Kościesza coat of arms
Kościesza - is a Polish coat of arms used by szlachta families in the times of Kingdom of Poland and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
History
According to a legend, the Kościesza shield was granted by King Bolesław II the Generous to a brave knight named Kościesza after the Battle of Snowsko in 1072 AD.Notable bearers
- Gniewosz z Dalewic, knight, podkomorzy of Kraków, castellan of Sandomierz
- Gniewosz of Dalewice
- Melchior Pudłowski, poet, secretary of the King
- Szymon Szymonowic
- Jan Karol Dolski
- Jan Karol Chodkiewicz
- Józef Piłsudski
- August Żaba
- Witold Gombrowicz
- Aleksander Kakowski
- August Kościesza-Żaba
- Chodźko family
- * Witold Chodźko
- * Aleksander Chodźko
- * Leonard Chodźko
- * Ludwik Chodźko
- Wojciech Wijuk Kojałowicz
- Roman Żaba, general
- Tadeusz Żaba, Marshall of the Radom Confederation
- Jan Kazimierz Żaba, Voivode of Minsk
- Maryla Wereszczakówna, lover of Adam Mickiewicz
- Piotr z Chrząstowa, Bishop of Przemysl
- Imisław Wroński, Bishop of Plock
- Michał Kosmowski, Bishop of Gniezno
- Szczepan Zambrzycki, member of the Great Sejm
- Ludomir Włodzimierz Kościesza Wolski, officer of the Armia Krajowa, Righteous Among the Nations
- Bohdan Stetkiewicz, castellan of Mscislaw
- Stanisław Gabriel Kakowski, chorazy of Nowogrod
- Włodzimierz Józef Mężyński, officer of the Polish Legions in World War I
- Józef Nielubowicz-Tukalski, Orthodox Metropolitan of Kijow
- Ron Jaworski, NFL Quarterback
- Mikola Statkevich, Belarusian opposition politician