Abgarowicz (armen. ''Աբգարովիչ'') is a
Polish coat of arms of
Wallachia
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n origin. Borne by several families of the
Polish gentry during the times of the
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
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, it is most commonly associated with three clans of
Armenian
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origin: the
Abgarowicz,
Wartanowicz and
Zachariasiewicz (or
Zachariaszewicz).
History
The earliest bearers of the coat of arms settled in
Stanisławów (
Ruthenian Voivodeship) in 1670. They received
indigenate and their Wallachian coat of arms was accepted. Around 1730 Abgar-Soltan, an Armenian merchant, had two sons. One of them,
Krzysztof Abgarowicz adopted the coat of arms' name as his surname. Descendants of the other son, Zachariasz, adopted the surname Zachariaszewicz.
Blazon
Gules, knight Argent mounting a horse Argent.
Notable bearers
Notable bearers of this Coat of Arms include:
*
Kajetan Abgarowicz
Kajetan Abgarowicz (pseudonyms: Kajetan Abgar-Soltan, and Soltan Abgar; hy, Կաետան Աբգարովիչ) (7 August 1856 in Czerniów, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria – 27 July 1909 in Truskawiec, Ukraine) was a Polish journalist, novelist ...
, writer
*
Łukasz Abgarowicz, politician
See also
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Armenians in Poland
Armenians in Poland have an important and historical presence going back to the 14th century. According to the Polish census of 2011, there are 3,623 self-identifying Armenians in Poland.
History Origins
About the beginning of the Armenian pres ...
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Polish heraldry
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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.
H ...
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List of Polish nobility coats of arms
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Bibliography
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Seweryn Uruski Seweryn may refer to:
* Seweryn Berson (1858–1917), Polish lawyer and composer
* Seweryn Bialer (born 1926), emeritus professor of political science at Columbia University, expert on the Communist parties of the Soviet Union and Poland
* Seweryn ...
, ''Rodzina. Herbarz szlachty polskiej'', vol 1, Warsaw, 1904, pp. 1–2.
* Tadeusz Gajl: Herbarz polski od średniowiecza do XX wieku : ponad 4500 herbów szlacheckich 37 tysięcy nazwisk 55 tysięcy rodów. L&L, 2007. .
Polish coats of arms
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