Coat of arms of Ostrogski
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Ostrogski is a Polish coat of arms
Polish heraldry
Polish heraldry is a branch of heraldry focused on studying the development of coats of arms in the lands of historical Poland , as well as specifically-Polish traits of heraldry. The term is also used to refer to Polish heraldic system, as opposed to systems used elsewhere, notably in Western Europe...
. It was used by several szlachta
Szlachta
The szlachta was a legally privileged noble class with origins in the Kingdom of Poland. It gained considerable institutional privileges during the 1333-1370 reign of Casimir the Great. In 1413, following a series of tentative personal unions between the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Kingdom of...
(noble) families during the times of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Notable bearers
Notable bearers of this coat of arms include:- Konstanty OstrogskiKonstanty OstrogskiKonstanty Iwanowicz Ostrogski was a Lithuanian duke of slavonic origin and a Grand Hetman of Lithuania since September 11, 1497, until his death. As a speaker of the Ruthenian language he is considered to be one of the precursors of the Belarusian language and a national hero in Belarus.He...
(Duke, Grand Hetman of Lithuania.) - Konstanty Wasyl OstrogskiKonstanty Wasyl OstrogskiKonstanty Wasyl Ostrogski was a Lithuanian prince, starost of Volodymyr-Volynskyi, marshal of Volhynia and voivode of the Kiev Voivodeship, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. He got married on January 1553 in Tarnów...
(Duke, marshal of Volhynia and voivode of the Kiev Voivodeship.) - Janusz OstrogskiJanusz OstrogskiPrince Janusz Ostrogski was a Polish-Lithuanian noble.Janusz Ostrog - statesman of the Commonwealth...
(Voivode of Volhynian Voivodship and castellan of Kraków.) - Aleksander OstrogskiAleksander OstrogskiPrince Aleksander Ostrogski was a nobleman of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.He was voivode of the Wolhynian Voivodship since 1593. Married to Anna Kostka since 1592.-See also:* Lithuanian nobility* House of Ostrogski...
(Voivode of the Wolhynian Voivodship.) - Aleksander Janusz Zasławski-Ostrogski (Last of Dukes Ostrogski-Zasławski.)
- Władysław Dominik Zasławski (Voivode of Sandomierz Voivodship.)
See also
- Ostrogski family
- Zasławski family