Count Jan Dołęga-Ossowski

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Ossowski (singular masculine), Ossowska (singular feminine), Ossowscy (plural) are from a Polish noble family. The surname originated from the name Ossowy and ski was added similar to the British Mc/Mac meaning “son of” etc. Other family versions of name (of Ossowski, Ossowski’s) include Ossowskiego, Ossowskich and Ossowskliéj. The family were originally given the title Gryf and then in 14th/15th century given a new title Dołęga.

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[edit] History

The earliest family member memtioned was Janisław I who crowned two Polish Kings Władysław I the Elbow-high in 1320 and his son Casimir III of Poland, in 1333. The family are believed to have originated from Płock and then moved to the villages of Ossowa, now called Osowa Krzeczanowska, Osowa Łaszewska, and Osowa Drobińska in Mazowieckie region of Poland where they worked for the senate. Once a nobleman was chosen to be an official by the king “Przywilej koszycki”, he had a job for a lifetime. He could not be recalled unless he was convicted of high treason. If he agreed, he could be moved to another, usually higher place in the hierarchy.

Count Jan Dołęga-Ossowski was a member of the Ossowski szlachta and is believed to be the originator of the Dołęga noble family clan. He was somehow connected to John Ossowski[1] of Szczecin-Osów, who himself received recognition from the King Louis I of Hungary for providing food and water to the army when it arrived at his territory in 1374. Count Jan Dołęga-Ossowski also owned a manor house in the village of Szczecin-Osów and was a member of the Polish Order of the Virtuti Militari. The family reached the heights of its importance during the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (1569-1795).

In the war with Prussia, King Boleslaw Krzywousty (1102-1139), with the help of Dołęga clan, defeated the Prussians resulting with their leader being killed. This enabled the dismayed people of Poland to rise up with success to then attack. As a reward, Dołęga received the arrow to its coat of arms Pobog, and the new coat of arms was named after him. The Dolega clans were famous the precision of their bowmen and the bravery of their Polish Cavalry.

St Jadwigi Church, Debowa Leka
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St Jadwigi Church, Debowa Leka

In the 15th century some family members obtain some more land and built the settlement of Osowa Sień, near Wschowa and also built the customary village church of St. Fabian and St.Sebastian. In 1540 Piotr Dołęga-Ossowski founded the original church St. Jadwigi in Debowa Leka and in 1560 , his son Mikolaj, next heir of village, the church returned “innowiercom”. In one of the walls a Renaissance Tomb of Bishop Albert Ossowski from 1572 can be seen.

During the 16th and 17th centuries some of the Dołęga clan emigrated to Wilno (now Vilnius, Lithuania).

The title was renewed in Lithuania in 1674 by John III Sobieski, King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1674 to 1696. When West Prussia came back to Prussia in the year 1774, the family title was recognised by the King Friedrich IITH of Prussia (The Large One, 1740-1786). Title renewed again in 1825 in Poland.

[edit] Battles

Members of the szlachta families had the personal obligation to defend the country with men from their own towns and villages. The basic tactical unit of the army was a Choragiew, that is a group of approximately 200 men financed by a noble clan. The Choragiew fought separately and included all the necessary detachments, including own kitchen, tabors and servants.

The Dołęga-Ossowski Officers who supplied themselves and men for the following battles were:-

  • Maciej Dołęga-Ossowski - Połock Fortresses (August 1579)
  • Wacław Dołęga-Ossowski - Moscow Kremlin (October 1610)
  • Stefan Dołęga-Ossowski - Zborów (August 1649)
  • Piotr Dołęga-Ossowski - White Orthodox Church (Summer 1651)
  • Piotr Dołęga-Ossowski - Battle of Berestechko (June 1651)
  • Stanislaw Dołęga-Ossowski - Batoh Ukraine (June 1652)

[edit] Family

  • Janisław I Ossowski, Archbishop of Gniezno D: 1341 in Łęczyca.
  • Count Mikołaj Dołęga-Ossowski D: 1552 General in Polish Army.
  • Countess Jeanette Dołęga-Ossowska B: 24 JUN 1808 in Prussian Stargard.
  • Married Count Ludwig of Rittberg B: 23 MAR 1810 in Stangenberg

Children:

  • Count Georg of Rittberg B: 21 JUL 1833 in Danzig D: 27 MAY 1887 in Memel

Sister:

  • Countess Petronela Dołęga-Ossowska B: 1810 D: 1862
  • Married Józef Pierzchała-Oborski of Obór (Obóry) B: 1797

Children:

  • Aleksander Pierzchała-Oborski
  • Teresa Pierzchała-Oborski
  • N Pierzchała-Oborski
  • Kazimierz Pierzchała-Oborski

Brother:

  • Count Mieczysław Dołęga-Ossowski B: ???? D: 1906 in Ukraine
  • Married Helena ???

[edit] Notes

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  1. ^ see names bearing the coat of arms

[edit] External links

Verification and sources:-

  • [1] - Osowa Sień, Wschowa
  • [2] - St. Jadwigi, Debowa Leka
  • [3] - Alphabetical List Of Polish Battles
  • [4] - Polish Aristocratic Families
  • [5] - Polish Genealogical Database
  • [6] - Dynasties and Aristocratic Families
  • [7] - Title recognition by King Friedrich II
  • [8] - Noble property in West Prussia 1700-1800
  • genealogy - Royal Lineage Genealogy Website
  • [9] - Polish Order of the Virtuti Militari