| Prus II | |
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Battle cry: Nagody, Na pole, Prus |
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| Alternative names | Wilczekosy, Wilcze Kosy, Stubica, Falcastrum Lupinum |
| Earliest mention | 12th century |
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| Families | Bandkowski, Bawor, Baworowski, Będkowski, Bielejowski, Bielowski, Blichowski, Białyszewski, Chłopicki, Chmętowski, Damecki, Danielecki, Daniecki, Dawidowski, Dębowski, Dowejko, Faszcz, Faszczewski, Filonienko, Gąsowski, Glauch, Glinojecki, Glinowiecki, Gloger, Glogier, Głaznecki, Głaznocki, Głuchowski, Głuchowski-Gleich, Gołąb, Gościszewski, Grabowski, Grochowalski, Grodzieński, Grzybowski, Grzybiński, Jezierski, Jeżewski, Kalnochwotski, Kamocki, Kanafocki, Kanafojski, Kamiski, Katlewski, Klukowski, Kobyliński, Kosiński, Kostecki, Łaźniewski, Łanźiowski, Lisicki, Lubecki, Łubecki, Lubiatowski, Makowski, Małachowski, Miszewski, Miszkiel, Mitarnowski, Myślecki, Myślęcki, Moszczyński, Nakwaski, Niewierski, Obrębski, Olszewski, Olszowski, Osowiński, Ossowiński, Orpinowski, Orpiński, Orzeszkowski, Petrellewicz, Płomiański, Preczkowski, Pręczkowski, Pruski, Radomiński, Rogusławski, Rosołowski, Rudowski, Samicki, Segnic, Siodłowski, Skotnicki, Strzemieczny, Stypiński, Szczyciński, Świętochowski, Tobaczyński, Wieczwiński, Windacki, Windak, Windyka, Wodziński, Wołowski, Wspinek, Spinek, Zaborowski, Zacharski, Zglenicki, Zglinicki, Żyrowski |
Prus II Wilczekosy - is a Polish Coat of Arms. It was used by several szlachta families in the times of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
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From what little information we have and from what the Legends say the Prus II seal stands for particularly violent ( that's why it's named Wolfsabres ) Prussian Noble families that settled Poland in the 12 / 13th Century, particularly the lands of Mazowsze.
The following was supplied by a Mr. Leon Stevens some years ago and sheds some more light to the origins of this CoA.
Prus II is the result of the merger of families of 3 clans, namely, the original Prussian Prus Clan, the Wilczekosy Clan (a clan consisting of German settlers in the vicinity of Schillingsdorf, in old Malopolska, and the Moszczenica Clan originating in and near the village of Moszczenica in the Piotrow district. Your family did not necessarily "join" one of these clans, but may simply have always been affiliated back to ancient tribal times. Numerical designations following variants of coats of arms are arbitrarily attached by Polish heralds, and occasionally some do not agree as to which number should correspond with which variant. When nobles identified their clans in signatures etc., they did not identify variants, so that a noble would simply record, for example, "Mikolaj Olszowski h. Prus," "Mikolaj Olszowski herbu Prus," "Mikolaj Prus-Olszowski," etc.
Notable bearers of this Coat of Arms include:
http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrzej_Olszowski