Niemirowicz-Szczytt (; plural in Polish Niemirowiczowie-Szczyttowie) was a noble Polish family. It used JastrzÃÂbiec coat of arms. They also used another forms of surname like Niemirowicz-Szczyt, Szczytt-Niemirowicz, Szczyt-Niemirowicz, Szczytt or Szczyt.
The family is directly descended from of Wsielub, the boyar coming from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania who was adopted during the Union of HorodÃ
Âo by Wojciech JastrzÃÂbiec, the then bishop of Kraków and granted Polish coat of arm JastrzÃÂbiec.
Szczytt family belonged to the higher class of Lithuanian nobility (paniÃÂta) in the first half of 16th century.
Notable members
- (d. before 1465), Lithuanian boyar, , starost of KÃ
Âecko
- Andrzej Niemirowicz (1462âÂÂ1540), voivode of Kiev, the second hetman of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
- Jan Szczytowicz (d. 1519 or 1520), during the reign of Zygmunt I Stary.
- Justynian Szczytt (d. 1677)
- Józef Szczytt (d. 1745), MÃ
ÂciÃ
Âaw's castellan, member of parliament
- Józef Szczytt (d. between 1808 and 1817), Brzesk's castellan, member of parliament
- Justynian Szczytt (1740-1824), member of Permanent Council, member of parliament
- Feliks Szczytt (1789-1865), a priest
- Krzysztof Szczytt (d. 1720), SmoleÃ
Âsk's castellan, member of parliament
- Krzysztof Szczytt (d. 1776), general
Notes
References
Further reading
- T. JaszczoÃ
Ât, Ród Niemiry z Wsielubia - Niemirowiczowie i Szczytowie herbu JastrzÃÂbiec do poÃ
Âowy XVI wieku. In: Unia w Horodle na tle stosunków polsko-litewskich, ed. S. Górzynski, Wydawnictwo DiG, Warszawa 2015, p. 230-245.