Kalinowski was a notable
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family that belonged to a limited and small circle of
Magnates of Poland and Lithuania
The magnates of Poland and Lithuania () were an aristocracy of Polish-Lithuanian nobility (''szlachta'') that existed in the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and, from the 1569 Union of Lublin, in the Polish–Li ...
.
History
Like many other
Szlachta
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houses of the
Kingdom of Poland
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, the
Grand Duchy of Lithuania
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, and the
Duchy of Ruthenia, they played a prominent role in
Polish
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, and to a lesser extent, in
Belarus
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ian history. They are descended from
Andrzej Kalinowski (1465 – 1531) and used the
Kalinowa Coat of Arms. On 17.8.1818 the family was awarded the title of Count in the
Austrian Empire
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.
Notable members
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Marcin Kalinowski
Marcin Kalinowski (c. 1605 – 1652) was a Polish magnate and nobleman ( szlachcic), Kalinowa coat of arms, Field Crown Hetman. He was the son of Walenty Aleksander Kalinowski who fell at the Battle of Cecora (1620).
He began his studies in ...
Kasper Niesiecki
Kasper Niesiecki (31 December 1682 – 9 July 1744), also known as Kacper Niesiecki, was a Polish heraldist, Jesuit, lexicographer, writer, theologian and preacher.
Biography
Niesiecki was born in Greater Poland to a burgher family. In 1699 h ...
, ''Herbarz Polski'', Leipzig, 1840, Vol. 5, p. 10-16. (ca 1605 - 1652)
Notable people with the same surname, but not part of that family
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Raphael Kalinowski
Raphael of St. Joseph Kalinowski ( pl, Józef Kalinowski, lt, Rapolas Kalinauskas) (1 September 1835 – 15 November 1907) was a Polish Discalced Carmelite friar inside the Russian partition of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, in the city of Vi ...
(September 1, 1835,
Vilna
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- November 15, 1907,
Wadowice
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Coat of arms
The family used the
Kalinowa Coat of Arms.
image:POL COA Kalinowski.svg, Coat of Arms of Counts Kalinowski
See also
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Czernihów Voivodeship
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Lucio Bini
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Albin Dunajewski
Albin Dunajewski (born 1 March 1817 in Stanisławów - 19 June 1894 in Kraków) was a Bishop of Kraków, Poland, as well as charitable patron and high-profile social activist.
Highlights
In 1882, Albin Dunajewski ordained Brother Raphael Kalino ...
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Kalinowski
Kalinowski
Kalinowski (other spellings listed below) is a surname which is most frequent in north-eastern Poland. It comes from place names such as Kalinowa, Kalinowo, and Kalinów, which are derived from the word kalina ("Viburnum"). It is related to th ...
Kalinowski
Kalinowski (other spellings listed below) is a surname which is most frequent in north-eastern Poland. It comes from place names such as Kalinowa, Kalinowo, and Kalinów, which are derived from the word kalina ("Viburnum"). It is related to th ...