The House of Kalinowski was a notable Polish noble family that belonged to a limited and small circle of

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History

Like many other noble families of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, they played a prominent role in Polish, and to a lesser extent, in

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ian history. They were descended from Andrzej Kalinowski (1465 – 1531) and used the Kalinowa coat of arms. On 17 August 1818, the family was awarded the title of

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in the

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. This family lives to this day in Poland.

Notable members

Marcin Kalinowski Marcin Kalinowski ( 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 Pola ...

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) *

Konstanty Kalinowski Konstanty Kalinowski, or Wincenty Konstanty Kalinowski ( – ), was a Polish-Belarusian writer, journalist, lawyer and revolutionary. He was one of the leaders of the 1863 January Uprising on the lands of the former Polish–Lithuanian Commonwea ...

(2 February 1838 – 22 March 1864) * (April 21, 1833 – November 6, 1862)

Notable people with the same surname, but not part of that family

* Raphael Kalinowski (September 1, 1835,

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- November 15, 1907,

Wadowice Wadowice () is a town in southern Poland, southwest of Kraków with 17,455 inhabitants (2022), situated on the Skawa river, confluence of Vistula, in the eastern part of Silesian Foothills (Pogórze Śląskie). Wadowice is known for being the bir ...

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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

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