Odrowąż is a Polish coat of arms of probably

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n origin. It was used by many noble families known as ''

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'' in Polish in

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and later under the

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, branches of the original medieval Odrowążowie family as well as families connected with the Clan by

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History

Okolski tells that the progenitor of this clan cut off both halves of the moustache of an adversary at a jousting match, and the flesh with it, with the arrow. Bogdan Balbin in notes to Epitome "Rerum Bohemicarum" ummary of Bohemian Affairs chapter 15, calls the arms of the Odrowaz family Sagitta circumflexa bent arrow" and adds that some of the earliest houses in

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bore these arms, of whom Tobias was Bishop of Prague, during the times of Premysl Otakar II. In German the arms are known as a "Bartausreisser"

Blazon

Arms: Gules, an arrow in pale point to chief, the base double sarcelled and counter embowed, Argent. Out of a crest coronet a panache of peacock plumes proper, charged with the arms in fess. The shield is red, upon which is a silver arrow pointing upward, and the bottom is divided and curved on both ends. Out of a helmeted crown is a display of peacock plumes, upon which can be seen lying on its side the device as pictured on the shield. The tinctures (colors) are: azure = blue; gules = red; sable = black; or = gold; argent = silver; vert = green. In heraldry all charges (pictures) on a shield are assumed to be facing dexter (right side)."Herbarz Polski" (by Kasper Niesiecki, S. J.,

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edition, 1839–1846)

Notable bearers

Notable bearers of this coat of arms include: *

House of Odrowąż A house is a single-unit residential building. It may range in complexity from a rudimentary hut to a complex structure of wood, masonry, concrete or other material, outfitted with plumbing, electrical, and heating, ventilation, and air condit ...

** Jacek Odrowąż ** Czesław Odrowąż **

Iwo Odrowąż Iwo Odrowąż (died 21 August 1229) was a medieval Polish humanist, statesman, and bishop. Life Iwo was very probably born in Końskie, son of Szaweł Odrowąż and a member of the noble family of Odrowąż. He studied in Bologna and Paris, main ...

** Jan Odrowąż from

Sprowa Sprowa is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Słupia, within Jędrzejów County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It lies approximately west of Słupia, west of Jędrzejów, and south-west of the regional ...

Zofia Odrowąż Zofia Odrowąż (1537–1580) was a Polish noblewoman. She was the daughter of castellan and voivode Stanisław Odrowąż Stanisław Odrowąż (1509-1545) was a Polish noble (szlachcic). He married Katarzyna Górka in 1530 and Anna of Masov ...

Stanisław Odrowąż Stanisław Odrowąż (1509-1545) was a Polish noble (szlachcic). He married Katarzyna Górka in 1530 and Anna of Masovia from the Piast dynasty in February 1536. He had one child with Anna, Zofia Odrowaz, Zofia Odrowąż. He was castellan of Lw� ...

Andrzej Odrowąż Andrzej of Sprowa Odrowąż coat of arms, Odrowąż was a 15th-century Polish people, Polish noble and statesman, starost of Ruthenia and Podolian Voivodeship, Voivode of Podolia. He is best known as the founder of the Bernardine Church, Lviv, ...

Joachim Chreptowicz Joachim Litawor Chreptowicz (4 January 1729 – 4 March 1812), of Odrowąż Coat of Arms, was a Polish-Lithuanian nobleman, writer, poet, politician of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania The Grand Duchy of Lithuania was a sovereign state in northe ...

Eugen Ritter von Sypniewski-Odrowaz Eugen is a masculine given name which may refer to: * Archduke Eugen of Austria (1863–1954), last Habsburg Grandmaster of the Teutonic Order from 1894 to 1923 * Prince Eugen, Duke of Närke (1865–1947), Swedish painter, art collector, and pa ...

* Sypniewski ** Bonifacius Sypniewski ** Stanisław Sypniewski ** Feliks Sypniewski **

Felicjan Sypniewski Felicjan Odrowąż Sypniewski, also known as Felicyan Sypniewski (24 January 1822 – 6 September 1877) was a Polish naturalist, botanist, entomologist, malacologist, algologist and philosopher. His ground-breaking studies and scientific publ ...

* Jan Chryzostom Pieniążek *

House of Szydłowiecki A house is a single-unit residential building. It may range in complexity from a rudimentary hut to a complex structure of wood, masonry, concrete or other material, outfitted with plumbing, electrical, and heating, ventilation, and air condit ...

Jakub Szydłowiecki Jakub Szydłowiecki (born around 1456, died 1509) was a Polish nobleman and politician. In the years 1493-1501 he was Burgrave of Kraków and was a courtier of the king from 1496, podskarbi, Treasurer of the Crown Court in 1497, Grand Teasurer of ...

Elżbieta Szydłowiecka Elżbieta Szydłowiecka () (b. 1533, d. 1562) was a Polish–Lithuanian Calvinist noblewoman heiress. She was the youngest daughter of Court and Great Chancellor Krzysztof Szydłowiecki and Zofia Tagrowicka h. Tarnawa. She was born in 1533. Sh ...

Krzysztof Szydłowiecki Krzysztof Szydłowiecki (1467–1532) was a Polish noble (szlachcic), magnate, and Count of Szydłowiec. He was courtier since 1496, Podstoli of Kraków, Treasurer and Marshal of the Court of Prince Zygmunt since 1505, Podkomorzy of Kr ...

Zofia Szydłowiecka Zofia is a Slavic given name of Old Greek origin, meaning wisdom. It is a variant of Sofia. Famous people with the name Zofia: *Anna Zofia Sapieha (1799–1864) *Maria Zofia Sieniawska *Zofia Albinowska-Minkiewiczowa (1886–1971) *Zofia Baltarowic ...

Piotr Wysocki Piotr Wysocki (10 September 1797 in Warka – 6 January 1875 there), was a Polish captain and leader of the Polish conspiracy against Russian Tsar Nicolas I. He was a nobleman (''szlachcic'') who bore the Odrowąż coat of arms. On 29 November 18 ...

Maciej Szukiewicz Maciej (Polish pronunciation: ) is a Polish language, Polish given name, the etymological equivalent of Matthias. Its diminutive forms are Maciek, Maciuś. Namedays according to Polish calendar: 30 January, 24 February, 14 May Maciej may refer to: ...

* Wojciech Szukiewicz *

Władysław Starewicz Ladislas Starevich (, ; August 8, 1882 – February 26, 1965) was a Polish-Russian stop-motion animator notable as the author of the first puppet-animated film '' The Beautiful Leukanida'' (1912). He also used dead insects and other animals as p ...

* Zygmunt Pacanowski

Gallery

file:Geneseos.jpg, Nobilitation of the House of Odrowąż, ''Liber Genesos ilustris Familiae Shidlovicae'' file:Jan Sprowski.PNG, Jan Odrowąż from

, Archbishop of Poland and Lithuania file:Herb Odrowąż.jpg, Odrowąż Arms in the Castle of

Szydłowiec Szydłowiec (; ; ) is a town in Szydłowiec County, Mazovian Voivodeship, south-central Poland, with 5,243 inhabitants (31 December 2005). It is the seat of Gmina Szydłowiec (commune). Szydłowiec is part of the historic region of Lesser Polan ...

file:Szydłowiecki krzysztofCOA.JPG, Coat of arms of Chancellor

file:Szydlowiecki przywilej opat.jpg, Chancellor Krzysztof Szydłowiecki

Bibliography

* Tadeusz Gajl: Herbarz polski od średniowiecza do XX wieku : ponad 4500 herbów szlacheckich 37 tysięcy nazwisk 55 tysięcy rodów. L&L, 2007. .

External links

* Odrowaz Coat of Arms and the bearers

References

Polish coats of arms * {{poland-heraldry-stub