Kmicic is a Polish noble patronymic surname literally meaning "descendant of
Kmita
Szreniawa coat of arms of the Kmita family
Piotr Kmita Sobieński
Gravestone of Piotr Kmita (died 1505) located in Wawel Cathedral, Kraków
The Kmita (plural: Kmitowie) was a magnate family from Little Poland.
History
The progenitor of the f ...
". A variant of the surname is Kmitycz.
The Kmicic family, of the II coat of arms, came from
Orsza and was of no particular note.
"Kmicic istniał naprawdę. Kim był Samuel Kmicic, pierwowzór głównego bohatera „Potopu”"
''Wprost
''Wprost'' (, meaning "Directly") is a Polish weekly news magazine published in Poznań, Poland.[Andrzej Kmicic
Andrzej Kmicic is best known as a fictional character created by Henryk Sienkiewicz featured in the novel ''The Deluge (novel), The Deluge'' (Polish: ''Potop''). He is a typical szlachta, szlachcic (Polish-Lithuanian noble) from the Polish–Lith ...]
, fictional character created by Henryk Sienkiewicz
Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius Sienkiewicz ( , ; 5 May 1846 – 15 November 1916), also known by the pseudonym Litwos (), was a Polish epic writer. He is remembered for his historical novels, such as The Trilogy, the Trilogy series and especially ...
featured in the novel ''The Deluge''
*Samuel Kmicic image:POL COA Radzic II.svg, 150px, Radzic Coat of Arms
Samuel Kmicic (between 1625 & 1630–1692) was a nobleman (szlachcic) from Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. He held the ranks of colonel (pułkownik) in the ...
, a nobleman from Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
See also
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Polish-language surnames
Patronymic surnames