Kościesza (Strzegomia, Strzegomya) - is a Polish coat of arms used by szlachta families in the times of Kingdom of Poland and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
History
According to a legend, the Kościesza shield was granted by King Bolesław II the Generous to a brave knight named Kościesza after the Battle of Snowsko in 1072 AD.
Notable bearers
- Gniewosz z Dalewic (died 1406), knight, podkomorzy of Kraków, castellan of Sandomierz
- Gniewosz of Dalewice
- Melchior Pudłowski, poet, secretary of the King
- Szymon Szymonowic (Simon Simonides, Szymonowicz or Bendoński)
- Jan Karol Dolski
- Jan Karol Chodkiewicz (Chodkiewicz coat of arms)
- Józef Piłsudski (Piłsudski coat of arms)
- August Żaba
- Witold Gombrowicz
- Aleksander Kakowski
- August Kościesza-Żaba
- Chodźko family
- Wojciech Wijuk Kojałowicz
- Roman Żaba, general
- Tadeusz Żaba, Marshall of the Radom Confederation
- Jan Kazimierz Żaba, Voivode of Minsk
- Maryla Wereszczakówna, lover of Adam Mickiewicz
- Piotr z Chrząstowa, Bishop of Przemysl
- Imisław Wroński, Bishop of Plock
- Michał Kosmowski, Bishop of Gniezno
- Szczepan Zambrzycki, member of the Great Sejm
- Ludomir Włodzimierz Kościesza Wolski, officer of the Armia Krajowa, Righteous Among the Nations
- Bohdan Stetkiewicz, castellan of Mscislaw
- Stanisław Gabriel Kakowski, chorazy of Nowogrod
- Włodzimierz Józef Mężyński, officer of the Polish Legions in World War I
- Józef Nielubowicz-Tukalski, Orthodox Metropolitan of Kijow (Kyiv)
- Ron Jaworski, NFL Quarterback
- Mikola Statkevich, Belarusian opposition politician
Related coat of arms
- Chodkiewicz coat of arms (Kościesza odmieniony)
- Piłsudski coat of arms (Kościesza odmieniony)
Gallery
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Bereśniewicz
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Biel
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Birula
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Chodkiewicz
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Czyż
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Counts Karnicki
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Baron Karnicki
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Piłsudski
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Pudłowski
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Szymonowicz
See also
- Polish heraldry – Study of coats of arms in lands of historical Poland
- Heraldic family – Noble bearers of the same coat of arms in Poland
- List of Polish nobility coats of arms
Bibliography
- Herbarz polski, Tadeusz Gajl, Gdańsk 2007, ISBN 978-83-60597-10-1