Czarniecki (feminine form: Czarniecka, plural: Czarnieccy) was a Polish
noble
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family.
History
The Czarniecki family was most prominent in the 17th century and can be traced back to the 14th century. The
Łodzia coat of arms was given to the family by King
Władysław II Jagiełło
Jogaila (; 1 June 1434), later Władysław II Jagiełło (),Other names include (; ) (see also Names and titles of Władysław II Jagiełło) was Grand Duke of Lithuania beginning in 1377 and starting in 1386, becoming King of Poland as well. ...
. The family name originates from the town of
Czarnca in the
Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship
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,
Włoszczowa County
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.
Notable members
Among most known members are:
*
Krzysztof Czarniecki z Czarncy (1564–1636),
courtier
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,
starost
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The Slavic root of "starost" translates as "senior". Since the Middle Ages, it has designated an official in a leadersh ...
of
Chęciny
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and
Żywiec
Żywiec () is a town on the River Soła in southern Poland with 31,194 inhabitants (2019). It is situated within the Silesian Voivodeship, near the Żywiec Lake and Żywiec Landscape Park, one of the eight protected areas in the voivodeship. H ...
, married Krystyna Rzeszowska h.
Wąż z jabłkiem and Jadwiga Brzostowska z Żeronic h.
Strzemię
**
Stefan Czarniecki z Czarncy (1599–1665),
Field Hetman of the Crown,
voivode of Kiev
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and
Ruthenia
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, married Zofia Kobierzycka z Kobierzycka Wielkiego i Małego h.
Pomian
**
Paweł Czarniecki z Czarncy (died 1664),
rotmistrz
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and Royal
pułkownik
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*
Jan Aleksander Czarniecki z Czarncy,
miecznik
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of
Kraków
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*
Jan Czarniecki z Czarncy,
Bishop
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of
Kamieniec Podolski
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and
prior
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of
Czerwinsk
Coat of arms and motto
The Czarniecki family used the
Łodzia coat of arms
Łodzia (obsolete Polish for "boat") is a Polish coat of arms. It was used by many noble families of the Kingdom of Poland and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. A variant serves as the coat of arms of the city of Łódź (the city's nam ...
.
See also
*
National Anthem of Poland
Bibliography
* Podhorodecki L., Sławni hetmani Rzeczypospolitej, Warszawa 1994, s. 409.
* Czarnieccy z Czarncy w służbie królów i Rzeczypospolitej. Author, Teofila Sokolińska. Publisher, Oficyna Wydawnicza "Ston 2", 2003. ISBN, 8372730822
References
Polish noble families
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