Łabędź (Polish for "Swan") is a Polish coat of arms. It was used by many knightly and noble families in Polish in medieval Poland and later under the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, branches of the original medieval Duninowie (Łabędzie) magnate family as well as families connected with the Clan by adoption.

History

Blazon

Gules a swan passant Argent beaked and legged Or.

Notable bearers

Notable bearers of this coat of arms have included:

  • Dunin family
  • Piotr Włostowic (1080–1153)
  • Marcin Dunin archbishop
  • Hrabia, Grand Duke (Count, Grand Duke) Rodryg Dunin (1870–1928)
  • Hrabia Antoni Dunin (1907–1939)
  • Ortynski family
  • Stanisław Kostka Ortynski
  • Soter Ortynsky O.S.B.M., bishop (1866–1916)
  • Josef Ritter von Ortynski, mayor of Chernivtsi
  • Liubomyr Ortynskyi
  • Teodor Bujnicki
  • Mszczuj of Skrzynno
  • Lucjan Żeligowski
  • August Zaleski
  • Krzysztof Zawisza
  • Stanislav Szemet
  • Michail Szemet (Шемет)

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Borkowski-Dunin Hrabia POL COA.svg|Counts Dunin-Borkowski

POL COA Byliński.svg|Byliński

POL COA Chróścieski.svg|Chróścieski

POL COA Gromadzki.svg|Gromadzki

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Szpot variations

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POL COA Szpot.svg|Szpot, standard version

POL COA Szpot I a.svg|Szpot I a

POL COA Szpot I b.svg|Szpot I b

POL COA Szpot I c.svg|Szpot I c

POL COA Szpot I d.svg|Szpot I d

POL COA Szpot I e.svg|Szpot I e

POL COA Szpot II.svg|Szpot II

POL COA Szpot II alt.svg|Szpot II

POL COA Szpot II a.svg|Szpot II a

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See also

  • Polish heraldry
  • Heraldic family
  • List of Polish nobility coats of arms <!--Include in this list after editing this CoA-->

Bibliography

  • Tadeusz Gajl: Herbarz polski od średniowiecza do XX wieku : ponad 4500 herbów szlacheckich 37 tysięcy nazwisk 55 tysięcy rodów. L&L, 2007. .
  • Herby szlachty polskiej, S. Górzyński, J.Kochanowski, Warszawa 1992.

References