Leliwa coat of arms
# Leliwa coat of arms

Leliwa is a Polish coat of arms. It was used by several hundred szlachta families during the existence of the Kingdom of Poland and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, and remains in use today by many of the descendants of these families. There are several forms of the arms, all of which bear the name, Leliwa, but which may be distinguished as variations of the same arms by the addition of a Roman numeral. In 19th century during a pan South-Slavic Illyrian movement heraldic term Leliwa (Croatian: Leljiva) also entered Croatian heraldry as a name for the coat of arms considered to be the oldest known symbol; Bleu celeste, a mullet of six points Or surmounted above a crescent Argent – A golden six-pointed star (representing the morning star) over a silver crescent moon on a blue shield, but also as a name for all other coats of arms that have a crescent and a mullet.

## Blazon

Original coat of arms of Leliwa, otherwise referred to as Leliwa I include Azure Shield (in Polish heraldry, this tincture is always sky blue), a crescent or, surmounted by a mullet of six points of the second, a Polish nobleman's helm, Crest out of a Polish nobleman's coronet, a fan of seven peacock's feathers proper, charged with the elements of the shield. Azure Mantling and or Motto Leliwa, signifying the battle cry, 'to the Liwa', of these proclamatio-arms.

## Notable bearers and others

Bearers mostly resided in the regions Kraków, Poznań and Sandomierz of Poland, Wolyn and Podolia of Ukraine.

Families: Tarnowski family, Sieniawski family, Roycewicz family, Morsztyn family, Hlebowicz family, Czapski family, Tyszkiewicz family, Średziński families (Śrzedziński, Srzedziński, Sredziński), Sudnik family of Sudniki in the former Vilnius poviat (modern day Belarus).

Notable bearers of this coat of arms include: Henryk Leliwa-Roycewicz, Krzysztof Monwid Dorohstajski, Rafał Jarosławski, Jan Andrzej Morsztyn, Adam Sieniawski, Adam Mikołaj Sieniawski, Mikołaj Sieniawski, Mikołaj Hieronim Sieniawski, Konstanty Słotwinski, Jędrzej Śniadecki, Jan Tarnowski, Jan z Tarnowa, Ludwik Tyszkiewicz, Ludwik Skumin Tyszkiewicz, Jan Janowicz Zabrzeziński, Jan Jurejewicz Zabrzeziński, Juliusz Słowacki, Witold Pilecki, Andrzej Bobola, Józef Czapski, Karol Hutten-Czapski, Emeryk Hutten-Czapski, Agenor Romuald Gołuchowski, Spytek I Jarosławski, Jan Chrucki, Henryk Dobrzański, Kazimierz Antoni Wodzicki, Michael Bisping

There are also: Lipka Tatar families of Aksan, Aksanow, Adamowicz, Abramowicz, Musicz, Illasiewicz and Smolski. Zaporozhian Cossack families of Hłasko (Hlaska). Hungarian families of Urak and Czobor. Circassian families of Szymkowicz and Temruk. French families of de Virion and de Spiner. German, Prussian families of Morstyn, Beyer, Brandt, Bolte, Przywidzki, Damerau, Kappel, Lipen. Flemish family of Bremer and Dutch/Netherlands families of De Kunder/Kunter/Kunther. Moldavian family Brăescu.

## Gallery

Drawings of Leliwa during the ages

* In Toison d'Or from ca. 1433–1435 (in the upper right corner)
* In Armorial Bellenvillle from 1360 to 1400 (in the lower left corner)
* Leliwa in the 15th century shape in Armorial Gelre (in the upper right corner)
* In Codex Bergshammar from the 15th century (second row, second column)
* In Armorial Lyncenich from the 15th century (in the upper right corner)
* Leliwa in a sixteenth-century copy of Stemmata Polonica by Długosz
* Seal with the Leliwa arms of an unknown Jerzy from the beginning of the 14th century
* Seal with the Leliwa arms of Jadwiga z Leżenic from the act of the Union of Horodlo in 1413
* Leliwa on the seal of Moldavian Boyar Duma Brăescu on a document from 1445
* Leliwa in the medieval shape – modern reconstruction
* Leliwa in the 15th century shape – modern reconstruction
* Leliwa in the armorial of Ambroży z Nysy, ca. 1572
* Leliwa in Gniazdo cnoty... by Bartłomiej Paprocki, 1578
* Leliwa in the armorial Herby rycerztwa polskiego... by Bartłomiej Paprocki, 1584
* Leliwa in Kronice polskiej by Marcin Bielski, 1597
* Leliwa in Kleynotach.. by Jan Aleksander Gorczyn, 1630
* Leliwa in the armorial of Okolski, 1641
* Leliwa on a cartouche in the Castle of Bielsko-Biala of the princes Sułkowski, 17th century
* Leliwa in the armorial of Niesiecki, 1740
* Leliwa in Herbarzu wielu domow Korony Polskiey St. Duńczewskiego, 1757
* Leliwa in a legitimacy document of the Słowacki family, 1803
* Leliwa in the armorial of Ostrowski, 1897
* Leliwa in the armorial of Wijuk Kojałowicz, reprinted in 1905
* Leliwa in the armorial of „Herby szlachty polskiej” by Z. Leszczyca, 1908

Paintings

* Leliwa on the painting of Jan Krzysztof Tarnowski, 16th century
* Leliwa on the painting of Mikołaj Hieronim Sieniawski, 17th century
* Leliwa on the painting of Janusz Tyszkiewicz Łohojski, 17th century
* Leliwa on the painting of Jerzy Tyszkiewicz, 17th century

Standard variations

* Pietrasiewicz
* Pilecki (in Prussia)
* Piotrowicz (in Samogitia), it could be also a variation of Murdelio
* Piotrowicz II
* Policzyński
* Poliwczyński (in Prussia)
* Przywidzki
* Coat of arms of Prokop Sieniawski, a combination with the coat of arms Chodkiewicz of his wife
* Trzcieński vel Trzciński
* Wietecki
* Witecki - according to Niesiecki
* Wojanowski
* Coat of arms of Szczęsny Wojanowski, containing symbols of a Commander of the Malta Knights
* Zienkowicz

Standard variations from ennoblements

* Bajer - variation granted to Andrzej Bajer in 1678
* Erbs – variation granted to Andrzej Grochowski in 1753
* Juźwikiewicz – variation granted to Juźwikiewicz brothers in 1777
* Lesieniewicz – variation from an ennoblement in 1739, mentioned in Małorossijskim Gierbovniku.
* Ryks - variation from a confirmation of nobility of the Ryks (Ryx) family (from Land of Warsaw) in Prussia in 1804
* Wodzicki – variation from an ennoblement in 1676, used also by Borsztyn family

Standard variations (considered as Leliwa variations only by single heraldists)

* Adamowicz (Tatar family)
* Kiwalski
* Macewicz (from Lithuania)
* Variety of Macewicz from an ennoblement in 1764-65 or 1781
* Mąkierski vel Makierski vel Mokierski, mentioned by Wittyg
* Pawłowski (from the Czech part of Silesia, formerly from Land of Poznań
* Pawłowski de Rosenfeld a German family, branch of the Pawłowski family which used the "Pawłowski III" coat of arms
* Pawsza
* Coat of arms of Pierścień granted to Franciszek Ryx in 1768
* Coat of arms of Franciszek Ryx (1790)
* Staszkiewicz II [pl] – variation used by the Staszkiewicz family from Samogitia, mentioned by Niesiecki
* Żarowski – from an ennoblement in 1576, according to Konarski a variation of Leliwa

Aristocratic variations

* Coat of arms of Princess Ostrogski and Zasławski, used according to Tadeusz Gajl also by Kłosewicz, Neronowicz, Szpila, Szpilewski and Szpilowski families.
* The basic count version of the Leliwa used by Czapski and Morsztyn families
* Coat of arms of Count Gołuchowski, with the coat of arms of the Russian Empire
* Coat of arms of Hutten-Czapski, a combination of Leliwa and the German coat of arms of the Hutten family
* Baron variation of the Pawłowski family (mentioned only by Juliusz Karol Ostrowski)
* Coat of arms of Count Tarnowski
* Coat of arms of Count Tyszkiewicz
* Coat of arms of Count Wodzicki

Families from Kashubia

* Czarnicki
* Dułak
* Fargo
* Gliszczyński
* Lisewski
* Mach
* Mach - variation of the previous
* Mach - variation of the previous
* Małszycki
* Ossowski
* Piechowski
* Piotroch and Poklat
* Repko
* Spęgawski (II)
* Żychcki

In Croatian and Illyrian heraldry

* So-called oldest Croatian coat of arms
* coat of arms of the Republic of Croatia, first shield from the left
* Banal standard 1848.
* first (?) coat of arms of Croatia
* Seal of king Andrije II., Duke of Croatia and Dalmatia (1197–1204)
* Coat of arms of imaginary Great Illyria
* Coat of arms of Zagreb
* Coat of arms of Varaždin
* Coat of arms of Illyria from Fojnica Armorial
* Coat of arms of Bosnia from a map of Joan Blaeu (1668.) ordered by Ban of Croatia Petar Zrinski
* Coat of arms of Grb Bosne from Fojnica Armorial
