House of Odrowąż

Nobilitation of the House of Odrowąż in Liber Genesos ilustris Familiae Shidlovicae
Iwo Odrowąż, Bishop of Kraków
Saint Hyacinth
Jan Odrowąż from Sprowa, Archbishop of Poland and Lithuania.

The House of Odrowąż (plural: Odrowążowie or Odrowąże) was an important family of knights in medieval Kingdom of Poland, strongly tied with the Catholic church in the 12th century.[1]

History

Their family seats were in Upper Silesia and Lesser Poland, and after the 13th century invasion of the Teutonic Order in Silesia just in Lesser Poland. The progenitor of the family was Prandota Stary, who came to Poland in the 12th century from Moravia (or maybe Bohemia).

Notable members

Branches of the family

Coat of arms

The family used the Odrowąż coat of arms.

Palaces

Related Houses

See also

References


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