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Michał Awdaniec Z Buczacza
The Buczacki plural: Buczaccy, feminine form: Buczacka was a Polish noble family. Magnates in the 14th and 15th century. Notable members Generation 0 * Michał Adwaniec of Buczacz (died 1392) – the progenitor of the family, owner of Buczacz Generation 1 * Michał Buczacki (died 1438) – voivode of Podlasie (1437), castellan of Halicz (1433–1437), cześnik of Halicz (1434) * Michał Mużyło Buczacki (died 1470) – voivode of Podole (1465), castellan of Kamieniec Podolski since 1460 * Teodoryk Buczacki Jazłowiecki – castellan of Halicz, castellan of Kamieniec Podolski and starost of Podole Generation 2 * Jakub Buczacki (1430/1438–1501) – voivode of Ruthenia (1497), voivode of Podole (1485-1497), castellan of Halicz (1472), appointed leader of Podole and general starost of Podole (1485) * Dawid Buczacki (died 1485) – voivode of Podole since 1481, general starost of Podole (1483), podkomorzy of Halicz since 1474, stolnik of Kamieniec Podolski since 1472, starost of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jakub Buczacki (died 1501)
Jakub is a masculine given name. It is the Polish, Belarusian, Czech, and Slovak form of the name Jacob. accessed on 7 January 2025 In Polish, the form of Jakub is Kuba. List of people with the name A * (born 2004), Polish footballer * (born 1999), Polish footballer * Jakub Arak< ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdank Coat Of Arms
Abdank is a Polish coat of arms. It was used by several ''szlachta'' families in the times of the Kingdom of Poland and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Blazoning Gules '' łękawica'' argent, crest: łąkawica as in arms. History According to Kasper Niesiecki, the beginning of this shield dates from the time of Krakus, a mythological Polish monarch who founded and gave his name to the city of Kraków. On Wawel Mount, where Kraków's castle stood, from the Wisła (Vistula) river side, a man-eating dragon showed up. One day a man called Skuba, a young shoemaker, took the skin of a flayed sheep, put tar and sulphur and fire-brand into it and threw it into the dragon's lair. The dragon, not recognizing the deception, assumed it was a sacrifice from the people of Kraków and ate the fake sheep. The fire in his belly ignited it and as a result the dragon became very thirsty. He drank and drank the water from the Wisła river until he finally exploded and died. For his heroi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of European mainland, the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The UK includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland, and most of List of islands of the United Kingdom, the smaller islands within the British Isles, covering . Northern Ireland shares Republic of Ireland–United Kingdom border, a land border with the Republic of Ireland; otherwise, the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel, the Celtic Sea and the Irish Sea. It maintains sovereignty over the British Overseas Territories, which are located across various oceans and seas globally. The UK had an estimated population of over 68.2 million people in 2023. The capital and largest city of both England and the UK is London. The cities o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefan Buczacki
Stefan T. Buczacki (born 16 October 1945) is a British horticulturist, botanist, biographer, novelist and broadcaster. Early life Buczacki grew up in Duffield, Derbyshire, Duffield, Derbyshire, where he was educated at The Ecclesbourne School. He gained a first-class honours degree in botany at University of Southampton, Southampton University, and a DPhil degree in forest science at Linacre College, Oxford. Career Buczacki started a career in research for the Agricultural Research Council at the National Vegetable Research Station at Wellesbourne, Warwickshire. As a plant pathologist he worked on the biology and control of a species of Phytomyxea, ''Plasmodiophora brassicae'', the cause of clubroot disease. He became a freelance author and broadcaster in 1984. He lives in Stratford-upon-Avon. His broadcasting work included twelve years as a panel member and then chairman of ''Gardeners' Question Time'' on BBC Radio 4, contributing to more than six hundred consecutive editions. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rawa Mazowiecka
Rawa Mazowiecka is a town in central Poland, with 16,090 inhabitants (2022). It lies in the Łódź Voivodeship and is the capital of the Rawa County. From 1562 the city hosted the ''Rawa Treasury'' for the Military of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Polish army. During an excavation in 1948, a hoard wealth deposit dating from 600 BC was found containing 4 underground rooms with barrels of gold and silver. A smaller treasure was found containing mainly bronze artefacts from the Trzciniec culture, dating from around 1700 BC. History Rawa has a long and rich history. First mentioned in 1288, it received city rights in 1321. It used to be one of the most important cities of both the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, Kingdom of Poland and Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, a Royal city in Poland, Polish royal city and a capital of Rawa Voivodeship, a unit of administrative division which existed from 1462 until 1793 within the larger Greater Poland Province of the Polish Crown. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Płock
Płock (pronounced ), officially the Ducal Capital City of Płock, is a city in central Poland, on the Vistula river, in the Masovian Voivodeship. According to the data provided by Central Statistical Office (Poland), GUS on 31 December 2021, there were 116,962 inhabitants in the city. Płock is a seat of the county (''powiat'') in the west of the Masovian Voivodeship. From 1079 to 1138 it was the List of former national capitals, capital of Poland. The Cathedral Hill (''Wzgórze Tumskie''), along with Płock Castle and the Płock Cathedral, Catholic Cathedral containing the sarcophagi of some Polish monarchs, is listed as a List of Historic Monuments (Poland), Historic Monument of Poland. It was the main city and administrative center of Mazovia in the Middle Ages before the rise of Warsaw, and later it remained a royal city in Poland, royal city of Poland.Adolf Pawiński, ''Mazowsze'', Warszawa 1895, p. 37 (in Polish) It is the cultural, academic, scientific, administrative and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bishop
A bishop is an ordained member of the clergy who is entrusted with a position of Episcopal polity, authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance and administration of dioceses. The role or office of the bishop is called episcopacy or the episcopate. Organisationally, several Christian denominations utilise ecclesiastical structures that call for the position of bishops, while other denominations have dispensed with this office, seeing it as a symbol of power. Bishops have also exercised political authority within their dioceses. Traditionally, bishops claim apostolic succession, a direct historical lineage dating back to the original Twelve Apostles or Saint Paul. The bishops are by doctrine understood as those who possess the full Priest#Christianity, priesthood given by Jesus in Christianity, Jesus Christ, and therefore may ordain other clergy, including other bishops. A person ordained as a deacon, pri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chełmno
Chełmno (; older ; , formerly also ) is a town in northern Poland near the Vistula river with 18,915 inhabitants as of December 2021. It is the seat of the Chełmno County in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship. Due to its regional importance in the Middle Ages, the town gave its name to the entire area, Chełmno Land (and later an administrative unit of the Kingdom of Poland, the Chełmno Voivodeship), the local Catholic diocese and Kulm law, a municipal form of government for over 180 cities and towns in Central Europe, most notably Warsaw, Gdańsk, Toruń, Königsberg, Olsztyn, Płock and Klaipėda. It possesses a well-preserved historic Old Town, listed as a Historic Monument of Poland, with landmark Gothic churches and a Renaissance town hall. It was an important education center in the early modern period, and the place of pioneering surgical operations by renown Polish 19th-century surgeon Ludwik Rydygier. Name The city's name ''Chełmno'' comes from ''chelm'', t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jakub Buczacki
Jakub is a masculine given name. It is the Polish, Belarusian, Czech, and Slovak form of the name Jacob. accessed on 7 January 2025 In Polish, the form of Jakub is Kuba. List of people with the name A * Jakub Antczak (born 2004), Polish footballer * (born 1999), Polish footballer * Jakub Arak (born 1995), Polish footbal ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kołomyja, Podlaskie Voivodeship
Kołomyja is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Rutki, within Zambrów County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately west of Rutki-Kossaki, north-east of Zambrów, and west of the regional capital Białystok Białystok is the largest city in northeastern Poland and the capital of the Podlaskie Voivodeship. It is the List of cities and towns in Poland, tenth-largest city in Poland, second in terms of population density, and thirteenth in area. Biał .... References Villages in Zambrów County {{Zambrów-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stolnik
Stolnik (, , , , ) was a court office in Lithuania, Poland, Ukraine and Russia, responsible for serving the royal table, then an honorary court title and a district office. It approximately corresponds to English term wikt:pantler, "pantler". Stolnik in Crown of Poland In the Crown of Poland under the first Piast dynasty, Piast dukes and kings, this was a court office. From the 14th century, it was an honorary court title in the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, Kingdom of Poland, since the 16th century. * Grand Stolnik of the Crown () * Stolnik of the Crown () * Court Stolnik of the Crown () According to the 1768 district office hierarchy, the Stolnik's position in the Crown of Poland was superior to that of Deputy cup-bearer and inferior to that of district judge. Stolnik in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania In Lithuania, the Stolnik's position emerged in the late 15th century, comparatively later than Marshal, Treasurer (Eastern Europe), Treasurer, and Cup-bearer, with the fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
