Kościesza coat of arms

Kościesza (Strzegomia, Strzegomya) - is a Polish coat of arms used by szlachta families in the times of Kingdom of Poland and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

History

According to a legend, the Kościesza shield was granted by King Bolesław II the Generous to a brave knight named Kościesza after the Battle of Snowsko in 1072 AD.

Notable bearers

Gniewosz z Dalewic (died 1406), knight, podkomorzy of Kraków, castellan of Sandomierz
Gniewosz of Dalewice
Melchior Pudłowski, poet, secretary of the King
Szymon Szymonowic (Simon Simonides, Szymonowicz or Bendoński)
Jan Karol Dolski
Jan Karol Chodkiewicz (Chodkiewicz coat of arms)
Józef Piłsudski (Piłsudski coat of arms)
August Żaba
Witold Gombrowicz
Aleksander Kakowski
August Kościesza-Żaba
Chodźko family
- Witold Chodźko
- Aleksander Chodźko
- Leonard Chodźko
- Ludwik Chodźko
Wojciech Wijuk Kojałowicz
Roman Żaba, general
Tadeusz Żaba, Marshall of the Radom Confederation
Jan Kazimierz Żaba, Voivode of Minsk
Maryla Wereszczakówna, lover of Adam Mickiewicz
Piotr z Chrząstowa, Bishop of Przemysl
Imisław Wroński, Bishop of Plock
Michał Kosmowski, Bishop of Gniezno
Szczepan Zambrzycki, member of the Great Sejm
Ludomir Włodzimierz Kościesza Wolski, officer of the Armia Krajowa, Righteous Among the Nations
Bohdan Stetkiewicz, castellan of Mscislaw
Stanisław Gabriel Kakowski, chorazy of Nowogrod
Włodzimierz Józef Mężyński, officer of the Polish Legions in World War I
Józef Nielubowicz-Tukalski, Orthodox Metropolitan of Kijow (Kyiv)
Ron Jaworski, NFL Quarterback
Mikola Statkevich, Belarusian opposition politician