Danielewicz
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Danielewicz vel Danilewicz of Ostoja coat of arms was a noble family name in Lithuania and in the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth. On the political scen Danielewicz supported the Clan of Ostoja
expansion in 14th century and in Lithuania was one of the closest families related to the Pac family supporting their way to the suprimacy in Grand Duchy of Lithuania at the end of 17th century.
This aristocratic family origin from Lithuania
, mainly among officials in the districts of Vilnius
, Ashmyany, Trakai
and Vilkmergė. The family name goes back to "Daniel", who participated in the Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War (1409 to 1413) including the Battle of Grunwald
year 1410. After the campaign, the family were settled down and was given properties around Vilnius area using the Polish Ostoja coat of arms, taking part of the expansion of the powerful Clan of Ostoja
. Daniel had two sons and one daughter. Of them Dawid was the first to use name Danielewicz, holding different offices including the position as Judge of Vilnius
. In 1530 Michal Danielewicz was in possession of 10 villages with different economic buildings on the property. His grandson, Jan Karzimierz Danielewicz was deputy to the Sejm
from the Vilnius district.
named after Prince Bohdan Sapieha in Belarus were passed to Barbara, daughter of Prince Karzimierz Sapieha. Barbara's daughter Tekla Wollowicz then married Piotr Michal Pac and the property passed to the Pac family. Since Piotr Michal Pac had no children of his own, he adopted Michal Danielewicz,(Starosta
of Plotelsk, Inspector of the Hungarian boarder) into the Pac family as he was the son of his sister
Katarzyna Pac, daughter of Piotr Pac, Voivode of Trakai. As result of that, the Bohdanow property among others was passed from the Pac family to Danielewicz.
, Belarus
and Volyn, Ukraine
and held high ranking offices in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, mostly in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
. Through the centuries Danielewicz was highly respected for and their knowledge in jurisdiction and therefore was often granted the position of Starosta
, (County Mayor
), County Judge as they also many times represented their districts and provinces in the Sejm
, the Parliament of the Commonwealth. Danielewicz raised in great power and wealth (on local level) during the time when the Pac family took the control of the Grand Duchy if Lithuania.
and his participation in Napoleonic wars against Russian side.
During the Partitions of Poland
or Partitions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth 1772-1918, Danielewicz's participated in many upraising actions witch cause Russian side to confiscate most of the family properties. As the family did not support foreging forces in the Commonwealth and was in opposition, no offices was given to the family anymore. In the end o 18th century part of the family moved to Preussen where they joined Prussian army as officers in hope to fight Russian side that was holding control of the east part of the Commonwealth. After the Napoleonic wars
Marcin Danielewicz received the Order of the White Eagle for his efforts in the fight for the independence of the Commonwealth. Jan Danielewicz died on the fields of Olszynka Grochowska in November Uprising, Piotr Danielewicz participated in 1863 Upraising in Vilnius (the January Uprising
) and after the uprising failed was sent to Siberia from witch he never come back.
As the consequence of the January Uprising, 80.000 people was deported according to professor Norman Davis witch is the largest single deportation in Russian history. "Whole villages and towns were burned down; all activities were suspended and the nobility, szlachta
was ruined by confiscation and exorbitant taxes". Although Russia tried to rase polish heritage with military regime to finally end all of the uprisings and problems they faced, in 1905, 41 years after Russian crushing of the uprising, the next generation of Poles rose once again in a new one. Among them, Karol Ostoja Danielewicz was deported for teaching Youth the polish language, preserving polish culture and traditions which was forbidden by the Russian authorities.
At the end of 19th century, the family was divided into three lines; the Prussian, Lithuanian-Belarus and Volhynia
line. In total 26 males was found registered nobility of the Ostoja Clan. The Volhynia line of Ostoja-Danielewicz was excluded from Russian records after taking part in upraising.
All above are noble families of Danielewicz vel Danilewicz being part of different Clans and not family related with each other. In the end of 19th and beginning of 20th centuries under the partition time, many citizens emigrated from east part of former Commonwealth and moved to Poland and other countries including the United States. Those families often changed their names as they wished, applying noble names like Danielewicz without any restrictions and so there are few Danielewicz families that does not origin from any of the Clans mentioned. At least one family is of judish origin.
Danielewicz Bujwid , royal family, they came from Poland in two of their own vessels, to U.S. (Philadelphia,PA) with a lot of servants and security personnel.
Prof. Jerzy Danielewicz, classical philology, Poznan
Dorota Danielewicz, journalist and writer, born in Poznan, living in Berlin
Emanuela Danielewicz, photographer, born in Poznan, living in Berlin
Dominik Danielewicz, director and actor, London
Clan of Ostoja
The Clan of Ostoja was a powerful group of Knights and Lords in late medieval Europe. The clan encompassed several families in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Upper Hungary , Hungary, Transylvania, Belorus, Ukraine and Prussia....
expansion in 14th century and in Lithuania was one of the closest families related to the Pac family supporting their way to the suprimacy in Grand Duchy of Lithuania at the end of 17th century.
Origin
Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...
, mainly among officials in the districts of Vilnius
Vilnius
Vilnius is the capital of Lithuania, and its largest city, with a population of 560,190 as of 2010. It is the seat of the Vilnius city municipality and of the Vilnius district municipality. It is also the capital of Vilnius County...
, Ashmyany, Trakai
Trakai
Trakai is a historic city and lake resort in Lithuania. It lies 28 km west of Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania. Because of its proximity to Vilnius, Trakai is a popular tourist destination. Trakai is the administrative centre of Trakai district municipality. The town covers 11.52 km2 of...
and Vilkmergė. The family name goes back to "Daniel", who participated in the Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War (1409 to 1413) including the Battle of Grunwald
Battle of Grunwald
The Battle of Grunwald or 1st Battle of Tannenberg was fought on 15 July 1410, during the Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War. The alliance of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, led respectively by King Jogaila and Grand Duke Vytautas , decisively defeated the Teutonic Knights, led...
year 1410. After the campaign, the family were settled down and was given properties around Vilnius area using the Polish Ostoja coat of arms, taking part of the expansion of the powerful Clan of Ostoja
Clan of Ostoja
The Clan of Ostoja was a powerful group of Knights and Lords in late medieval Europe. The clan encompassed several families in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Upper Hungary , Hungary, Transylvania, Belorus, Ukraine and Prussia....
. Daniel had two sons and one daughter. Of them Dawid was the first to use name Danielewicz, holding different offices including the position as Judge of Vilnius
Vilnius
Vilnius is the capital of Lithuania, and its largest city, with a population of 560,190 as of 2010. It is the seat of the Vilnius city municipality and of the Vilnius district municipality. It is also the capital of Vilnius County...
. In 1530 Michal Danielewicz was in possession of 10 villages with different economic buildings on the property. His grandson, Jan Karzimierz Danielewicz was deputy to the Sejm
Sejm
The Sejm is the lower house of the Polish parliament. The Sejm is made up of 460 deputies, or Poseł in Polish . It is elected by universal ballot and is presided over by a speaker called the Marshal of the Sejm ....
from the Vilnius district.
In coalition with Pac
The Danielewicz family cooperated through many centuries with the Pac family. In 1653 the property of BohdanowBohdanow
Bohdanow was before WW2 a property in Belarus. It was seated on the way from Vilnius to Wolozyn, through Ashmyany, some from Vilnius.The property included the Bohdanow area with two manor houses, one old, made of wood, from 1690 and the other in classic 17th century stile with column outside...
named after Prince Bohdan Sapieha in Belarus were passed to Barbara, daughter of Prince Karzimierz Sapieha. Barbara's daughter Tekla Wollowicz then married Piotr Michal Pac and the property passed to the Pac family. Since Piotr Michal Pac had no children of his own, he adopted Michal Danielewicz,(Starosta
Starosta
Starost is a title for an official or unofficial position of leadership that has been used in various contexts through most of Slavic history. It can be translated as "elder"...
of Plotelsk, Inspector of the Hungarian boarder) into the Pac family as he was the son of his sister
Katarzyna Pac, daughter of Piotr Pac, Voivode of Trakai. As result of that, the Bohdanow property among others was passed from the Pac family to Danielewicz.
Golden age
Danielewicz of Ostoja coat of arms owned several big properties in Lithuania, PrussiaPrussia
Prussia was a German kingdom and historic state originating out of the Duchy of Prussia and the Margraviate of Brandenburg. For centuries, the House of Hohenzollern ruled Prussia, successfully expanding its size by way of an unusually well-organized and effective army. Prussia shaped the history...
, Belarus
Belarus
Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
and Volyn, Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
and held high ranking offices in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, mostly in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Grand Duchy of Lithuania
The Grand Duchy of Lithuania was a European state from the 12th /13th century until 1569 and then as a constituent part of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth until 1791 when Constitution of May 3, 1791 abolished it in favor of unitary state. It was founded by the Lithuanians, one of the polytheistic...
. Through the centuries Danielewicz was highly respected for and their knowledge in jurisdiction and therefore was often granted the position of Starosta
Starosta
Starost is a title for an official or unofficial position of leadership that has been used in various contexts through most of Slavic history. It can be translated as "elder"...
, (County Mayor
Mayor
In many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....
), County Judge as they also many times represented their districts and provinces in the Sejm
Sejm
The Sejm is the lower house of the Polish parliament. The Sejm is made up of 460 deputies, or Poseł in Polish . It is elected by universal ballot and is presided over by a speaker called the Marshal of the Sejm ....
, the Parliament of the Commonwealth. Danielewicz raised in great power and wealth (on local level) during the time when the Pac family took the control of the Grand Duchy if Lithuania.
In the partitions
The dominans of Pac family was passed to the Sapieha family because Pac due to lack of heirs. In the middle of 19th century last of the Pac family, Ludwik Michal Pac lost all great properties as they were confiscated by the Russian side for his involvement in November UprisingNovember Uprising
The November Uprising , Polish–Russian War 1830–31 also known as the Cadet Revolution, was an armed rebellion in the heartland of partitioned Poland against the Russian Empire. The uprising began on 29 November 1830 in Warsaw when the young Polish officers from the local Army of the Congress...
and his participation in Napoleonic wars against Russian side.
During the Partitions of Poland
Partitions of Poland
The Partitions of Poland or Partitions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth took place in the second half of the 18th century and ended the existence of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, resulting in the elimination of sovereign Poland for 123 years...
or Partitions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth 1772-1918, Danielewicz's participated in many upraising actions witch cause Russian side to confiscate most of the family properties. As the family did not support foreging forces in the Commonwealth and was in opposition, no offices was given to the family anymore. In the end o 18th century part of the family moved to Preussen where they joined Prussian army as officers in hope to fight Russian side that was holding control of the east part of the Commonwealth. After the Napoleonic wars
Napoleonic Wars
The Napoleonic Wars were a series of wars declared against Napoleon's French Empire by opposing coalitions that ran from 1803 to 1815. As a continuation of the wars sparked by the French Revolution of 1789, they revolutionised European armies and played out on an unprecedented scale, mainly due to...
Marcin Danielewicz received the Order of the White Eagle for his efforts in the fight for the independence of the Commonwealth. Jan Danielewicz died on the fields of Olszynka Grochowska in November Uprising, Piotr Danielewicz participated in 1863 Upraising in Vilnius (the January Uprising
January Uprising
The January Uprising was an uprising in the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth against the Russian Empire...
) and after the uprising failed was sent to Siberia from witch he never come back.
As the consequence of the January Uprising, 80.000 people was deported according to professor Norman Davis witch is the largest single deportation in Russian history. "Whole villages and towns were burned down; all activities were suspended and the nobility, 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...
was ruined by confiscation and exorbitant taxes". Although Russia tried to rase polish heritage with military regime to finally end all of the uprisings and problems they faced, in 1905, 41 years after Russian crushing of the uprising, the next generation of Poles rose once again in a new one. Among them, Karol Ostoja Danielewicz was deported for teaching Youth the polish language, preserving polish culture and traditions which was forbidden by the Russian authorities.
At the end of 19th century, the family was divided into three lines; the Prussian, Lithuanian-Belarus and Volhynia
Volhynia
Volhynia, Volynia, or Volyn is a historic region in western Ukraine located between the rivers Prypiat and Southern Bug River, to the north of Galicia and Podolia; the region is named for the former city of Volyn or Velyn, said to have been located on the Southern Bug River, whose name may come...
line. In total 26 males was found registered nobility of the Ostoja Clan. The Volhynia line of Ostoja-Danielewicz was excluded from Russian records after taking part in upraising.
Other Danielewicz families
- Danielewicz of Rola coat of arms
- Danielewicz of Leliwa coat of arms
- Danielewicz of Grzymala coat of arms
- Danielewicz of Sas coat of arms
- Danielewicz of own CoA, In Prussia according to Siebmachers WappenbuchSiebmachers WappenbuchSiebmachers Wappenbuch refers to two heraldic multivolume book series of armorial bearings or coats of arms of the nobility within the Holy Roman Empire .The Old Siebmacher...
All above are noble families of Danielewicz vel Danilewicz being part of different Clans and not family related with each other. In the end of 19th and beginning of 20th centuries under the partition time, many citizens emigrated from east part of former Commonwealth and moved to Poland and other countries including the United States. Those families often changed their names as they wished, applying noble names like Danielewicz without any restrictions and so there are few Danielewicz families that does not origin from any of the Clans mentioned. At least one family is of judish origin.
Danielewicz Bujwid , royal family, they came from Poland in two of their own vessels, to U.S. (Philadelphia,PA) with a lot of servants and security personnel.
Prof. Jerzy Danielewicz, classical philology, Poznan
Dorota Danielewicz, journalist and writer, born in Poznan, living in Berlin
Emanuela Danielewicz, photographer, born in Poznan, living in Berlin
Dominik Danielewicz, director and actor, London
Notable family members of Ostoja-Danielewicz
- Pawel Danielewicz, Judge of Vilnius 1648, Marshal of the Lithuanian Court of Justice, Lord of regality (starostaStarostaStarost is a title for an official or unofficial position of leadership that has been used in various contexts through most of Slavic history. It can be translated as "elder"...
) of Intursk.
- Roman Danielewicz, StarostaStarostaStarost is a title for an official or unofficial position of leadership that has been used in various contexts through most of Slavic history. It can be translated as "elder"...
of Intursk, Chamberline of Ashmyany 1680, deputy to the Sejm.
- Marcin Danielewicz, Order of the White Eagle.
- Wladyslaw Danielewicz, Lwow Eaglets (Orleta Lwowskie) 1918
- Ludomir Danielewicz, for Enigma machineEnigma machineAn Enigma machine is any of a family of related electro-mechanical rotor cipher machines used for the encryption and decryption of secret messages. Enigma was invented by German engineer Arthur Scherbius at the end of World War I...
ciphers breaking during World War II
See also
- Clan of OstojaClan of OstojaThe Clan of Ostoja was a powerful group of Knights and Lords in late medieval Europe. The clan encompassed several families in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Upper Hungary , Hungary, Transylvania, Belorus, Ukraine and Prussia....
- Offices in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
- Polish heraldryPolish heraldryPolish 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...
- Polish clansPolish clansPolish clans differ from most clan systems in that while they are mostly composed of families sharing male-line origin there can also be some genealogically unrelated families bearing the same coat of arms and clan name because of a formal adoption upon ennoblement or sometimes because of a...
- Battle of Lwów (1918)Battle of Lwów (1918)Battle of Lviv begun on 1 November 1918 and lasted till May 1919 and was a six months long conflict between the forces of the West Ukrainian People's Republic and local Polish civilian population assisted later by regular Polish Army forces for the control...
- Sejm of the Republic of Poland
- November UprisingNovember UprisingThe November Uprising , Polish–Russian War 1830–31 also known as the Cadet Revolution, was an armed rebellion in the heartland of partitioned Poland against the Russian Empire. The uprising began on 29 November 1830 in Warsaw when the young Polish officers from the local Army of the Congress...
- January UprisingJanuary UprisingThe January Uprising was an uprising in the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth against the Russian Empire...
- Kościuszko UprisingKosciuszko UprisingThe Kościuszko Uprising was an uprising against Imperial Russia and the Kingdom of Prussia led by Tadeusz Kościuszko in Poland, Belarus and Lithuania in 1794...
- BohdanowBohdanowBohdanow was before WW2 a property in Belarus. It was seated on the way from Vilnius to Wolozyn, through Ashmyany, some from Vilnius.The property included the Bohdanow area with two manor houses, one old, made of wood, from 1690 and the other in classic 17th century stile with column outside...