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)) is a Polish coat of arms of the

Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, formally known as the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and, after 1791, as the Commonwealth of Poland, was a bi- confederal state, sometimes called a federation, of Poland and Lithuania ru ...

. A variant of the

Leliwa Leliwa is a Polish coat of arms. It was used by several hundred szlachta families during the existence of the Kingdom of Poland and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, and remains in use today by many of the descendants of these families. The ...

and Ogończyk coat of arms.

History and description

Traditional Ostrogski coat of arms was described in his work

Kasper Niesiecki Kasper Niesiecki (31 December 1682 – 9 July 1744), also known as Kacper Niesiecki, was a Polish heraldist, Jesuit, lexicographer, writer, theologian and preacher. Biography Niesiecki was born in Greater Poland to a burgher family. In 1699 ...

, while its iconographic representation is seen on the Ostroh Bible. According to Niesiecki the first (oldest) Ostrogski coat of arms was

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where the

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pierces a dragon (see Saint George and the Dragon). During the

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on 14 July 1500 the Grand Hetman of Lithuania Konstanty Ostrogski was taken a prisoner by the Muscovite forces and later sent to

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cites that on 18 October 1506 Ostrogski pledged his allegiance to the Grand Prince of Moscow

Vasili III Vasili III Ivanovich (russian: Василий III Иванович, 25 March 14793 December 1533) was the Grand Prince of Moscow from 1505 to 1533. He was the son of Ivan III Vasiliyevich and Sophia Paleologue and was christened with the nam ...

as a boyar, confirmed by the Metropolitan of Moscow

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. Ostrogski was sent then to the

Sloboda Ukraine Sloboda Ukraine (literally: Borderland of free frontier guards; uk, Слобідська Україна, Slobidska Ukraina), or Slobozhanshchyna ( uk, Слобожанщина, Slobozhanshchyna, ), is a historical region, now located in Northeas ...

to fight Tatars, but managed to escape and returned to Lithuania in 1507. After Konstanty Ostrogski returned from the Muscovite captivity he adopted a new coat of arms (his former coat of arms was to similar to that of the Grand Duchy of Moscow). The new coat of arms was created as a mix of Leliwa and Ogończyk coat of arms, in remembrance of his two sons Eliasz (whose wife Beata Kościelecka was of Ogończyk coat of arms) and Konstanty (whose wife

Zofia Tarnowska Countess Zofia Tarnowska (1534–1570) was a Polish–Lithuanian noblewoman and heiress. She was the daughter of Hetman Jan Amor Tarnowski h. Leliwa and Zofia Szydłowiecka h. Odrowąż. Marriage and issue Zofia married Prince Konstanty Wasyl ...

was of

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). According to the ''

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'', the coat of arms for country of Roxia (Ruthenia) was described as a green field with an octagonal star, while its banner consists of two golden half-moons at a silver field pointing with their horns at each other. To the similarity of the description points Roman Klymkevych.Klymkevych R. "Львів і Україна в найдавнішому геральдичному творі" (Lviv and Ukraine in the most ancient heraldic work). "Khronika-2000". Kyiv, 2000.

Notable bearers

Notable bearers of this coat of arms include: *

Konstanty Ostrogski Konstanty Iwanowicz Ostrogski (c. 1460 – 10 August 1530; lt, Konstantinas Ostrogiškis; uk, Костянтин Іванович Острозький, translit=Kostiantyn Ivanovych Ostrozkyi; be, Канстантын Іванавіч Ас� ...

(Duke, Grand Hetman of Lithuania.) *

Konstanty Wasyl Ostrogski Konstanty Wasyl Ostrogski (2 February 1526 – 13 or 23 February 1608, also known as ''Kostiantyn Vasyl Ostrozkyi'', uk, Костянтин-Василь Острозький, be, Канстантын Васіль Астрожскi, lt, Konst ...

(Duke, marshal of Volhynia and voivode of the Kiev Voivodeship.) *

Janusz Ostrogski Prince Janusz Ostrogski () (1554 – 17 September 1620 in Tarnów) was a Polish-Lithuanian noble and statesman. He served as a voivode of Volhyn (1584-1593), as a castellan of Kraków (from 1593 on), and as a starosta of Bohuslav (from 1591), B ...

(Voivode of Volhynian Voivodship and castellan of Kraków.) * Oleksander Ostrogski (Voivode of the Wolhynian Voivodship.) * Aleksander Janusz Zasławski-Ostrogski (Last of Dukes Ostrogski-Zasławski.) *

Władysław Dominik Zasławski Prince Wladysław Dominik Zasławski-Ostrogski (ca. 1616 – 1656) was a Polish nobleman ( szlachcic) of Ruthenian stock. Prince of the Princely Houses of Poland, Ostroh Ordynat, Grand Koniuszy of The Crown. Zasławski was the most powerfu ...

(Voivode of Sandomierz Voivodship.)

Gallery

File:POL COA Ostrogski II.svg, Ostrogski II File:POL COA Ostrogski alt 1.svg, Simple version File:Krell Battle of Orsha (detail) 07.jpg, Konstanty Ostrogski with Bacalaius banner (

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) File:Coat of arms Dubno.svg, Coat of arms for the city of

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File:Coat of arms Stepan.svg, Coat of arms for the town of Stepan,

File:Баклай Заслав герб.JPG, Alternate version

References

External links

Coat of arms and flag of the Ostrowiec County
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ostrogski Coat Of Arms Polish coats of arms Ukrainian coats of arms Ostrogski family

History and description

Notable bearers

Gallery

See also

References

External links