Kościesza coat of arms

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 Å»aba
• Witold Gombrowicz
• Aleksander Kakowski
• August Kościesza-Å»aba
• Chodźko family
• Witold Chodźko
• Aleksander Chodźko
• Leonard Chodźko
• Ludwik Chodźko
• Wojciech Wijuk Kojałowicz
• Roman Å»aba, general
• Tadeusz Å»aba, Marshall of the Radom Confederation
• Jan Kazimierz Å»aba, 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

Related coat of arms

• Chodkiewicz coat of arms (Kościesza odmieniony)
• Piłsudski coat of arms (Kościesza odmieniony)

Gallery

See also

Bibliography

• Herbarz polski, Tadeusz Gajl, Gdańsk 2007,

References