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The Fredro family (plural: Fredrowie, feminine form: Fredrówna or Fredrowa ) was an old Polish noble family originated from
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History

Firstly mentioned in 1407. From the 15th until the 19th century their family seat was ''Pleszowice'' near
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. Members of the family held the title of
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in
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, awarded to them by
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on 23 July 1822.https://genealogy.euweb.cz/titles/f.html


Notable members

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Aleksander Fredro Aleksander Fredro (20 June 1793 – 15 July 1876) was a Polish poet, playwright and Polish authors, author active during Romanticism in Poland, Polish Romanticism in the Partitions of Poland, period of partitions by neighboring empires. His works ...
*
Andrzej Maksymilian Fredro Andrzej Maksymilian Fredro (1620 – 15 June 1679) was a Polish szlachcic and writer. Biography Andrzej Maksymilian Fredro was born in 1620. He studied at the Cracow Academy. He was castellan of Lwów from 1654 and voivode of the Podolian Vo ...


Coat of arms

The Fredro family used the
Bończa coat of arms Bończa is a Polish coat of arms. Notable bearers Notable bearers of this coat of arms include: * House of Badeni * Stanisław Chomętowski * Stefan Chmielecki * House of Fredro **Aleksander Fredro * Józef Ignacy Dyga Polish National Army, vi ...
. File:POL COA Fredro II.svg, Comital coat of arms


Residences

Palac Fredro-1.jpg, Ruined Palace of Fredro in Wisznia Fredro Vratislav.JPG, Monument of Aleksander Fredro (formerly in
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, today in
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) Tomb monument of Jan Fredro in Przemyśl Cathedral.JPG, Tomb monument of Jan Fredro in the
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Bazylika archikatedralna Przemysl Pelczar.jpg, Fredro Chapel in the Cathedral of Przemyśl RudkiNagrobekAFredro.JPG, ''Epitafium'' of Aleksander Fredro in
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References


Bibliography

* Poczet szlachty galicyjskiéj i bukowińskiéj. s. 63 * Jerzy Sewer Dunin-Borkowski (hrabia). Almanach błękitny: genealogia żyjących rodów polskich. 1908. s. 174. * Kwartalnik historyczny, Tom 19. Towarzystwo Historyczne (Lwów, Poland), (Polska Akademia Nauk) 1905 * Witold Taszycki. Onomastica, Tomy 11-12 * Kazimierz Rymut. Nazwiska Polaków. t. I, (zob. Frydrych) {{Poland-noble-stub