Wysoczański

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Wysoczański plural: Wysoczańscy (with by-names such as “de Weryha”, “de Minkowicz” or “Pietrusiewicz”) is the surname of a Polish szlachta (nobility) family, which traces its lineage back to Comes Vane Valachus who was granted land in 1431 by Polish King Ladislaus II. Jagiełło. Hereditary Chevaliers of Galicia (“Ritter”) since 1782.

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Łukasz Wysoczański, Polish Parliamentary Commissioner 1633
Mikołaj Wysoczański, Sanok Sword-Bearer 1648
Wacław Wysoczański, Member of the Polish Parliament
Jan Wysoczański, Dobrzyn Sewer
Albin Kazimierz Weryha-Wysoczański, hereditary chevalier of Galicia 1782, landowner, Member of the Galician Parliament
Bazyli Wysoczański, landowner, married to Countess Komarnicka in 1876
Bazyli Weryha-Wysoczański, merchant in Odessa, founder of several churches
Chevalier Eugeniusz de Minkowicz Wysoczański (1851-1913), Mayor, Knight of the Order of Saint Gregory the Great
Dr Chevalier Bronisław Eugeniusz de Minkowicz Wysoczański (*1881), industrialist, Honourary Consul of the Yugoslavian Kingdom, Commander of the Order of Saint Sava
Dr Chevalier Kazimierz Józef Mieczysław de Minkowicz Wysoczański (1879-1944), Government Commissioner
P. Vysochansky, Maj. Gen., killed by the Russians in 1929 for leading a counterrevolution group
Wiktor Wysoczański (1900-1940), Member of the Polish Parliament, arrested by the Russians in 1940, lost without a trace
Dr Dr (hc) Wiktor Wysoczański (*1939), Professor, Bishop, Head of the Polish Catholic Church, Rector of the Christian Theological Academy in Warsaw
Dr Chevalier Ryszard Wysoczański (*1941), Director of the Education and Science, Sport Organization and Tourism Departments at the Ministry of Sport, Director General of the Polish Athletics Federation, Vice-President of the Academic Sports Association of Poland
Barbara Wysoczańska (*1949), Olympic Bronze Medalist and Vice World Champion in fencing, wife of Dr Ryszard Wysoczański
Jan Wysoczański (*1949), Polish Senator
Chevalier Jan de Weryha-Wysoczański (*1950), artist

[edit] Sources

  • Almanach. Polska towarzyska 1926 La Pologne mondaine (Warsaw 1926)
  • Czy wiesz kto to jest? (Warsaw 1938)
  • Count Jerzy Sewer Dunin-Borkowski, Spis nazwisk szlachty polskiej (Lwów 1887)
  • Encyklopedia Polskiej Emigracji i Polonii 5 (Toruń 2005)
  • Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Adelslexikon XVI, (Limburg a.d. Lahn 2005)
  • Friedrich Heyer v. Rosenfeld i Ivan v. Bojnčić, Der Adel von Galizien, Lodomerien u. der Bukowina, in: J. Siebmacher’s großes Wappenbuch IV 14 (Nürnberg 1905)
  • Sylwester Korwin-Kruczkowski, Poczet (Lwów 1935)
  • Bronisław Minkowicz-Wysoczański, Wysoczańscy, Gniazdo i Ród 1380-1943, 2 vols (Lwów 1944)
  • Kasper Niesiecki, Herbarz Polski 9 (Leipzig 1842) and 10 (1845)
  • Poczet szlachty galicyjskiej i bukowińskiej (Lwów 1857)
  • Polak w świecie. Leksykon Polonii i Polaków za granicą (Warsaw 2001)
  • Spis alfabetyczny obywateli ziemskich Królestwa Polskiego (Warsaw 1906)
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