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Zborowski (Jastrzębiec)
150px, Marcin Zborowski 150px, Andrzej Zborowski Zborowski (feminine form: Zborowska, plural: Zborowscy) of the Jastrzębiec coat of arms was a Polish noble family from Greater Poland, It played a significant role in Polish politics in the 16th century. The first known member of the family was Marcin Zborowski (1492-1565), castellan and voivode. The main line died out with his grandson, Aleksander Zborowski, in 1621. The most notable events in the family's history revolve around their feud with Chancellor and Hetman Jan Zamoyski. Zamoyski's execution of Samuel Zborowski in 1584 caused much uproar in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and intensified the feud. It culminated in the military conflict of the War of the Polish Succession (1587–1588), which ended with Zamoyski's victory and Zborowski's loss. Coat of arms The House of Zborowski used the Jastrzębiec coat of arms. File:POL COA Zborowski.svg, Coat of Arms of Counts Zborowski Notable members "Main"-line * Marc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jastrzębiec Herb
Jastrzębiec may refer to the following places: * Jastrzębiec, Włocławek County in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship (north-central Poland) * Jastrzębiec, Sępólno County in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship (north-central Poland) * Jastrzębiec, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship (south-central Poland) * Jastrzębiec, Subcarpathian Voivodeship (south-east Poland) * Jastrzębiec, Masovian Voivodeship (east-central Poland) * Jastrzębiec, Greater Poland Voivodeship (west-central Poland) * Jastrzębiec, Lubusz Voivodeship (west Poland) See also * Jastrzębiec coat of arms {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elżbieta Szydłowiecka (Zborowska)
Elżbieta Szydłowiecka () (b. 1533, d. 1562) was a Polish–Lithuanian Calvinist noblewoman heiress. She was the youngest daughter of Court and Great Chancellor Krzysztof Szydłowiecki and Zofia Tagrowicka h. Tarnawa. She was born in 1533. She married Chancellor, Marshal and Hetman ''Hetman'' is a political title from Central and Eastern Europe, historically assigned to military commanders (comparable to a field marshal or imperial marshal in the Holy Roman Empire). First used by the Czechs in Bohemia in the 15th century, ... Mikołaj Krzysztof "the Black" Radziwiłł on 12 February 1548. Szydłowiecka died in 1562. References Bibliography * Jerzy Kierzkowski, Kanclerz Krzysztof Szydłowiecki, t. 1, Poznań 1912, s. 308 * 1533 births 1562 deaths Elzbieta People from Szydłowiec Radziwiłł family {{Poland-noble-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Sędziwój Czarnkowski
Adam Sędziwój Czarnkowski, of the Nałęcz coat-of-arms (1555–1628) was a Polish nobleman (szlachcic). Adam was voivode of Łęczyca Voivodeship, participant of King Stefan Batory`s wars against Muscovy, member of the Sejm, general starost of Greater Poland from 1593 to 1628. He serves as mediator during the Zebrzydowski Rebellion. In 1606–09 he participated in wars against Turkey and Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count .... References 1555 births 1628 deaths Clan of Nałęcz {{Poland-noble-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voivode Of Łęczyca
Voivode ( ), also spelled voivod, voievod or voevod and also known as vaivode ( ), voivoda, vojvoda, vaivada or wojewoda, is a title denoting a military leader or warlord in Central, Southeastern and Eastern Europe in use since the Early Middle Ages. It primarily referred to the medieval rulers of the Romanian-inhabited states and of governors and military commanders of Poles, Hungarian, Lithuanian, Balkan, Russian people and other Slavic-speaking populations. In the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, ''voivode'' was interchangeably used with ''palatine''. In the Tsardom of Russia, a voivode was a military governor. Among the Danube principalities, ''voivode'' was considered a princely title. Etymology The term ''voivode'' comes from two roots. , means "war, fight," while , means "leading", thus in Old Slavic together meaning "war leader" or "warlord". The Latin translation is for the principal commander of a military force, serving as a deputy for the monarch. In early ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gniezno
Gniezno (; ; ) is a city in central-western Poland, about east of Poznań. Its population in 2021 was 66,769, making it the sixth-largest city in the Greater Poland Voivodeship. The city is the administrative seat of Gniezno County (''powiat''). One of the Piast dynasty's chief cities, it was the first historical capital of Poland in the 10th century and early 11th century, and afterwards remained one of the main cities of the historic region of Greater Poland. Gniezno is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gniezno, the country's oldest archdiocese, founded in 1000, and its archbishop is the primate (bishop), primate of Poland, making the city the country's ecclesiastical capital. The Gniezno Cathedral is one of the most historically important churches in Poland, and as such is a designated Historic Monument (Poland), Historic Monument of Poland. Other sights include the Old Town and the Museum of the Origins of the Polish State. Geography Gniezno is one of the histor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Zborowski
Jan Zborowski (19 December 1538 – 25 August 1603 in Odolanów) was a Polish Court Hetman of the Crown, royal secretary of king Sigismund II Augustus and Lord Castellan of Gniezno (since 1576). Zborowski was a Lutheran and fought in the Danzig rebellion. He was a supporter of the Warsaw Confederation The Warsaw Confederation, also called the Compact of Warsaw, was a political-legal act signed in Warsaw on 28 January 1573 by the first Convocation Sejm (''Sejm konwokacyjny'') held in the Polish Commonwealth. Convened and deliberating as a co ... and an opponent of the Sandomierz Agreement. See also * Zborowski family References * * 1538 births 1603 deaths Polish Lutherans Jan Zborowski People from the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth {{Poland-noble-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voivode Of Kraków
Voivode ( ), also spelled voivod, voievod or voevod and also known as vaivode ( ), voivoda, vojvoda, vaivada or wojewoda, is a title denoting a military leader or warlord in Central, Southeastern and Eastern Europe in use since the Early Middle Ages. It primarily referred to the medieval rulers of the Romanian-inhabited states and of governors and military commanders of Poles, Hungarian, Lithuanian, Balkan, Russian people and other Slavic-speaking populations. In the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, ''voivode'' was interchangeably used with ''palatine''. In the Tsardom of Russia, a voivode was a military governor. Among the Danube principalities, ''voivode'' was considered a princely title. Etymology The term ''voivode'' comes from two roots. , means "war, fight," while , means "leading", thus in Old Slavic together meaning "war leader" or "warlord". The Latin translation is for the principal commander of a military force, serving as a deputy for the monarch. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voivode Of Sandomierz
Sandomierz Voivodeship (, ) was a unit of administration and local government in Poland from the 14th century to the partitions of Poland in 1772–1795. It was part of the Lesser Poland region and the Lesser Poland Province. Originally Sandomierz Voivodeship also covered the area around Lublin, but in 1474 its three eastern counties were organized into Lublin Voivodeship. In the 16th century, it had 374 parishes, 100 towns and 2586 villages. The voivodeship was based on the Sandomierz ''ziemia'', which earlier was the Duchy of Sandomierz. The Duchy of Sandomierz was created in 1138 by King Bolesław III Wrymouth, who in his testament divided Poland into five principalities. One of them, with the capital at Sandomierz, was assigned to Krzywousty's son, Henry of Sandomierz. Later on, with southern part of the Seniorate Province (which emerged into the Duchy of Kraków), the Duchy of Sandomierz created Lesser Poland, divided into Kraków and Sandomierz Voivodeships. Sandomi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piotr Zborowski
Piotr Zborowski (died 13 September 1580) was a Polish voivode () of Sandomierz (since 1568), palatine, voivode and ''starosta'' of Kraków (since 1574), castellan (''kasztelan'') of Biecz (since 1565) and castellan of Wojnicz (since 1567). He played an essential role in Polish–Lithuanian negotiations about elections of Henry of Valois and Stefan Bathory. On November 18, 1575, during the Polish Interregnum, Zborowski gave a speech expressing his concern the Polish election. Two of the foremost candidates were from Muscovy and the House of Habsburg. Zborowski was against the election of both these candidates because he (along with many other Polish nobles), believed that these figures could be too powerful and become tyrannical, potentially stripping away the rights of the Golden Liberty that the nobles enjoyed. However, Zborowski was also against the election of someone that could be too weak to rule Poland. Specifically, he wanted to ensure that the ruler could handle governme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doliwa
Doliwa is a Polish coat of arms. It was used by several noble families known as ''szlachta'' during the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. The design consists of an azure blue background with a diagonal stripe and three roses. Notable bearers Notable bearers of this coat of arms include: * Mikhail Dolivo-Dobrovolsky () – engineer and inventor * Jan Lutek, medieval bishop Families 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 ... in his ''Herbarz Polski od Średniowiecza do XX wieku'' (''Polish Armorial from the Middle Ages to the 20th Century'') lists the following families entitled to the Doliwa coat of arms: :: Alchinowicz, Alkimowicz, Androszewicz, Andruchowicz, Andruszewicz, :: Babicki, Babiłło, , Balcerowicz, Bartodziejski, Baruchowski, Bereżyński, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdank
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 heroic d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
