Świnka Coat of Arms

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 Świnka

 

Battle cry: Świnka

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  Alternative names 
 Parvus sus, Porcaria, Porcaria sus

  Earliest mention 
 1352

  Towns 
 none

  Families 
 48 altogether: Błeszyński, Bogusławski, Bratkowski, Cholawski, Czacki, Czaczkowski, Czajewski, Danewicz, Dewknetowicz, Dewknotowicz, Dowknotowicz, Dziwosz, Gawroński, Grabianowski, Grzebski, Grzębski, Grzybieński, Grzymaczewski, Ikierat, Jentkiewicz, Jutrkowski, Kaczkowski, Kakanowski, Kakawski, Kakowski, Kamieński, Kamiński, Krzczonanowski, Krzyżanowski, Malborski, Mączeński, Mączyński, Michelsdorf, Mikuszewski, Piotrowski, Podbrzeski, Pomorzański, Porkus, Semisłowski, Stwoliński, Strzycki, Strzyski, Świnka, Tomisławski, Weperm, Wierzycki, Zajączek, Zieliński


Świnka - is a Polish Coat of Arms. It was used by several szlachta families in the times of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.



Contents

1 History
2 Blazon
3 Notable bearers
4 See also

History


Świnka is one of the oldest coats of arms used in Poland. According to the legend, the history of the Świnka family started in 712, when certain Biwoj, squire of queen Libusza, gave her a giant boar he hunted in a forest. The queen rewarded him with the coat of arms, the village of Świny in Silesia and her daughter.


Blazon



Notable bearers
Notable bearers of this Coat of Arms include:
Józef Zajączek, Prince, General
Andrzej Czacki, Catholic bishop
Jakub Świnka (1283-1314), archbishop of Gniezno
See also
Polish heraldry
Heraldry
Coat of Arms




 



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