| Ciołek | |
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Battle cry: Biała, Ciołek |
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| Alternative names | Biała, Taurus |
| Earliest mention | 1250 |
| Towns | none |
| Families | 114 names altogether: Bieliński, Brzeski, Bzicki, Cetys, Chabdziński, Chądzyński, Chebdziński, Chędziński, Chudzewski, Cialek, Cichoborski, Ciołek, Ciołkiewicz, Czarnołuski, Czuszułowicz, Dobroniecki, Dobrynicki, Dobryniecki, Dobrzyniecki, Drzewicki, Ewil, Eynild, Fiebron, Gerłachowski, Gierlachowski, Gierłach, Gierłachowski, Głuski, Gnoiński, Gnojeński, Gorczyczewski, Goryszewski, Gościejewski, Gościejowski, Gutanowski, Gutowski, Jaszewski, Jarogoszka, Jazgarski, Jazgarzewski, Jeżowski, Kabat, Kajsza, Klausgielowicz, Klawsgiełowicz, Kodziewicz, Komarowski, Komorowski, Korycki, Kossowski, Koszewski, Koszowski, Kromolicki, Krzytowicz, Lipowiecki, Lipowski, Maciejowski, Malinowski, Mączewski, Mielęcki, Milęcki, Mordas, Mosiński, Muświc, Osiemborski, Ostołęcki, Ostrołęcki, Pilecki, Podfilipski, Podrzecki, Podstolski, Poniatowski, Poświński, Powsiński, Powsłowski, Poznański, Regulski, Rodewicz, Rogewicz, Roszewski, Rożniszewski, Rusiński, Sablicki, Sadurski, Sobol, Starski, Szablicki, Szadurski, Świrski, Tetewczyński, Wigand, Witelius, Włostowski, Wolczyński, Wołczyński, Woźnicki, Wrzeszcz, Wyleziński, Zakrzewski, Zaleski, Zalęcki, Załęcki, Zardecki, Zelechowski, Zielechowski, Zieliński, Zuliński, Żardecki, Żelechowski, Żeleński, Żelichowski, Żeliński, Żuliński, Żyliński |
Ciołek (Polish for "Bullock") is a Polish coat of arms, one of the oldest in medieval Poland (Jardetzky 1992, Gajl 2003:47). It was used by many szlachta (noble) families under the late Piast Dynasty, under the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, during the Partitions of Poland, and in the 20th century. The variant names "Siolek" and "Cialek" arose from miscommunication among early-20th-century Polish immigrants to the United States.
A history of this Coat of Arms is included in a Short History of Polish Arms written by Countess Ewa Theresa Korab-Karpinska in the late 1980s and is currently lodged at the College of Arms in London. As heraldic heiress and only daughter of Tadeuz ( Thadeus Josef Zielinski also spelt Zelinski ) Ewa was also one of a very small handful of women to write upon the subject of heraldry. The bull and crown were later exceptionally incorporated as a crest into an English Grant of Arms by the English College of Arms.
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Notable bearers of this coat of arms have included: