Odrowąż (plural: Odrowążowie or Odrowąże) was an important family of knights in the medieval Kingdom of Poland, strongly allied with the Catholic church in the 12th century.[1]
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History edit
Their family seats were in Upper Silesia and in Lesser Poland, and after the 13th-century invasion by the Teutonic Order, they moved to Silesia just within Lesser Poland. The progenitor of the family was Prandota Stary, who came to Poland in the 12th century from Moravia (or possibly Bohemia).
Notable members edit
- Iwo Odrowąż, Archbishop of Gniezno, Archbishop of Kraków
- Czesław Odrowąż vel Blessed Ceslaus
- Jacek Odrowąż vel saint Hyacinth of Poland
- Bronisława Odrowąż vel Blessed Bronisława
- Jan Prandota, Archbishop of Kraków
- Jan Odrowąż, Archbishop of Lwów[2]
- Jan II Odrowąż of Sprowa, Archbishop of Gniezno[3][4]
- Andrzej Odrowąż, Voivode of Podole, founder of the Bernardine Church in Lwów.
- Jan Odrowąż of Sprowa, starost of Lwów, Voivode of Ruthenia and Voivode of Podole
- Jan of Szczekociny, castellan of Lublin
- Piotr Odrowąż of Sprowa, starost of Lwów, Voivode of Ruthenia and Podole
- Zofia Odrowąż, married Hetman Jan Krzysztof Tarnowski h. Leliwa
- Stanisław Odrowąż, Voivode of Ruthenia and Podole, married to Anna of Masovia
- Jakub Dembiński, Great Chancellor of the Crown
- Strasz of Białaczów, knight, starost of Łęczyca
Branches of the family edit
- Bębnowscy
- Białaczowscy
- Chlewiccy
- Dembińscy
- Kamieńscy
- Koneccy (vel Konieccy)
- Kryszkowski
- Maliccy (from Malice Kcyńskie)
- Modliszewscy
- Sprowscy
- Sypniewski
- Szydłowiecki
- Waligórscy
- Wądołowscy
Coat of arms edit
The family used the Odrowąż coat of arms.
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Odrowąż coat of arms
Palaces edit
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Castle in Dębno
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Related Houses edit
- clan Gryf
- Piast dynasty
- clan Łabędź
- Kołda of clan Oksza
- House of Spyra of clan Pernus
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Odrowąże - Encyklopedia PWN - źródło wiarygodnej i rzetelnej wiedzy".
- ^ Feliks Kiryk. "Jan Odrowąż, h. Odrowąż" (in Polish). iPSB. Retrieved 15 March 2019.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Jan of Sprowa, prekon. 1453" (in Polish). Prymas Polski. Archived from the original on 2016-04-22. Retrieved 2015-11-17.
- ^ Jan ze Sprowy, Biogramy.pl., https://www.biogramy.pl/a/biografia/jan-ze-sprowy-sprowski
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