Korab is a
Polish coat of arms. It was used by many ''
szlachta'' (noble) families under the
Kingdom of Poland
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and the
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
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.
History
* Motto of the Korab
coat of arms
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: "''Deo Gloria''" ("Glory to God").
* First Mention: 1242 Zbislaw of Korab appointed
Voivode of Sieradz
* Second Registry: 1292 from the Seal of Korab.
* Third Registry: 1480s - Revised. "The golden Watchtower within the Ark of Noah was removed from the Seal of Korab and replaced with a Black Mast.
In 1983 the Polish Korab coat of arms was unusually incorporated into a
grant of arms
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by the English College of Arms in
London
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. These new arms included the
Ciołek Arms held by the Zelenski (Zileinski) clan which were used as the crest of the Armorial Bearings with the shield of the Korab remaining the same. The two families were united by marriage in 1977. This was an unusual grant of arms and said to have made heraldic history in England.
Notable bearers
Notable bearers of this
coat of arms
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have included:
* Zbislaw of Sieradz
*
Jakub Zadzik
Jakub Zadzik (1582 – 17 March 1642) was a Polish Great Crown Secretary from 1613 to 1627, bishop of Chełmno from 1624, Crown Deputy Chancellor from 1627, Great Crown Chancellor from 1628 to 1635, bishop of Kraków from 1635, diplomat, szlach ...
*
Jan Łaski (1456–1531)
Jan Łaski (1456 in Łask – 19 May 1531 in Kalisz, Poland) was a Polish nobleman, Grand Chancellor of the Crown (1503–10), diplomat, from 1490 secretary to Poland's King Casimir IV Jagiellon and from 1508 coadjutor to the Archbishop of Lw ...
,
Primate of Poland
This is a list of archbishops of the Archdiocese of Gniezno, who are simultaneously primates of Poland since 1418.[Hieronymus Łaski
Hieronymus Jarosław Laski, ''Lasky'', ''Laszki'', ''Laszky'', ''Laskó'', ''Jeromos'', ''Jerome'', ''Hieronym'', ''Hieronim'', (27 September 1496 – 22 December 1542) was a Polish diplomat born of an illustrious Polish family. Laski was the neph ...]
*
Janisław I,
Archbishop of Gniezno
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Jacques Hnizdovsky (1915-1985) — Ukrainian-American painter, printmaker, graphic designer, illustrator and sculptor
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Ludomił Rayski
Ludomił Antoni Rayski (29 December 1892 – 11 April 1977) was a Polish engineer, pilot, military officer and aviator. He served as the commander of the Polish Air Force between 1926 and 1939, being responsible for modernization of Polish milit ...
*
Em Krynicki (1987) Genderqueer/Transmasculine Blind Legal academic
See also
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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 ...
*
List of Polish nobility coats of arms
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Bibliography
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Bartosz Paprocki
Bartosz Paprocki (also ''Bartholomeus Paprocky'' or ''Bartholomew Paprocki'', pl, Bartłomiej (Bartosz) Paprocki, cs, Bartoloměj Paprocký z Hlahol a Paprocké Vůle; ca. 1540/43 in Paprocka Wola near Sierpc – 27 December 1614 in Lviv, P ...
: Herby rycerstwa polskiego na pięcioro ksiąg rozdzielone, Kraków, 1584.
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Tadeusz Gajl
Tadeusz Gajl (born 1940 in Vilnius, Lithuania) is a Lithuanian-born Polish artist and graphic designer, notable for his contemporary illustrations on the coats of arms borne by the historical nobility (''szlachta'') of Poland.
After graduating fr ...
: Herbarz polski od średniowiecza do XX wieku : ponad 4500 herbów szlacheckich 37 tysięcy nazwisk 55 tysięcy rodów. L&L, 2007. .
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Korab
Korab (, ) is a mountain range in the eastern corner of Albania and the western part of North Macedonia, running along the border between both countries. It forms also the European Green Belt. In Albania, it is also called ''Vargu lindor'' (), ...