Varėna is a city in Dzūkija, Lithuania.
Jastrzębiec is a Polish coat of arms. It was used by several szlachta families prior to and during the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, and is still used to the present day. During World War II and the communist reform, many families lost their commonwealth status, as well as their right to their manors and sometimes vast lands.
Boreyko is a Polish coat of arms. It was used by several szlachta families in the times of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Polish heraldry refers to the study of coats of arms in the lands of historical Poland. It focuses on specifically Polish traits of heraldry. The term is also used to refer to the Polish heraldic system, as opposed to systems used elsewhere, notably in Western Europe. As such, it is an integral part of the history of the szlachta, the nobility of Poland.
Ślepowron is a Polish coat of arms. It was used by several szlachta families in the times of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. From the fifteenth century, the descendants of the Ślepowron family began to use names taken from their lands. This led to many different surnames being created within one family. The Ślepowron coat of arms is unique in Polish heraldry, in that it is the only coat of arms which is indicative a common origin of individual families, that is, the de Ślepowron, or Korwin, family. Wawrzęta Korwin de Ślepowron is the oldest known ancestor of the family, although the family's oral traditions claim that they descend from Marcus Valerius Corvus, a Roman general.
Zabawa is a Polish coat of arms. It was used by several szlachta families in the times of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Wójcik, Wojczik, Wojczyk, Wojszyk is one of the oldest and the fourth most common surname in Poland.
Trakai Voivodeship, Trakai Palatinate, or Troki Voivodeship, was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania from 1413 until 1795.
Korwin is a Polish coat of arms. It was used by several szlachta families in the times of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Poniatowski is a prominent Polish family that was part of the nobility of Poland. A member of this family, Stanisław Poniatowski, was elected as King of Poland and reigned from 1764 until his abdication in 1795. Since Polish adjectives have different forms for the genders, Poniatowska is the equivalent name for a female member of this family.
Wiśniowiecki was a Polish princely family of Ruthenian-Lithuanian origin, notable in the history of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. They were powerful magnates with estates predominantly in Ruthenian lands of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, and they used the Polish coat of arms of Korybut.
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.
Abgarowicz is a Polish Coat of Arms of Wallachian origin. Borne by several families of the Polish gentry during the times of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, it is most commonly associated with three clans of Armenian origin: the Abgarowicz, Wartanowicz and Zachariasiewicz.
Haller is a Polish coat of arms. It was used by the Polish-German Haller de Hallenburg family. The surname Haller was first found in Saxony, where the name could be considered to have made an early contribution to the feudal society which became the backbone of early development of Europe. The name probably derived from the city of Halle, became prominent in local affairs and branched into many houses which played important roles in the savage tribal and national conflicts, as each group sought power and status in an unstable territorial profile.
The Ogiński, feminine form: Ogińska, plural: Ogińscy was a noble family of Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Poland, member of the Princely Houses of Poland.
Bielawski is the surname of a Polish noble family originating from Bielawa, Masovian Voivodeship. The family bore the Jelita coat of arms. The same family confirmed nobility in the Russian Empire in Vilnius (Wilno), where it used the Jastrzębiec coat of arms. In Russia this surname is transliterated as Belyavsky or Belyavskaya (feminine).
Castellans of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth were the lowest rank of territorial official who could sit in the Senate of Poland. Their numbers varied over time and with the shifting borders of the Commonwealth.
Lew II - Polish coat of arms, used by several genera. Two of them were families from the region of Kaszuby. Coat of arms "Lew II" is a variant of the coat of arms "Leo".
The surname Trotsky, Trotskiy, or Trotski Russian: Троцкий is a toponymic surname derived from the Polish name Troki of the Lithuanian city of Trakai, literally meaning "of Troki" or "from Troki". It may be either the Russified form of the Polish noble name Trocki or a Jewish toponymic surname.
Uriel Trocki is a Uruguayan-Israeli basketball player for Hapoel Holon of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. He plays the forward and center positions.
