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s, a branch of the Gryffin Clan. The founders and former owners of the City of

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History

It is believed that their progenitor could be ''Pawlik z Mielec'', mentioned in 1224. The first documented ancestor was ''Jakub Trestka'', castellan of

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in 1334. The Mielecki of Gryf family line died out in 1771.

Notable members

* Stanislaw z Mielca, Royal

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, married Elżbieta Tęczyńska h. Topór ** Jan Mielecki,

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, married Anna Koła h. Junosza ***

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and Grand Hetman of the Crown, married

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h. Trąby **** Zofia Mielecka, married Prince Szymon Olelkowicz Słucki h.

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and

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h. Kościesza

Coat of arms

The family used the

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Bibliography

* Rodzina, herbarz szlachty polskiej, t. XI, Warszawa 1914

References

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