Leliwa Coat of Arms
Leliwa - is a
Polish Coat of Arms. It was used by several hundred
szlachta families during the existence of 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.
Original arms of Leliwa, otherwise referred to as Leliwa I.
[Shield] Azure [in Polish heraldry, this tincture is always sky blue], a crescent or, surmounted by a mullet of six points of the second.[Helm] 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 or.[Mantling] Azure and or.[Motto] Leliwa, signifying the battle cry, 'to the Liwa', of these proclamatio-arms.
Notable bearers of this Coat of Arms include:
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Krzysztof Monwid Dorohstajski*
Rafał Jarosławski*
Jan Andrzej Morsztyn*
Adam Sieniawski*
Adam Mikołaj Sieniawski*
Mikołaj Sieniawski*
Mikołaj Hieronim Sieniawski*
Jędrzej Śniadecki*
Jan Tarnowski*
Jan z Tarnowa*
Ludwik Tyszkiewicz*
Ludwik Skumin Tyszkiewicz*
Jan Janowicz Zabrzeziński*
Jan Jurejewicz Zabrzeziński*
Juliusz Słowacki*
Polish heraldry*
Heraldry*
Coat of Arms
