Pierzchała (''Roch'') is a
Polish coat of arms. It was used by several
szlachta families in the times of the
Kingdom of Poland
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and the
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
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.
History
One of the oldest Polish coats of arms. According to the most heraldists the proper name of it is "''Pierzchała''" (''Pirzchała''), recorded in 1409. The word "''Roch''" means in Polish the heraldic emblem: the
rook
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, it has been later also used as the name (recorded in 1422).
Blazon
Notable bearers
Notable bearers of this coat of arms include:
*
Klemens Pierzchała, Bishop of
Płock
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*
House of Walewski
**
Marie Walewska
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**
Alexandre Joseph Colonna, Count Walewski
*
House of Wiszowaty
**
Andrzej Wiszowaty
**
Benedykt Wiszowaty
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**
Andrzej Wiszowaty, Jr.
*
Oborski family
**
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Gallery
file:Pol Roch.png, Pierzchała or ''Roch'' variation 1461
File:POL COA Roch Old.svg, Pierzchała or ''Roch'' variation 1461
POL COA Pierzchała I.svg, Variation
POL COA Walewski.png, Count Colonna-Walewski
See also
*
Polish heraldry
Polish heraldry is the study of the coats of arms that have historically been used in Poland and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. It treats of specifically Polish heraldic traits and of the Polish heraldic system, contrasted with heraldic sys ...
*
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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Related coat of arms
*
Roch III coat of arms
*
Wysocki coat of arms
Bibliography
* Juliusz Karol Ostrowski Księga herbowa rodów polskich. Warszawa, 1897-1906.
* Ludwik Pierzchała Herb Pierzchała, w: "Miesięcznik Heraldyczny", t. 1, Lwów 1908
* Ludwik Pierzchała Jeszcze herb Roch, w: "Miesięcznik Heraldyczny", nr 12, Warszawa 1932
* Józef Szymański Herbarz średniowiecznego rycerstwa polskiego. Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, Warszawa 1993.
* Marcin Michał Wiszowaty Słoń bojowy a sprawa polska w: "Verbum Nobile. Pismo środowiska szlacheckiego" nr 11/1997.
* Gert Oswald Lexikon der Heraldik. Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig, 1984,
Polish coats of arms
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