Taczanowski (Polish feminine: Taczanowska; plural: Taczanowscy) is the surname of a Polish szlachta (

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) family from

Poznań Poznań () is a city on the River Warta in west-central Poland, within the Greater Poland region. The city is an important cultural and business centre, and one of Poland's most populous regions with many regional customs such as Saint Joh ...

bearing the Jastrzębiec coat of arms and the motto: ''Plus penser que dire''. They took their name from their estate Taczanów in the 15th century and by the 19th century were among the leading magnates in partitioned-Poland. Members of the family are historically significant religious, political, scientific, and military figures. The family was granted the title of

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by King

Friedrich Wilhelm IV Frederick William IV (german: Friedrich Wilhelm IV.; 15 October 17952 January 1861), the eldest son and successor of Frederick William III of Prussia, reigned as King of Prussia from 7 June 1840 to his death on 2 January 1861. Also referred to ...

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in 1857. The Austrian branch of the family, which spells the name Dassanowsky, came to Vienna with the forces of King

Jan Sobieski John III Sobieski ( pl, Jan III Sobieski; lt, Jonas III Sobieskis; la, Ioannes III Sobiscius; 17 August 1629 – 17 June 1696) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1674 until his death in 1696. Born into Polish nobility, Sobi ...

during the Battle of Vienna in 1683.

Notable members

Notable members include: * Jan Scibor Taczanowski (15th century-1468), voivode of

Łęczyca Łęczyca (; in full the Royal Town of Łęczyca, pl, Królewskie Miasto Łęczyca; german: Lentschitza; he, לונטשיץ) is a town of 13,786 inhabitants () in central Poland. Situated in the Łódź Voivodeship, it is the county seat of the ...

c. 1437 * Andrzej Taczanowski (c. 1660-18th century), knight commander under King Sobieski during the Turkish Siege ( Battle of Vienna) of 1683 *

Rafael Taczanowski Rafael may refer to: * Rafael (given name) or Raphael, a name of Hebrew origin * Rafael, California * Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, Israeli manufacturer of weapons and military technology * Hurricane Rafael, a 2012 hurricane Fiction * ''R ...

(18th century), head of the Jesuit Order in Poland *

Jan Taczanowski Jan, JaN or JAN may refer to: Acronyms * Jackson, Mississippi (Amtrak station), US, Amtrak station code JAN * Jackson-Evers International Airport, Mississippi, US, IATA code * Jabhat al-Nusra (JaN), a Syrian militant group * Japanese Article Numb ...

(1753-19th century), Lord High Steward of Trembowia *

Maksymilian Taczanowski Maksymilian is the Polish form of the male given name Maximilian. Notable people with the name include: *Andrzej Maksymilian Fredro (1620–1679), Polish noble, writer * Franciszek Maksymilian Ossoliński (1676–1756), Polish noble, politician, c ...

(177?-1852), landowner and national revolutionary *

Count Alfons Anton Felix von Taczanow-Taczanowski Count (feminine: countess) is a historical title of nobility in certain European countries, varying in relative status, generally of middling rank in the hierarchy of nobility. Pine, L. G. ''Titles: How the King Became His Majesty''. New York: ...

(1815–1867), member of the Prussian House of Lords *

Władysław Taczanowski Władysław Taczanowski (; 17 March 1819, in Jabłonna, Lublin Voivodeship – 17 January 1890, in Warsaw) was a Polish zoologist and collector of natural history who explored the Russian Far East and northern Africa. He specialized mainly in orni ...

(1819–1890), zoologist *

Wladislaw von Taczanowski Wladislaw (von) Taczanowski (12 August 1825 – 13 March 1893) was an elected member of the German Reichstag in Berlin from March 1871 to January 1877 as a representative of the Polenpartei ("Polish Party"). A nobleman and member of the Tacza ...

(1825–1893), politician; Prussian parliamentary representative *

Edmund Taczanowski Edmund Taczanowski (1822, Wieczyn – 1879, Choryń) was a Polish general, insurrectionist, member of the Taczanowski magnate dynasty (he was grandson of the famous privateer Maksymilian Taczanowski), and Lord of the estate of Choryń in the p ...

(1833–1879), general and Polish patriot; in Italy with Giuseppe Garibaldi *

Hubert Taczanowski Hubert Taczanowski (born 1 October 1960, Poland) is a US and UK-based motion picture cinematographer. He is the son of Stanisław and Mirosława (née Sadżak) Taczanowski and a member of the former magnate family Taczanowski from Poznań A grad ...

(1960- ), cinematographer * Tomasz Józef Taczanowski (1956- ), movie entrepreneur, collector of modern art

Coat of arms

image:POL COA Taczanowski.svg, Coat of Arms of Count Alfons Taczanowski (1854)

Selected literature

* ''Gothaisches Taschenbuch der gräflichen Häuser'',

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, Gotha 1857–1870 * P. P. Paprocki, ''Herby Rycerstwa polskiego'', Kraków 1858 * ''Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Ritter- und Adelsgeschlechter'' (Brünner Taschenbuch), Brünn 1890 *

Teodor Zychlinski Teodor is a masculine given name. In English, it is a cognate of Theodore. Notable people with the name include: * Teodor Muzaka III, Albanian nobleman who was born in 1393. * Teodor Andrault de Langeron (19th century), President of Warsaw * Teod ...

, ''Zlota Ksiega szlachty polskiej'', Poznań 1879–1908 * Stefan Graf von Szydlow-Szydlowski und Nikolaus R. von Pastinszky, ''Der polnische und litauische Hochadel'', Budapest 1944 * Simon Konarski, ''Armorial de la noblesse polonaise titrée'', Paris 1958 * Günther Berger, "Die Familie v. Dassanowsky: Die kaisertreue österreichische Linie des polnischen Grafenhauses Taczanowski zu Taczanow," ''Krone und Reich: Zeitschrift des Verbandes der Österreicher zur Wahrung der Geschichte Österreichs'', 1/2 1999, 13–15. * ''

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'', Adelslexikon Band XIV, Band 131 der Gesamtreihe, C. A. Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 2003, . {{surname-stub

Notable members

Coat of arms

See also

Selected literature