Leszczyński

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Leszczyński family coat of arms: Clan Wieniawa.
Leszczyński family coat of arms: Clan Wieniawa.
For the administrative division called "powiat leszczyński", see Leszno County.

Leszczyński, plural: Leszczyńscy is the surname of a Polish noble family. Some Polish surnames have different forms for the genders, Leszczyńska is the form for a female family member.

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[edit] History

The Leszczyński family was a magnate family. In 1473 (and not in 1476), Rafal Leszczyński obtained from Emperor Frederick III the title of count. This title was conferred on "the entire family". The last representative of the family, Stanislaus Leszczyński, King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania and later Duke of Lorraine, died in 1766. The family name derives from Leszczyna, now a suburb of Leszno, Greater Poland. The family had its greatest importance in the 17th century when they were ardent supporters of Calvinism and turned their estates Leszno and Baranow Sandomierski into major centres of the Polish Reformed Church.

[edit] Coat of Arms and Motto

The Leszczyński family used the Clan Wieniawa arms (as they indeed descended from the clan's founding bloodline) and their motto was: ?

[edit] Notable family members

[edit] See also

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