Radwan coat of arms of the Zebrzydowski family The Zebrzydowski (feminine form: Zebrzydowska, plural: Zebrzydowscy) was a Polish

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History

The family became important in the second half of the 16th and early 17th century in the

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. Grand Marshal of the Crown

Mikołaj Zebrzydowski Mikołaj Zebrzydowski (1553–1620) of Radwan coat of arms, voivode of Lublin from 1589, Grand Crown Marshal between 1596–1600, voivode of Kraków from 1601. He is famous for an armed rebellion against King Sigismund III Vasa, the Zebrzydow ...

was one of the key people of the

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of 1606 against King

Sigismund III Vasa Sigismund III Vasa ( pl, Zygmunt III Waza, lt, Žygimantas Vaza; 20 June 1566 – 30 April 1632 N.S.) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1587 to 1632 and, as Sigismund, King of Sweden and Grand Duke of Finland from 1592 to ...

, the so-called Zebrzydowski Rebellion. Their family seat was Zebrzydowice, Lesser Poland Voivodeship.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms of the House of Zebrzydowski was Radwan.

150px, Andrzej Zebrzydowski, Bishop of Kraków Kazanie Skargi

Notable members

* Mikołaj Zebrzydowski z Sitna (died c. 1503), married Elżbieta Więcborska ** Wojciech Zebrzydowski z Więcborka (died c. 1525),

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 ...

Żnin Żnin (german: Znin, 1941-45: Dietfurt) is a town in north-central Poland with a population of 14,181 (June 2014). It is in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship (previously Bydgoszcz Voivodeship) and is the capital of Żnin County. The historical t ...

, married Elżbieta Krzycka z Krzycka h. Kotwicz ***

Andrzej Zebrzydowski Andrzej Zebrzydowski, (1496 in Więcbork – 23 May 1560 in Września), Radwan coat of arms, was a Polish Roman Catholic bishop of Kamieniec Podolski (from 1543), Chełm (from 1545), Włocławek (from 1546) and Kraków (from 25 February 1551); ch ...

(1496–1560), Bishop of

Kraków Kraków (), or Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city dates back to the seventh century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 1596 ...

*** Bartłomiej Zebrzydowski (died before 1561),

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and

Brześć Kujawski Brześć Kujawski (Polish pronunciation: ; or ''Kujawisch Brest''; often anglicized to Kuyavian Brest) is a town in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship of Poland. Once a royal seat of Kuyavia, the town has been the seat of one of two small duchie ...

, married Countess Jadwiga Tęczyńska h. Topór *** Kasper Zebrzydowski (died 1584), voivode of Kalisz and Royal

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, married Anna Jordan h. Trąby **** Andrzej Zebrzydowski z Więcborka (died c. 1595), castellan of Śremy, married Agnieszka Białośliwska h. Topór ***** Kasper Zebrzydowski z Więcborka (died 1649), castellan of

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, married Anna Daniłowicz h. Sas and Anna Dembińska z Dembian h.

Rawicz Rawicz (; german: Rawitsch) is a town in west-central Poland with 21,398 inhabitants as of 2004. It is situated in the Greater Poland Voivodeship (since 1999); previously it was in Leszno Voivodeship (1975–1998). It is the capital of Rawicz C ...

***

(1494–1568),

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, married Anna Sampobolska h. Nałęcz **** Mikołaj Zebrzydowski (died before 1605), married Urszula Korzbok Zawadzka h. Korzbok ***** Anna Zebrzydowska (died 1640), married Court Standard-Bearer of the Crown Sebastian Sobieski h.

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**** Andrzej Zebrzydowski (died before 1615) ***** Melchior Zebrzydowski (died after 1648), married Katarzyna Łaźniewska and Zofia Karniewska z Dłużniew ****** Adam Zebrzydowski (died after 1646), married Anna Marchocka h. Ostoja ******* Józef Bernard Zebrzydowski (1642–1710),

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of Kraków,

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of Prince

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* Fabian Zebrzydowski, married NN Pisarzowska ** Jan Zebrzydowski (died before 1538), Royal

, castellan of

Oświęcim Oświęcim (; german: Auschwitz ; yi, אָשפּיצין, Oshpitzin) is a city in the Lesser Poland ( pl, Małopolska) province of southern Poland, situated southeast of Katowice, near the confluence of the Vistula (''Wisła'') and Soła rive ...

, married Felicja Przypkowska *** Florian Zebrzydowski (died 1562), Field Hetman of the Crown, married Zofia Dzik z Pieśni h.

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****

(1553–1620),

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and

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, married Dorota Herburt h. Herburt *****

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(1583–1641),

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of the Crown, starost of

Lanckorona Lanckorona is a village located south-west of Kraków in Lesser Poland. It lies on the Skawinka river, among the hills of the Beskids, above sea level. It is known for the Lanckorona Castle, today in ruins. Lanckorona is also known for the Bat ...

, married Barbara Lubomirska h. Szreniawa ****** Michał Zebrzydowski (1613–1667),

voivode Voivode (, also spelled ''voievod'', ''voevod'', ''voivoda'', ''vojvoda'' or ''wojewoda'') is a title denoting a military leader or warlord in Central, Southeastern and Eastern Europe since the Early Middle Ages. It primarily referred to the me ...

of Kraków, the last male representative of the Zebrzydowski family, married Marianna Stadnicka ze Żmigrodu h. Szreniawa ****** Franciszek Florian Zebrzydowski (1615–1650),

castellan A castellan is the title used in Medieval Europe for an appointed official, a governor of a castle and its surrounding territory referred to as the castellany. The title of ''governor'' is retained in the English prison system, as a remnant o ...

Lublin Lublin is the ninth-largest city in Poland and the second-largest city of historical Lesser Poland. It is the capital and the center of Lublin Voivodeship with a population of 336,339 (December 2021). Lublin is the largest Polish city east of t ...

, married Anna Zofia Zenowicz h. Deszpot

References

Bibliography

* Dworzaczek Włodzimierz, Genealogia, Warszawa 1959 {{Poland-hist-stub

History

Coat of arms

Notable members

See also

References

Bibliography