House of Odrowąż
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Nobilitation of the House of Odrowąż in Liber Genesos ilustris Familiae Shidlovicae
Iwo Odrowąż, Bishop of Kraków
Saint Hyacinth
The House of Odrowąż (plural: Odrowążowie or Odrowąże) was an important family of knights in medieval Kingdom of Poland, strongly tied with the Catholic church in the 12th century.[1]
History
Their family seat was in Lesser Poland. The progenitor of the family was Prandota Stary, who came to Poland in the 12th century from Moravia or Bohemia.
Notable members
- Andrzej Odrowąż, Voivode of Podole, founder of the Bernardine Church in Lwów.
- Blessed Bronisława, see Blessed Bronisława Chapel
- Iwo Odrowąż, Bishop of Kraków
- Jan Prandota, Bishop of Kraków
- Jan Odrowąż, Archbishop of Lwów
- Jan Odrowąż ze Sprowy, starost of Lwów, Voivode of Ruthenia and Podole
- Jan ze Szczekocin, castellan of Lublin
- Jan Prandota, Bishop of Kraków
- Piotr Odrowąż ze Sprowy, starost of Lwów, Voivode of Ruthenia and Podole
- Hyacinth of Poland, saint
- Zofia Odrowąż, married Hetman Jan Krzysztof Tarnowski h. Leliwa
- Stanisław Odrowąż, Voivode of Ruthenia and Podole, married to Anna of Masovia
- Blessed Ceslaus
- Jakub Dembiński, Great Chancellor of the Crown
- Strasz z Białaczowa, knight, starost of Łęczyca
Branches of the family
- Bębnowscy
- Białaczowscy
- Chlewiccy
- Dembińscy
- Kamieńscy
- Koneccy (vel Konieccy)
- Maliccy (from Malice Kcyńskie)
- Modliszewscy
- Sprowscy
- Szydłowieccy
Coat of arms
The family used the Odrowąż coat of arms.
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Odrowąż coat of arms
Palaces
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Castle in Dębno
See also
References
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