House of Odrowąż

Odrowąż is the name of a very old Polish noble family of Czech origin, which produced significant church leaders especially in the 12th and 13th centuries. The female form of the name is Odrowążowa.

History

The father of the Polish line of which is true of Odrowąż Prandota the Elder, the early 12th century came from Bohemia to Poland. The most important representatives of this dynasty were Iwo Odrowąż († 1229 ) and Jan - Prandota Odrowąż († 1266 ), both held the office of the Bishop of Krakow, as well as their Silesian relatives of the Holy Hyacinth and Blessed Ceslaus, both Dominicans, Jan von Szczekocin - Odrowąż († 1433 ), castellan of Lublin, Jan von Sprowski - Odrowąż († 1464 ), Archbishop of Gniezno and Jakub Dębno - Odrowąż ( Dembiński - Odrowąż, † 1490 ), Castellan of Kraków and Grand Chancellor of the Polish king Casimir IV Jagiello.

The main line of the von Odrowąż split over time into the homes Szydłowiecki and Chlewicki.

Branches of Crest Community Odrowąż

  • Bębnowscy
  • Białaczowscy
  • Chlewicki
  • Dembińscy
  • Kamieńscy
  • Koneccy (or Konieccy )
  • Maliccy ( from Malice Kcyńskie )
  • Modliszewscy
  • Sprowscy
  • Szydłowiecki

Jacek Odrowąż, St. Hyacinth of Poland (1183-1257), by Ludovico Carracci 1594

Sarcophagus of Czesław Odrowąż, the blessed Ceslaus of Breslau (about 1184 - about 1242 )

Iwo Odrowąż (d. 1229 ), bishop of Krakow

Jan- Prandota Odrowąż (ca. 1200-1266 ), Bishop of Cracow

Sophia Odrowąż (1537-1580), wife of Jan Krzysztof Tarnowski

  • Polish nobility
Odrowąż, Opole Voivodeship Dominican Order Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gniezno House of Tarnowski
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