Topór coat of arms

Topór called a Polish coat of arms, which of various families of the Polish nobility ( szlachta ) was used in the time of the Polish-Lithuanian Union.

History

The coat of arms is Topór according to legend one of the oldest arms of the szlachta, possibly even the oldest. For the first time it appears as a seal in the 13th century. Until the Union of Horodło it was used at about 220 Polish noble families, mostly in the area around Krakow, Lublin and Sandomierz.

While the Union Maciej z Wąsoczą represented the coat of arms of the Community Voivode of Krakow. After the Union in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania further 150 families were included. Due to its age, the coat of arms as Starza, ie as a " time-honored " coat of arms was called.

The crest of the coat of arms is an ax.

Personalities

This coat of arms bear, among others:

  • Cyprian Norwid
  • Jerzy Ossoliński
  • Franciszek Maksymilian Ossoliński
  • Anna Teresa Ossolinska
  • Jozef Cajetan Ossoliński
  • January Zbigniew Ossoliński
  • Krzysztof Ossoliński
  • Józef zabiello
  • Teofilia Tarlo
  • Zygmunt Tarlo
  • January Tarlo
  • Andrzej Tarlo
  • Pawel Tarlo
  • Jadwiga Tarlo
  • Stanislaw Tarlo
  • January Karol Tarlo
  • Barbara Tarlo
  • Piotr Ryterski
Leszno Polish–Lithuanian union Union of Horodło Kraków Voivodeship Franciszek Maksymilian Ossoliński List of Polish nobility coats of arms
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