The names of 186 Polish and Lithuanian families listed below were awarded the Ogonczyk Coat of Arms by Polish kings during a period of eight hundred years and became members of the Polish Nobility. A hereditary title of count and knighthood was also granted with the coat of arms. Citizens of Poland in ancient times were awarded nobility status for their contribution to Poland on the battlefield for personal valor or for outstanding service to the Kingdom and the Republic. This was the only method in ancient times for awarding a status of distinction upon citizens before the establishment of the Order of the White Eagle in the 17th century. These families shared the same coat of arms as insignia on family estates, official seals, rings, battle dress and flags. During military operations these families would assemble under the Ogonczyk banner and fight as a group as seen in battle drawings especially at the Battle of Grunwald in 1410 and at the Battle of Vienna in 1683.
To this day the Ogonczyk Coat of Arms can be seen in the chapel at Vienna in which the clan participated with King Jan Sobieski defending Europe from the Turkish invasion. Their names and their descendents were registered in Polish books of nobility and maintained by heralds in official records of the Kingdom and the Republic. In modern times the practice of granting nobility status was discontinued but the tradition lives on. In Poland it is one of the most important documented system in genealogical studies.
The arrow symbol used for the Ogonczyk coat of arms has its origin in ancient times dating back to at least the 5th century. It is one of the oldest coats of arms of the Polish nobility system.
The names have been obtained from Polish Books of Nobility such as Polska Encyklopedja Szlachecka and works by Paprocki, Niesiecki, Leszczyc, Dziedulewicz, Wittyg, Malachowski and others.
Approximately 9,000 families were awarded about 15,000 coats of arms. Many families were awarded multiple coats of arms, some up to 20. There are approximately 550 different coats of arms in the Polish Nobility system.
Augustynowski
Balenski
Balinski
Bialoblocki
Biechowski
Bloch
Bogorski
Bogurski
Borkowski
Borowiecki
Borowski
Broniewski
Bruchan
Butowiecki
Chwal
Ciechrowski
Cieplinski
Cwiklowski
Czychrowski
Cym
Czarnotulski
Czerski
Dabrowski
Dalkowski
Dobiecki
Dobruchowski
Domajowski
Drwalewski
Drzewiecki
Dunczewski
Dzialynski
Dzieciolowski
Falkowski
Godziszewski
Golbicki
Golenski
Golubicki
Gornicki
Gorynski
Gorzechowski
Gorzycki
Grodzicki
Grotkowski
Hayko
Idzikowski
Jacewicz
Jakimowicz
Jakubowski
Jankowski
Kadzidlowski
Kijowski
Kirkil
Klodzki
Kloczko
Kochanski
Koczmier
Koncza
Korzeniowski
Koscielec
Koscielecki
Koscielski
Kotlinski
Kotwinski
Kotynski
Koziorowicz
Kruszewski
Kucinski
Kuczborski
Kuczkowski
Kuczynski
Kulinski
Kumelski
Kuropatnicki
Kwiatkowski
Lastynski
Lazienski
Lazinski
Lesiowski
Letowski
Lezajski
Lezienski
Lissowski
Lodowski
Lodzata
Lukowski
Magnuszewski
Makowski
Malanowski
Malachowski
Malski
Marcinowski
Mecinski
Meczynski
Mijakowski
Mikolajewski
Miroslawski
Mniewski
Mniszek
Morawiec
Murzynowski
Myslakowski
Niedrzwicki
Niedzwiecki
Obrapalski
Ogon
Ogonowski
Ostalowski
Ostrowicki
Paczynski
Padzewski
Paprocki
Parul
Patynski
Pawala
Piaczynski
Piaskowski
Piotrowicz
Podrez
Pogorski
Powala
Proszynski
Pruszkowski
Radojewski
Radzikowski
Rdultowski
Resznowski
Rosnowski
Roszkowski
Roznowski
Rozynski
Rozycki
Rudowski
Ruskowski
Sangaw
Sieczkowski
Sierakowski
Sierkowski
Sieszkowski
Siewierski
Skarbienski
Skorezewski
Skrzypienski
Skwaski
Sokolowski
Spiemierz
Stachowski
Stanislawowicz
Stanski
Starosielski
Strzegocki
Susz
Suchodolski
Swiderski
Szwykowski
Tolwinski
Trojan
Trojanowski
Trzebienski
Trzebuchowski
Twardowski
Ulanowski
Walowski
Wesolowski
Wiercienski
Wiesiolowski
Wirowski
Wlewski
Wloszynowski
Wolinski
Wojszyk
Wolski
Woyszyk
Wydzierzewski
Wysocki
Zakrzewski
Zaleski
Zaorski
Zarpalski
Zboinski
Zelski
Zenowiewicz
Zernicki
Ziembrowski
Zoltowski
Zukowski
Zwolski
Prof. Dr. Zdzislaw Pawel Ogonczyk Wesolowski
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