Kurowie
# Kurowie

Kurowie was a Polish noble family, from Mazovia in medieval Poland.

## History

The family was first mentioned on 2 May 1239 in Tabulatorium Actorum Antiquorum Varsoviense Maximum. Bolesław I of Masovia confirmed the purchase of the village Doiasdovo by Cur and Jozeph for 7 Grzywna. Their family seat Kurów was probably first mentioned between 1112 and 1118 in the Gesta principum Polonorum of Gallus Anonymus as castrum Galli, which is interpreted as Gall's Castle.

## Coat of arms

* Kur coat of arms - illustration from "Herby Rycerstwa Polskiego" Bartosz Paprocki, 1584

## Notable members

* Mikołaj Kiczka – archdeacon of Gniezno
* Klemens z Kurowa, knight, castellan of Żarnów - allied with the knight Jan Kmita, starost of Kraków.
* Piotr Kurowski ze Szreniawy i Kurowa, knight, starost of Lublin
* Mikołaj Kurowski – Archbishop of Gniezno
* Stanisław Kur – Catholic priest, Protonotary apostolic

## Gallery

* Kurowska Góra, formerly a castle of the Kurowie family was standing there.
