Korczak is a Polish coat of arms. It was used by several

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families of Clan Korczak in the times of the

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and the

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History

The coat of arms has Hungarian origins; the three bars represent the

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(or Drava), and

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rivers. Earliest mention – 1142 annum (Ogród królewski, Paprocki Bartłomiej, D. Siedlczański, Praga, 1599). The first mention of the coat of arms was 1368, while the oldest known seal bearing the coat dates to 1432. The Gorajscy family was the first to use the seal. Bearers are largely made up of noble families from

Red Ruthenia Red Ruthenia or Red Rus' ( la, Ruthenia Rubra; '; uk, Червона Русь, Chervona Rus'; pl, Ruś Czerwona, Ruś Halicka; russian: Червонная Русь, Chervonnaya Rus'; ro, Rutenia Roșie), is a term used since the Middle Ages fo ...

and

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. The arms were confirmed in Lithuania at

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(1413).

Blazon

Notable bearers

Notable bearers of this coat of arms include: * Komorowski family **

Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski Generał Tadeusz Komorowski (1 June 1895 – 24 August 1966), better known by the name Bór-Komorowski (after one of his wartime code-names: ''Bór'' – "The Forest") was a Polish military leader. He was appointed commander in chief a day bef ...

, Inspector General of the Armed Forces of Poland ** Countess Anna Maria Komorowska, mother of

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** Gertruda Komorowska * Branicki family **

Franciszek Ksawery Branicki Franciszek Ksawery Branicki (1730–1819) was a Polish nobleman, magnate, French count, diplomat, politician, military commander, and one of the leaders of the Targowica Confederation. Many consider him to have been a traitor who participated wit ...

** Katarzyna Branicka ** Jan Andrzej Prochnicki Biskup Kamieniecki i protektor zakonu kawalerów maltańskich na terenie Rzeczypospolitej. Fundator kolegium jezuitów w Kamieńcu Podolskim. W 1614 został przeniesiony na stanowisko arcybiskupa lwowskiego ** Władysław Grzegorz Branicki ** Zofia Branicka *

Bronisław Komorowski Bronisław Maria Komorowski (; born 4 June 1952) is a Polish politician and historian who served as President of Poland from 2010 to 2015. Komorowski served as Minister of Defence from 2000 to 2001. As Marshal of the Sejm, Komorowski exercis ...

, Incumbent and Acting

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(in fact of the

Dołęga coat of arms Dolega (in Polish Dołęga) may refer to: Places *Dolega, Chiriquí, Panama * Dołęga, Lesser Poland Voivodeship (south Poland) People * Mycielski (Dołęga) (singular masculine), Mycielska (singular feminine), Mycielscy (plural), from a Polish n ...

) * Janusz Korczak-Ziolkowski Polish-British artist * Ivan Horbachevsky (1854-1942) — Ukrainian chemist and politician. First Health minister of Austria-Hungary *

Maria Zankovetska Maria Zankovetska ( uk, Марія Заньковецька, ''Mariia Zankovetska''; Maria Kostyantynivna Adasovska; August 4, 1854 – October 4, 1934) was a Ukrainian theater actress. There are some sources that date her birth to August 3, 1860 ...

(1854-1934) — Ukrainian theater actress * Yosyf Shumlyansky (18643-1708) — Eastern Catholic (previously Orthodox) bishop of the Eparchy of Lviv, Halych and Kamianets-Podilskyi * Aleksandra Ziolkowska-Boehm *

Korczak Ziolkowski Korczak Ziolkowski ( pl, Korczak Ziółkowski; September 6, 1908 – October 20, 1982) was the Polish-American designer and sculptor of the Crazy Horse Memorial. Early life Ziolkowski was born September 6, 1908, in Boston to Polish parents. O ...

Dymitr z Goraja Dymitr of Goraj, Lublin Voivodeship, Goraj ( pl, Dymitr z Goraja, links=no) (c.1340–1400) of Korczak coat of arms, Clan Korczak was a Grand Crown Marshal from 1390 and Podskarbi, Court Treasurer in the years 1364–1370 and 1377–1391 ...

* Jerzy Wołodyjowski, on whom the fictional Michał Wołodyjowski is based * Boris Korczak

Gallery

File:Princes Slavonia.jpg, Coat of arms Princes of

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File:POL COA Branicki.svg, Branicki File:POL COA Chołoniewski hrabia.svg, Counts Choloniewski File:POL COA Branicki alt.svg, Counts Branicki File:POL COA Komorowski hrabia.svg, Counts Komorowski File:POL COA Bedlewicz.svg, Bedlewicz, variant of Korczak File:POL COA Bedlewicz II.svg, Bedlewicz II, variant of Korczak File:POL COA Hornowski1.svg, Hornowski, variant of Korczak File:POL COA Korczak II.svg, Korczak II File:POL COA Korczak V.svg, Korczak V File:POL COA Korczak VII.svg, Korczak VII File:POL COA Silicz.svg, Silicz, variant of Korczak File:POL COA Lyszczynski.svg, Lyszczynski, variant of Korczak File:Krynicki COA.png, Krynicki, variant of Korzcak, 1589.

Bibliography

* Tadeusz Gajl: Herbarz polski od średniowiecza do XX wieku : ponad 4500 herbów szlacheckich 37 tysięcy nazwisk 55 tysięcy rodów. L&L, 2007. . * Ogród królewski, Paprocki Bartłomiej, D. Siedlczański, Praga, 1599 r. http://www.dbc.wroc.pl/dlibra/doccontent?id=2267&from=the%20PIONIER%20DLF

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