Piława coat of arms

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Piława
Piława Coat of Arms
Battle cry: Piława
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Alternative names Piława, Strzała
Earliest mention 1385
Towns Baltiysk, former town of Pilawa, Buczacz
Families 92 names altogether: Balcer, Batulewicz, Bogdaszewski, Boleścic, Borowski, Bóbr, Buczacki, Buczacki Tworowski, Buterlewicz, Bystrzykowski, Charewicz, Charkowski, Chechelski, Chrzczonowski, Cieszkowski, Denewski, Dmitrowski, Drozdowski, Dulowski, Felsztyn, Ilkusz, Janowski, Jerzewski, Jurkowicki, Jurkowicz, Jurkowiecki, Jurkowski, Kamieniec, Kamieniecki, Kamieński, Kaminiec, Kliczkowski, Klikowicz, Knoth, Kubiatowski, Lachowski, Lalowski, Lechiński, Lechowski, Lichiński, Lichnowski, Lutostański, Łabuszewski, Łachowski, Mars, Masłowski, Miłkowski, Misiowski, Modzelewski, Monasterski, Moskorzewski, Murca, Mysiowski, Myślikowski, Nagórski, Namieniecki, Niewodowski, Okieński, Okiński, Petrowicki, Pęczalski, Pęczelski, Piec, Piecewski, Piecowski, Pieczyski, Pierzyński, Pilawski, Piotrkowczyc, Piotrowicki, Płatuść, Podgajewski, Podgórski, Potocki, Przełubski, Przyłubski, Rawa, Rawski, Rynkowski, Skałowski, Słostowski, Smalawski, Stanisławski, Sychowski, Szewiga, Szychowski, Światły, Twarowski, Tworkowski, Wierzychowski, Wojsik, Wojsz, Wójszyk, Zagórski, Zakliczewski, Żarski, Żelisławski, Żyrosław

Piława is a Polish coat of arms. It was used by several szlachta (noble) families under the Kingdom of Poland and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

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Pilawa coat of arms in Baranow-Sandomierski castle
Pilawa coat of arms in Baranow-Sandomierski castle

The progenitor of the Piława Clan was supposed to have been Żyrosław z Potoka, who fighting the Prussians, a pagan tribe and brought himself glory in the Battle of Pilawa, where he fought along Bolesław IV the Curly. The legend states that Żyrosław reached the pagan chief, fought him in hand-to-hand combat and killed him. The terrified enemy hordes fled the battle field. The related legend tells also that in 1166, to commemorate the victory, Bolesław IV bestowed a coat of arms upon Żyrosław, naming it for the place, where the battle took place.

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The Piława coat of arms assumed its final form in the late 14th century. Former, there were two differing patterns, and the records from the years 1387, 1388 and 1389 mention that it had to be a letter "Z" with two and a half of a cross, or an arrow with two and a half of a cross.

[edit] Notable bearers

Notable bearers of this coat of arms have included:

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