Kościesza (''Strzegomia, Strzegomya'') - is a Polish coat of arms used by

szlachta The ''szlachta'' (Polish: endonym, Lithuanian: šlėkta) were the noble estate of the realm in the Kingdom of Poland, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth who, as a class, had the dominating position in ...

families in the times of

Kingdom of Poland The Kingdom of Poland ( pl, Królestwo Polskie; Latin: ''Regnum Poloniae'') was a state in Central Europe. It may refer to: Historical political entities * Kingdom of Poland, a kingdom existing from 1025 to 1031 * Kingdom of Poland, a kingdom exi ...

and 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 Crown of the Kingdom of ...

History

According to a legend the Kościesza arms has been granted by King

Bolesław II the Generous Bolesław II the Bold, also known as the Generous ( pl, Bolesław II Szczodry ; ''Śmiały''; c. 1042 – 2 or 3 April 1081 or 1082), was Duke of Poland from 1058 to 1076 and third King of Poland from 1076 to 1079. He was the eldest son of Duk ...

to a brave knight named Kościesza after the Battle of Snowsko in 1072.

Notable bearers

* Gniewosz z Dalewic (died 1406), knight, podkomorzy of Kraków, castellan of Sandomierz *

Gniewosz of Dalewice Gniewosz of Dalewice ( pl, Gniewosz z Dalewic; died after 1410) of Clan Kościesza was a Polish knight and a courtier of King Władysław Jagiełło and Queen Jadwiga of Poland. A Chamberlain of Kraków, along with Władysław Opolczyk, he was th ...

* Melchior Pudłowski, poet, secretary of the King *

Szymon Szymonowic Szymon Szymonowic (in Latin, Simon Simonides; in Armenian, Շիմոն Շիմոնովիչ; also, in Polish, "Szymonowicz" and "Bendoński"; born Lwów, 24 October 1558 – died 5 May 1629, Czarnięcin, near Zamość) was a Polish Renaissance p ...

(''Simon Simonides'', ''Szymonowicz'' or ''Bendoński'') *

Jan Karol Dolski Jan Karol Dolski of Kościesza (1637–1695) was a member of the nobility of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Throughout his life he held a number of posts, including the post of Grand Marshal of Lithuania, Court Marshal of Lithuania and C ...

Jan Karol Chodkiewicz Jan Karol Chodkiewicz ( lt, Jonas Karolis Chodkevičius, be, Ян Караль Хадкевіч ; 1561 – 24 September 1621) was a military commander of the Grand Ducal Lithuanian Army, who was from 1601 Field Hetman of Lithuania, and from 1 ...

(Chodkiewicz coat of arms) *

Józef Piłsudski Józef Klemens Piłsudski (; 5 December 1867 – 12 May 1935) was a Polish statesman who served as the Naczelnik państwa, Chief of State (1918–1922) and Marshal of Poland, First Marshal of Second Polish Republic, Poland (from 1920). He was ...

(Piłsudski coat of arms) * August Żaba *

Witold Gombrowicz Witold Marian Gombrowicz (August 4, 1904 – July 24, 1969) was a Polish writer and playwright. His works are characterised by deep psychological analysis, a certain sense of paradox and absurd, anti-nationalist flavor. In 1937 he published his fi ...

Aleksander Kakowski Aleksander Kakowski (; 5 February 1862 – 30 December 1938) was a Polish politician, diplomat, a member of the Regency Council and, as Cardinal and Archbishop of Warsaw, the last titular Primate of the Kingdom of Poland before Poland fully r ...

* August Kościesza-Żaba * Chodźko family ** Witold Chodźko **

Aleksander Chodźko Aleksander Borejko Chodźko (30 August 1804 – 27 December 1891) was a Polish poet, Slavist, and Iranologist. Early life He was born in Krzywicze, in the Minsk Governorate of the Russian Empire (present-day Belarus) and attended the Imperial ...

Leonard Chodźko Leonard Borejko Chodźko (1800–1871) was a Polish historian, geographer, cartographer, publisher, archivist, and activist of Poland's post- November-1830-Uprising Great Emigration. Life Chodźko was educated at the University of Vilnius, wher ...

** Ludwik Chodźko * Wojciech Wijuk Kojałowicz * Roman Żaba, general * Tadeusz Żaba, Marshall of the

Radom Confederation Radom Confederation ( pl, Konfederacja radomska, lt, Radomo konfederacija) was a konfederacja of nobility (''szlachta'') in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth formed in Radom on 23 June 1767 to prevent reforms and defend the '' Golden Liberties' ...

* Jan Kazimierz Żaba, Voivode of Minsk * Maryla Wereszczakówna, lover of

Adam Mickiewicz Adam Bernard Mickiewicz (; 24 December 179826 November 1855) was a Polish poet, dramatist, essayist, publicist, translator and political activist. He is regarded as national poet in Poland, Lithuania and Belarus. A principal figure in Polish Ro ...

* Piotr z Chrząstowa, Bishop of Przemysl * Imisław Wroński, Bishop of Plock * Michał Kosmowski, Bishop of Gniezno * Szczepan Zambrzycki, member of the

Great Sejm The Great Sejm, also known as the Four-Year Sejm ( Polish: ''Sejm Wielki'' or ''Sejm Czteroletni''; Lithuanian: ''Didysis seimas'' or ''Ketverių metų seimas'') was a Sejm (parliament) of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth that was held in War ...

* Ludomir Włodzimierz Kościesza Wolski, officer of the

Armia Krajowa The Home Army ( pl, Armia Krajowa, abbreviated AK; ) was the dominant resistance movement in German-occupied Poland during World War II. The Home Army was formed in February 1942 from the earlier Związek Walki Zbrojnej (Armed Resistance) e ...

Righteous Among the Nations Righteous Among the Nations ( he, חֲסִידֵי אֻמּוֹת הָעוֹלָם, ; "righteous (plural) of the world's nations") is an honorific used by the State of Israel to describe non-Jews who risked their lives during the Holocaust to sa ...

* Bohdan Stetkiewicz, castellan of Mscislaw * Stanisław Gabriel Kakowski, chorazy of Nowogrod * Włodzimierz Józef Mężyński, officer of the

Polish Legions in World War I The Polish Legions ( pl, Legiony Polskie) was a name of the Polish military force (the first active Polish army in generations) established in August 1914 in Galicia (Central Europe), Galicia soon after World War I erupted between the opposing all ...

* Józef Nielubowicz-Tukalski, Orthodox Metropolitan of Kijow (

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Related coat of arms

Chodkiewicz coat of arms Chodkiewicz (''Gryf z Mieczem'') is a Polish coat of arms. It was used by the Chodkiewicz family in the times of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. A variant of the Kościesza with the Gryf coat of arms and the notable longer family line as ...

(''Kościesza odmieniony'') * Piłsudski coat of arms (''Kościesza odmieniony'')

Gallery

file:POL COA Bereśniewicz.svg, Bereśniewicz file:Biel POL COA.svg, Biel file:POL COA Birula.svg, Birula file:POL COA Chodkiewicz.svg, Chodkiewicz file:POL COA Czyż.svg, Czyż file:POL COA Karnicki alt.svg, Counts Karnicki file:POL COA Karnicki baron.svg, Baron Karnicki file:POL COA Piłsudski.svg, Piłsudski file:POL COA Pudłowski.svg, Pudłowski file:POL COA Szymonowicz.svg, Szymonowicz

Bibliography

* Herbarz polski, Tadeusz Gajl, Gdańsk 2007,

References