Ledóchowski

The Count Ledochowski - Halka are Polish and Austrian nobility.

History

The Halka of Ledóchow are a very old wolhynisches noble family, whose master series begins in 1457. Furthermore, they derive their origin from the Russian boyar family of Halka. , Which are documented in the year 971

The Ledochowski family was one of the magnates of the szlachta, the high Polish nobility who put the Senators, Voivode, Palatine, Star East, castellans and Minister of the country. With the third partition of Poland, the Polish kingdom was extinguished, and the family Ledóchowski acquired in recognition of the ancient nobility, in the person of Anton Halka of Ledóchow (1755-1835) for these and their legitimate descendants on 8./15. May 1800 the Austrian - erbländisch earldom.

Members of the count's family Ledochowski distinguished themselves, including through services in the imperial house, inter alia as a tutor to the future Emperor Franz -Joseph, adjutant of the Emperor Charles and General Staff officers, as well as in the service of the Catholic Church by a Jesuit General, a cardinal, a blessed and a saint.

Coat of arms

1800: In the blue shields, a round, silver tires, which is within, topped with three golden paw crosses in the form of an upright triangle so that the upper cross looks down vertically, the other two but obliquely ascend from both sides against each other. (House Szalawa ). On the shield rests the coronet on which rises a targeted Asked gold winning tournament helmet. On the crown of the helmet shows a curved about himself in armor, a left- turned- golden sabers handles for bats wider terms right arm. The helmet covers are blue covered on both sides with gold. Plate holder: Two away seeing armed men with open visors, red bushes on the helmets, weirs set with golden vessels of black hangers on the side, his free hand on her hip.

The tire comes in shields but also golden tinged ago, an assumption which is also reflected in the Genealogical Handbook of gräf1ichen houses (1854, p 442) found. According to the said works is the motto: " Avorum respice mores ".

Well-known bearers of the name

• Anton Ledochowski (1755-1835), member of the four-year Sejm, participants of the Kosciuszko Uprising
• Ignacy Hilary Ledochowski (1789-1870), Polish Brigadier General
• Ignacy Ledochowski Kazimierz ( the Holy General, 1871-1945 ), Polish general
• January Ledochowski (1791-1864), Member of the Senate of the Kingdom of Poland and political emigrant
• Maria Teresia Ledóchowska (1863-1922), Austrian foundress and missionary
• Maria Ursula Ledóchowska (1865-1939), Austrian- Polish Holy
• Mieczysław Halka Ledochowski (1822-1902), Archbishop of Gniezno and Poznań
• Stanislaw Ledochowski (1666-1725), Marshal of the Confederacy Tarnograder, voivode and Senator
• Stefan Ledochowski (1625-1676), member of the Senate, diplomat, Castellan of Volhynia
• Thaddeus Ledochowski (1790-1856), royal imperial field marshal lieutenant
• Timothy Ledochowski (1792-1846), officer and tutor to the future Emperor Franz Joseph
• Wladimir Ledochowski (1868-1942), General of the Society of Jesus

Gallery

Ignacy Ledochowski Hilary

Saint Ursula Ledóchowska

The Historical Museum of Warsaw

The Historical Museum of Warsaw organized in October 2008 a short exhibition about the family Ledochowski, which was under the patronage of the Austrian Federal President Heinz Fischer and President of Poland Lech Kaczyński. There were documents and works of art that are in the private property of the family issued.

Fiction

• Pyotr Nikolayevich Krasnov In historical novel " From Tsar Eagle to Red Flag " is the star General Sablin several times in the mansion of Count Ledokhovski guest. In the translation of the written in Cyrillic original, the name may have changed from Ledóchowski on Ledokhovski.
• In Joseph Roth's historical novel about the downfall of the Austrian monarchy, the family Ledochowski is mentioned in both the " Capuchin crypt " and in the "Radetzky March ".
• In John Gallahues story of a failed attempt by the Catholic Church in the Soviet Union on it a second foot, the Jesuit Superior General Vladimir Ledochowski occurs.