Jan Karol Chodkiewicz was a Polish–Lithuanian military commander of the Grand Ducal Lithuanian Army, who was from 1601 Field Hetman of Lithuania, and from 1605 Grand Hetman of Lithuania. He was one of the most prominent noblemen and military commanders of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth of his era. His coat of arms was Chodkiewicz, as was his family name.
Ziółkowski is a Polish surname. It is a toponymic surname related to the place named Ziółków. It may refer to:
Stanisław Żółkiewski was a Polish nobleman of the Lubicz coat of arms, a magnate, military commander, and Chancellor of the Polish Crown in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth who took part in many military campaigns in the Commonwealth and on its southern and eastern borders.
Jankowski is the 13th most common surname in Poland. Many village estates were named Jankowa or Jankowice in 13th and 14th century Poland, producing at least twelve unrelated families with this surname. Over thirty place names with 'Jankow' as a prefix remain in modern Poland. In most cases, the originator of the surname was a landowner of a reasonably sized estate. Landowners often formed their surnames by adding the suffix '-ski', meaning 'of', to the estate name. They generally had considerable prestige and legal rights as the use of '-ski' indicated their adoption into the Polish nobility termed szlachta. To distinguish the different Jankowski szlachta families, they each used an additional identifier signifying their armorial crest or clan, termed 'herb' in Polish.
Zhovkva is a city in Lviv Raion, Lviv Oblast (region) of western Ukraine. Zhovkva hosts the administration of Zhovkva urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Its population is approximately 13,852.
The Polish surname Dunin originated in the 12th century with Piotr Włost Dunin, who was the Palatine of Poland and the castellan of Wroclaw (Silesia). He was also the Brother in law of Duke Bolesław III Wrymouth. The coat of arms associated with the surename is the Łabędź (swan). See: Duninowie family.
Piotrowski is a Polish surname derived from the masculine given name Piotr (Peter). The name, and its variations indicate a family's origin as being from a town, such as for instance Piotrów and Piotrowo, or a toponym deriving from a holding, manor or estate. Variants and related names include Piotrowicz, Piotrowiak, Piotrowsky, Pietrowski, Pietrkowski, Pietrowsky, and Pietrowiak.
Teofila Zofia Sobieska, née Daniłowicz was a Polish noblewoman (szlachcianka), mother of Jan III Sobieski, King of Poland.
Szembek or originally von Schönbeck is the name of an old Polish noble family of German origin, whose members held significant positions in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Jabłonowski is a Polish surname. Polish adjectives have different forms for the genders, Jabłonowska is the form for a female family member while a male would use Jabłonowski. A lot of but not all Jabłonowski belong to the House of Jabłonowski
Stanisławski is a Polish locational surname, which originally meant a person from a place in Poland called Stanisław, Stanisławów, or Stanisławice, all of which in turn derive from the given name Stanisław.
Zawadzki is a Polish and Ukrainian surname. It is a toponymic surname derived from one of the numerous locations named Zawada or Zawady.
Burzyński is a Polish surname and habitational name from the village of Burzyn in the Podlaskie Voivodeship. It derives from the noun burza. At the end of the 20th century, 9,583 people bore the name in Poland.
Zofia Żółkiewska was a Polish noblewoman, daughter of Great Hetman of the Crown Stanisław Żółkiewski and grandmother of King Jan III Sobieski.
Fiszer is a Polish-language transliteration of German surname Fischer. Notable people with this surname include:
Tkocz is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Sołtys is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Stolarczyk is a Polish surname, meaning a "little carpenter". Notable people include:
Oborski, feminine Oborska is a Polish noble family name. Historically it originated from the nobiliary toponymic naming "z Obór". The suffix "-ski" in Polish surnames has the same function.
Żółkowski (masculine), Żółkowska (feminine) is a Polish-language toponymic surname derived from the place name Żółkwy. Spelling variants include Żołkowski, Żułkowski, Zółkowski, etc. Notable people with this last name include:
