Piłsudski is a
Polish coat of arms
The coat of arms of Poland is a white, crowned eagle with a golden beak and talons, on a red background.
In Poland, the coat of arms as a whole is referred to as ''godło'' both in official documents and colloquial speech, despite the fact that ...
. The
Piłsudski family
The Piłsudski family ( lt, Pilsudskis, ) is a family of nobility that originated in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and whose notability increased under the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Second Polish Republic.
The family was Polonized L ...
, whom belonged to the
Polish nobility (szlachta), used it.
History
Blazon
The Coat of arms of Piłsudski is a variation of the
Coat of arms of Kościesza
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Notable bearers
Notable bearers of this coat of arms include:
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Józef Piłsudski Chief of State and Marshal of Poland
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Adam Piłsudski
Adam Piłsudski (Zalavas, 25 September 1869 - 16 December 1935) was a member of the Senate of Poland, vice president of Wilno, brother of the famous Józef Piłsudski. He was honored with the Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta.
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Jadwiga Piłsudska
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Jan Piłsudski
Jan Piłsudski (15 January 1876 – 21 December 1950), was a Polish politician and younger brother of Marshal Józef Piłsudski.
Like his famous brother, Piłsudski was born in Zalavas ( pl, Zułów), Lithuania, in what was then the Russian Emp ...
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Bronisław Piłsudski
Bronisław Piotr Piłsudski (; ; 2 November 1866 – 17 May 1918) was an ethnologist, who researched the Ainu people after he was exiled by the Tsar Alexander III of Russia to the Far East. Piłsudski pioneered research into Lithuanian cro ...
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Franciszek Piłsudski
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Jan Chryzostom Piłsudski
Jan Chryzostom Piłsudski (1760–1837) (Piłsudski coat of arms), was a Lithuanian nobility, Lithuania nobleman and landowner, Chamberlain (office), Chamberlain of the Duchy of Samogitia, Marshal of Nobility (Poland), Marshal of the Nobility for ...
See also
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Polish heraldry
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Heraldic family
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List of Polish nobility coats of arms
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Related Coat of Arms
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Kościesza Coat of Arms
Bibliography
* Herbarz polski, Tadeusz Gajl, Gdańsk 2007,
Polish coats of arms
Piłsudski family
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