PIłAWA COAT OF ARMS

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'Piława' is a Polish coat of arms. It was used by several ''szlachta'' (noble) families under the Kingdom of Poland and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

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History

Notable bearers

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History

The progenitor of the Piława Clan was supposed to have been Żyrosław z Potoka, who fighting the Prussians, a pagan tribe and brought himself glory in the Battle of Pilawa, where he fought along Bolesław IV the Curly. The legend states that Żyrosław reached the pagan chief, fought him in hand-to-hand combat and killed him. The terrified enemy hordes fled the battle field. The related legend tells also that in 1166, to commemorate the victory, Bolesław IV bestowed a coat of arms upon Żyrosław, naming it for the place, where the battle took place.
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The Piława coat of arms assumed its final form in the late 14th century. Former, there were two differing patterns, and the records from the years 1387, 1388 and 1389 mention that it had to be a letter "Z" with two and a half of a cross, or an arrow with two and a half of a cross.

Notable bearers

Notable bearers of this coat of arms have included:

★ Mikołaj Kamieniecki

★ Antanas Kapłon

★ Mikołaj Potocki

★ Jan Potocki

★ Antoni Protazy Potocki

★ Roman Ignacy Potocki

★ Stanislaw Rewera Potocki

★ Józef Potocki

★ Andrzej Potocki

★ Feliks Kazimierz Potocki

★ Katarzyna Potocka

★ Alfred Józef Potocki

★ Alfred Wojciech Potocki

★ Roman Potocki

★ Stanislaw Kostka Potocki

★ Józef Potocki (XVII-1723)

★ Franciszek Salezy Potocki

★ Stanislaw Szczesny Potocki

★ Teodor Andrzej Potocki

★ Wiktoria Elzbieta Potocka

See also

★ Polish heraldry

★ Heraldry

★ Coat of Arms