The Dunin family, , also Łabędź family, (after their coat of arms) was an old Polish noble family, whose members were ''

Magnates The term magnate, from the late Latin ''magnas'', a great man, itself from Latin ''magnus'', "great", means a man from the higher nobility, a man who belongs to the high office-holders or a man in a high social position, by birth, wealth or ot ...

'' in

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. Members of the family held the title of

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History

The progenitor of the family was

Piotr Włostowic Herb ŁabędźPiotr Włostowic (or Włost; 1080 – 1153), also known as Peter Wlast, was a Polish noble, castellan of Wrocław, and a ruler (''możnowładca'') of part of Silesia. From 1117 he was voivode (''palatyn'') of the Duke of Poland Bol ...

, a

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and adviser of Duke

Bolesław III Wrymouth Bolesław III Wrymouth (; 20 August 1086 – 28 October 1138), also known as Boleslaus the Wry-mouthed, was the duke of Lesser Poland, Silesia and Sandomierz between 1102 and 1107 and over the whole of Poland between 1107 and 1138. He was the onl ...

Notable members

- progenitor, castellan of

Wrocław Wrocław is a city in southwestern Poland, and the capital of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. It is the largest city and historical capital of the region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the Oder River in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Eu ...

, and a ruler (''możnowładca'') of a part of

Silesia Silesia (see names #Etymology, below) is a historical region of Central Europe that lies mostly within Poland, with small parts in the Czech Silesia, Czech Republic and Germany. Its area is approximately , and the population is estimated at 8, ...

* Świętosław – son of Piotr Włostowic (?-1153) * Sulisław of Cracow (d. 9 April 1241) commanding an army at the

Battle of Legnica The Battle of Legnica (), also known as the Battle of Liegnitz () or Battle of Wahlstatt (), was fought between the Mongol Empire and combined European forces at the village of Legnickie Pole (''Wahlstatt''), approximately southeast of the ci ...

* Piotr (?-1198), Archbishop of

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'') ...

- probably the fundator of the

Gniezno Doors The Gniezno Doors (, ) are a pair of bronze doors placed at the entrance to Gniezno Cathedral in Gniezno, Poland. They are decorated with eighteen bas-relief scenes from the life of St. Adalbert (in Polish, ''Wojciech''), whose remains had been ...

* Piotr Dunin z Prawkowic (ca. 1415-1484) - led the Polish army to victory over the

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in the Battle of Świecino at

Malbork castle The Castle of the Teutonic Order in Malbork, commonly known as Malbork Castle (; ), is a Brick Gothic castle complex located in the town of Malbork, Poland, built in the 13th and significantly expanded in the 14th century. It is the largest cast ...

* Stanisław Dunin-Karwicki (1640-1724) - politician and political writer * Marcin Dunin-Sulgostowski (1774-1842) -

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(1856 - 1908) count, heraldry, social activist, politician, landowner. *

Stanisław Jan Borkowski Stanislav and variants may refer to: People *Stanislav (given name), a Slavic given name with many spelling variations (Stanislaus, Stanislas, Stanisław, etc.) Places * Stanislav, Kherson Oblast, a coastal village in Ukraine * Stanislaus County, ...

(1782-1850) - geologist and philanthropist *

Stanisław Dunin-Wąsowicz Count Stanisław Dunin-Wąsowicz (1785 in Volhynia, Ukraine – 1864 in Paris, France) was a Ukrainian-born Polish general of the November Uprising, Captain of the 1st Polish Lancers, Napoleon's bodyguard and aide-de-camp during his 1812 ...

(1785-1864) - general of the

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Wincenty Dunin-Marcinkiewicz Vintsent Dunin-Marcinkievič (; ; February 8, 1808 – December 21, 1884) was a Polish- Belarusian writer, poet, dramatist and social activist and is considered one of the founders of the modern Belarusian literary tradition and national scho ...

(1808-1884) – poet, dramatist *

Alfons Dunin-Borkowski Alfons Dunin-Borkowski (born 19th-century in Planta, died 1938 in Raśniki) was a Polish painter, son of Mikołaj Dunin-Borkowski and Julianna Gromadzińska. Between 1876 and 1879, the painter completed his art studies at the School of Arts in ...

(1850-1907) - painter, follower of

Jan Matejko Jan Alojzy Matejko (; also known as Jan Mateyko; 24 June 1838 – 1 November 1893) was a Polish painter, a leading 19th-century exponent of history painting, known for depicting nodal events from Polish history. His works include large scale ...

* Teodor Dunin (1854-1909) - physician * Kazimierz Dunin-Markiewicz (1867-1932) - painter, playwright and theatre director * Rodryg Dunin (1870-1928) - industrialist and agriculturalist * Kazimierz Szpotański (1887–1966) - engineer, founder of ZWAR * Michał Dunin-Wąsowicz (1888-1936) - officer of the

Polish Army The Land Forces () are the Army, land forces of the Polish Armed Forces. They currently contain some 110,000 active personnel and form many components of the European Union and NATO deployments around the world. Poland's recorded military histor ...

* Piotr Dunin-Borkowski (1890-1949) - politician, voivode of

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, diplomate * Rupert Dunin (18th century) - member of the

Sejm The Sejm (), officially known as the Sejm of the Republic of Poland (), is the lower house of the bicameralism, bicameral parliament of Poland. The Sejm has been the highest governing body of the Third Polish Republic since the Polish People' ...

* Antoni Dunin (1907–1939) - officer of the Polish Army * Krzysztof Dunin-Wąsowicz (1923-2013) - historian * Teresa Dunin-Karwicka (born 1931) - ethnographer * Isabel Sabogal Dunin-Borkowski (born 1958) - Peruvian translator, editor and astrologer * Leon Kasim Dunin-Wąsowicz (born 2007) - professional basketball for Igokea Aleksandrovachttps://igokea.rs/player/dunin-leon/

Residences

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Potocki The House of Potocki (; plural: Potoccy, male: Potocki, feminine: Potocka) was a prominent Polish noble family in the Kingdom of Poland and magnates of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. The Potocki family is one of the wealthiest and ...

Castle in Zator

Bibliography

* Kazimierz Śmigiel: Słownik biograficzny arcybiskupów gnieźnieńskich i prymasów Polski, Wydawn. WBP, 2002 * Wojciech Kriegseisen, Ewangelicy polscy i litewscy w epoce saskiej (1696–1763), Warszawa 1996 * "Polski Słownik Biograficzny", t. II, str. 237 i nn.

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