintai ...

, biochemist,

Pokucie line

The line of Pokucie was founded by

Józef Wróblewski Joseph is a common male given name, derived from the Hebrew Yosef (יוֹסֵף). "Joseph" is used, along with "Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the mo ...

, who was the brother of Bazyli, protoplast of the Vilnius line. Józef lived in the area of Kołomyja in Pokucie.Birth certificate of Walerian, son of Józef
/ref> The descendants of Józef Wróblewski were Walerian Wroblewski, a professor of high school, and his daughter, Wanda Wróblewska-Składzień, a lawyer, commander of WSK AK Tarnow, Lieutenant of AK.

Military line

The Military line was founded by descendants of Jan Wróblewski, brother of Józef and Bazyli. Notable members of this line are two brothers - Stanisław Wróblewski, General of the

Second Republic of Poland The Second Polish Republic, at the time officially known as the Republic of Poland, was a country in Central and Eastern Europe that existed between 1918 and 1939. The state was established on 6 November 1918, before the end of the First World ...

, and Jan Karol Wróblewski, also general of the Second Republic of Poland. Stanisław was born in 1868 in Skwyra and Jan Karol was born in 1871 in Radowce.

References

{{reflist Wróblewski (Ślepowron) Polish noble families