Gryf | |
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Battle cry: Po trzy na ga艂膮藕, 艢wieboda |
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Alternative names | Swoboda, 艢wieboda, Jaxa |
Earliest mention | 1369 |
Towns | none |
Families | 329 names altogether: Aksamitowski, Aksentowicz, Andronowski, Andrzejkiewicz, Ankowski, Axamitowski, Axentowicz, Batowt, Bawo艂owski, B膮kowski, B膮kowski-Jaksa, Beda, Behme, Belicki, Beliski, Be艂hacki, Be艂zki, Bielicki, Bieniaszewski, Bienia偶ewski, Bila艅ski, Bitowt, Bitowtowicz, Bober, Bobowski, Bobri艅ski, Bobrowicz, Bokowski, Borkowicz, Borzes艂awski, Borzys艂awski, Botowicz, Botowt, B贸br, de Branice Branicki, Bra艅ski, Braun, Brze偶nicki, Brzezi艅ski, Brze藕nicki, Bubowski, Burzy艅ski, Butowd, Butowt, Buttowt, Bykowski, Bykowski Jaxa, Ceder, Cedro, Cedrowicz, Cedrowski, Chamiec, Chamski, Charzewski, Chicki, Ch艂膮dowski, Ch艂臋dowski, Chomski, Chrapkowicz, Chroniowski, Chronowski, Chycki, Chy膰ko, Ciepielewski, Ciepielowski, Cykowski, Czaja艅ski, Czaj臋cki, Czaykowski, Czepielewski, Czepielowski, Czykowski, D臋bicki, Dobek, Doberski, Dobkiewicz, Dobko, Domaradzki, Dowiat, Dziwisz, G膮bski, Gedajmin, Getkin, Getka, Getko, G臋bski, G臋dka, Giedczycki, Giedczy艅ski, Giedecki, Giedymin, Giedzi艅ski, Gienk, Gienko, Gierntowt, G艂adysz, G艂adyszewski, Go艂膮bek, Gosicki, Goszycki, Grefkowicz, Grodzicki, Gross, Gru藕d藕, Gryczka, Gryffin, Gryfita, Gryfin, Grynkiewicz, Grzywaldzki, Grzywladski, Gumieniecki, Gunther, Gwo藕dziowski, Haszlakiewicz, Hausman, Hromyk, Hronowski, Hroznowski, Hrydzicz, Ilsinger, I偶yron, Jaksi艅ski, Jakszewicz, Jarken, Jaworski, Jawszyc, Jaxa, Jencewicz, Je艅cewicz, Kawecki, Kawiecki, K膮sie艅ski, Keller, K臋pski, Kha艅ski, Kicki, Kiertut, Kija艅ski, Kilski, Kleszczewski, Kleszczy艅ski, Klewszczy艅ski, Kober, Kobr, Kobro, Komornicki, Konarski, Korabka, Kosmynowski, Kosmyszewski, Kossowicz, Ko艣mierzowski, Ko艣minowski, Ko艣wicz, Kowarski, Krobanowski, Kromo艂owski, Krukowski, Kruszowski, Krzeczewicz, Krzeczowicz, Krzeszowicki, Krzeszowski, Krzyszewski, Kwiatkiewicz, Kwiatkowicz, Kwiatkowski, Kwieci艅ski, Lange, Latosi艅ski, Latoszy艅ski, Laudyn, Lechowicz, Le艅kowski, Le艣niewski, Le艣niowski, Le艣niowski de Zimnowoda, Lewczenko, Lig臋za, Lobowski, Lowczowski, Lubczewski, Luze艅ski, 艁adoszy艅ski, 艁obowski, 艁obzowski, 艁otwiszy艅ski, 艁owczewski, 艁owczowski, 艁owczycki, 艁upi艅ski, Makulski, Maleszewski, Maleszowski, Maliszenko, Maliszowski, de Ma艂achowo Ma艂achowski, Maniukowski, Marcinkowski, Marcinowski, M膮kolski, Micherowski, Michora, Michorowski, Michowski, Michowski, de Mielec Mielecki, Miko艂ajowski, Mikoszek, Mikoszko, Milecki, Mirzowski, Molenda, Molendzi艅ski, Mykoszek, Myrzowski, Nasiechowski, Nasi臋chowski, Nast, Nasto, Neledy艅ski, Nieklewicz, Niklewicz, Noskowski, Nowoszewicz, Oko艂owski, Osowiecki, Ossowiecki, Ossowski, Ostrowski, Otffinowski, Otfinowski, Otwinowski, Paciorkowski, Paluchowski, Panterewicz, Panterowicz, Papieski, Papiewski, Papi艅ski, Papuski, Piskorzewski, Pobiedzi艅ski, Podegrodzki, Podgrodzki, Podogrodzki, Po艂ucki, Potucki, Procha艅ski, Proche艅ski, Prucha艅ski, Pruche艅ski, Raczkiewicz, Radli艅ski, Rakowski, Rankowicz, Ratarski, Ronikier (seem wrongly attributed to the Clan for the similarity of arms only), Ros艂awiec, Ros艂owicz, Ros艂owiec, Rotarius, Rotariusz, Rotarski, Rotarski, Rozen, Ro偶en, Ro偶enkowski, Ro偶e艅ski, Ro偶no, Ruszczycki, Sabina, Sczepanowski, Skrzyszowski, S艂ocki, Slominski, Stanis艂awski, Stroniowski, Strzeszkowski, Studzie艅ski, Swoszowski, Syrochowski, Szczepanowski, Szczodry, Szczukowski, Szczynecki, Szlydyen, Szo艂omski, Sztukowski, 艢wi臋szek, Taonowicz, Treska, Tresko, Trestka, Treszka, Trojacki, Trojecki, Trzeciecki, Trzeciewski, Turski, Ujejski, Ulkowski, Warcha艂owski, Wdowieszy艅ski, Weszmunt, Wierzbicki, Wiktorowski, Wilkowski, Wodnicki, Wolski, Wosztort, Wosztowt, Wyszko, Zadro偶ny, Zajezierski, Zakomorny, Zakrzewski, Zamiechowski, Zamierowski, Zanietowski, Zaporski, Ziema-Grodzicki, Znamierowski, Znamirowski, Zo艂otar, 呕arli艅ski, 呕eromski, 呕eromski Jaxa, 呕eromski-Jaxa, 呕ukowski, 呕yzmi艅ski |
Gryf (Polish for "Griffin") is a Polish coat of arms that was used by many noble families in medieval Poland and later under the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, branches of the original medieval Gryfita-艢wiebodzic family as well as families connected with the Clan by adoption at ennoblement or even by error.
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Leszek III, legendary Prince of Poland, 805?, had 14 sons, of whom the oldest was Popiel his successor to the throne. Leszek assured special parts of the realm to the remaining sons within his lifetime, obligating them by oath not to make the sovereignty of Popiel contentious. This ensured the safety and liberty of the country with a united army.
All these sons united under one war flag given by Leszek. The Lechiten originally had a young lion on its war flag, then around 550, the white eagle appeared as a realm flag. The combination of both animal pictures into one figure has developed. Hence a lion's body and an eagle's head, which appears on and above the Gryf shield.
Notable bearers of this coat of arms have included: