Bończa is a
Polish coat of arms.
Notable bearers
Notable bearers of this coat of arms include:
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House of Badeni
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Stanisław Chomętowski
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Stefan Chmielecki
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House of Fredro
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Aleksander Fredro
Aleksander Fredro (20 June 1793 – 15 July 1876) was a Polish poet, playwright and Polish authors, author active during Romanticism in Poland, Polish Romanticism in the Partitions of Poland, period of partitions by neighboring empires. His works ...
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Józef Ignacy Dyga Polish National Army, victim of Russian massacre at
Katyń
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Stanisław Jakub Skarżyński Group Captain Polish Air Force, record holder transatlantic flight 1933
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Ambroży Mikołaj Skarżyński
Baron Ambroży Mikołaj Skarżyński of Bończa (1787–1868) was a Napoleonic officer, Chevalier de l'Empire and later in his career he would become a Polish general. He was born in Gawłów, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland. He began his career ...
Baron, General, Chief of Napoleon's Imperial Guard squadron (Polish 1st Light Cavalry Regiment of the Imperial Guard).
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Skarzynski
Related coat of arms
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Chłędowski coat of arms
* coat of arms
Gallery
file:POL COA Fredro II.svg, Counts Fredro
File:POL COA Badeni 1887.svg, Counts Badeni (1887)
File:POL COA Bończa-Badeni.svg, Counts Badeni
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 coats of arms of Polish nobility
Bibliography
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Tadeusz Gajl: Herbarz polski od średniowiecza do XX wieku : ponad 4500 herbów szlacheckich 37 tysięcy nazwisk 55 tysięcy rodów. L&L, 2007. .
* Sławomir Górzyński: Arystokracja polska w Galicji: studium heraldyczno-genealogiczne. Warszawa: DiG, 2009, s. 85-87. .
External links
* https://web.archive.org/web/20070714033407/http://www.ornatowski.com/index/herbyszlacheckie.htm
* http://gajl.wielcy.pl/herby_lista.php?startp=0&herbcnt=1&lang=pl&query=8Boncza*&submit=Wy%C5%9Bwietl+Herby
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Polish coats of arms