Chołodecki
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The Polish surname of the noble (szlachta) family, of Chołodecki
(variously spelled as Cholodecki, Hołodecki, Holodecki) is derived from the village of Chołodec located in Wołyń, currently located in the Ukraine. According to the historian Józef Białynia Chołodecki, an unknown member of the Białynia clan was given the rights to develop the land in and around Chołodec, and that individual took the last name of Chołodecki. The Chołodecki surname first appears in the 17th century in Poland, a Chołodecki is listed in the registers during the election of King Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki in 1669 and in the late 17th century Kazimierz Amor Chołodecki becomes a man of some stature in Włodzimierz Wołyński, living on the estate of Piatydnia. The family was confirmed as Szlachta in 1783 and 1825 by the Austrian authorities in Galicia, while in Wołyń the stricter Russian rules also confirm nobility in 1811 and 1827.
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[edit] Patriotic Traditions
The Białynia clan, to which the Chołodecki family belongs, was granted its coat of arms for bravery in battle under King Łokietek. The Chołodecki's continued their clans tradition, in 1675
Chołodecki's took part in the famous Defense of Trembowla under Jan Samuel Chrzanowski, where a small group of soldiers managed to defend the town against a Turkish army. The family had significant members involved in the November Uprising (Tomasz Chołodecki, Ferdinand Chołodecki, Celestyn Chołodecki) of 1830. Chołodecki's played a significant role in the planning and execution of the failed Kraków Uprising of 1846, which led to a death sentence for Tomasz Chołodecki, which was later reduced. Chołodecki's also took part in the battles of the January Uprising of 1863 (Tomasz Chołodecki, Ferdinand Chołodecki, Celestyn Chołodecki, Józef Białynia Chołodecki). As Russian criminal court records now show, due to the families continued involvement in all of the major upheavals in Poland's fight for independence during the 19th century on the old territories of the Commonwealth, the family living in Wołyń had all of its land and belongings confiscated. The major confiscations occurred after the Kraków Uprising and the January Uprising, with some members, such as Aleksander Chołodecki, fleeing to France. The small but more prominently known section of the family located in Galicia was left with mostly leasehold estates.
The Chołodecki's involvement in the fight for Poland's independence also extended into World War I and the Polish-Ukrainian War (Józef Białynia Chołodecki), and WWII (Witold Chołodecki, who was murdered by Soviet forces in Charków in 1940). Chołodecki's also fought for an end to communism in Poland, Jarosław Chołodecki was the vicechair for the Regional Board in "Solidarność" when it was formed in 1980, he spent over a year in jail when Poland instituted marshal law in 1981.
[edit] Estates
Members of the Chołodecki family owned small tracts of land and villages in Wołyń and Galicia in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. The most significant holdings were around Żytomierz, Włodzimierz Wołyński and Łuck, namely the villages of Obłapy, Kudynowce, Ceców[1], Lachowa, and Nikonówka. The family also had leaseholds in Galicia, namely Bednarów and Piatydnia. The family also had close relationships with the Potockis for hundreds of years, administering some of the vast estates of the family, including holdings in Lwów and the Brzoza Stadnicka estate into the 20th century, while a Mikołaj Chołodecki was listed as a reiter for the Potocki's as early as 1703.[2]
[edit] Coat of arms
The Białynia Coat of Arms is used by the Chołodeckis from Wołyń and Galicia.
[edit] Members
The Chołodecki family members include:
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[edit] Notes and references
- Polski slownik biograficzny (Polish Biographical Dictionary), Kraków, 2000
- Calendar of events of MSZZ Solidarity in Opole [3]
- Boniecki, Adam. Herbarz Polski (Polish Heraldry), Warsaw, 1899-1913
- Chołodecki, Białynia Józef. Białynia-Chołodeccy : uczestnicy spisków, więźniowie stanu (History of the Cholodecki family of the Bialynia Clan). 1911
- Wiadomość historyczna o staroźytnym obrazie Boga-rodzicy Maryi na Jasnej Gorze przy Częstochowie przez Władyslawa ksia̧zęcia Opolskiego w roku 1383 złozonym. 1856[4]
- Żychliński, Tadeusz. Złota Księga Szlachty Polskiej (Golden Tome of Polish Szlachta) Vol. 23, pp.13-19.
- State Archive of Zhytomyr Oblast (Derzhavnyi arkhiv Zhytomyrskoi oblasti) Fond 146, Title 1, Case Nr 457, Folders: 253, 253, 252, 254, 254, 255, 295, 296, 297, 298.
