Kościesza (Strzegomia, Strzegomya) - is a Polish coat of arms used by szlachta families in the times of Kingdom of Poland and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

History

According to a legend, the Kościesza shield was granted by King Bolesław II the Generous to a brave knight named Kościesza after the Battle of Snowsko in 1072 AD.

Notable bearers

  • Gniewosz z Dalewic (died 1406), knight, podkomorzy of Kraków, castellan of Sandomierz
  • Gniewosz of Dalewice
  • Melchior Pudłowski, poet, secretary of the King
  • Szymon Szymonowic (Simon Simonides, Szymonowicz or Bendoński)
  • Jan Karol Dolski
  • Jan Karol Chodkiewicz (Chodkiewicz coat of arms)
  • Józef Piłsudski (Piłsudski coat of arms)
  • August Żaba
  • Witold Gombrowicz
  • Aleksander Kakowski
  • August Kościesza-Żaba
  • Chodźko family
  • Witold Chodźko
  • Aleksander Chodźko
  • Leonard Chodźko
  • Ludwik Chodźko
  • Wojciech Wijuk Kojałowicz
  • Roman Żaba, general
  • Tadeusz Żaba, Marshall of the Radom Confederation
  • Jan Kazimierz Żaba, Voivode of Minsk
  • Maryla Wereszczakówna, lover of Adam Mickiewicz
  • Piotr z Chrząstowa, Bishop of Przemysl
  • Imisław Wroński, Bishop of Plock
  • Michał Kosmowski, Bishop of Gniezno
  • Szczepan Zambrzycki, member of the Great Sejm
  • Ludomir Włodzimierz Kościesza Wolski, officer of the Armia Krajowa, Righteous Among the Nations
  • Bohdan Stetkiewicz, castellan of Mscislaw
  • Stanisław Gabriel Kakowski, chorazy of Nowogrod
  • Włodzimierz Józef Mężyński, officer of the Polish Legions in World War I
  • Józef Nielubowicz-Tukalski, Orthodox Metropolitan of Kijow (Kyiv)
  • Ron Jaworski, NFL Quarterback
  • Mikola Statkevich, Belarusian opposition politician
  • Chodkiewicz coat of arms (Kościesza odmieniony)
  • Piłsudski coat of arms (Kościesza odmieniony)

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file:POL COA Bereśniewicz.svg|Bereśniewicz

file:Biel POL COA.svg|Biel

file:POL COA Birula.svg|Birula

file:POL COA Chodkiewicz.svg|Chodkiewicz

file:POL COA Czyż.svg|Czyż

file:POL COA Karnicki alt.svg|Counts Karnicki

file:POL COA Karnicki baron.svg|Baron Karnicki

file:POL COA Piłsudski.svg|Piłsudski

file:POL COA Pudłowski.svg|Pudłowski

file:POL COA Szymonowicz.svg|Szymonowicz

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See also

Bibliography

  • Herbarz polski, Tadeusz Gajl, Gdańsk 2007,

References