Taczanowski
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Taczanowski (Polish plural Taczanowscy) is the surname of a Polish szlachta (nobility) family from Poznań bearing the Jastrzębiec Coat of Arms. They took their name from their estate Taczanów in the 15th century and by the 19th century were among the leading magnates in partitioned-Poland. Members of the family are historically significant religious, political, scientific, and military figures. The family was granted the title of count by King Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia in 1857. The Austrian branch of the family, which spells the name Dassanowsky, came to Vienna with the forces of King Jan Sobieski during the Battle of Vienna in 1683.
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Notable members include:
- Jan Scibor Taczanowski (15th century-1468), voivode of Leczyca c. 1437
- Andrzej Taczanowski (c. 1660-18th century), knight commander under King Sobieski during the Turkish Siege (Battle of Vienna) of 1683
- Rafael Taczanowski (18th century), head of the Jesuit Order in Poland
- Jan Taczanowski (1753-19th century), Lord High Steward of Trembowia
- Maksymilian Taczanowski (177?-1852), landowner and national revolutionary
- Count Alfons Anton Felix von Taczanow-Taczanowski (1815-1867), member of Prussian House of Lords
- Władysław Taczanowski (1819-1890), zoologist
- Wladislaw Taczanowski (1825-1893), politician; Prussian parliamentary representative
- Edmund Taczanowski (1833-1879), general and Polish patriot; in Italy with Giuseppe Garibaldi
- Hubert Taczanowski (1960- ), cinematographer
