Zadora coat of arms

Zadora
Zadora
Details
Battle cry	Budziszyn, Zadora
Alternative names	Płomień, Płomienie
Earliest mention	1399 (Seal of Zbigniew z Brzezia)
Towns	none
Families	97 names altogether: Alantsy, Andruszkiewicz, Bakiewicz, Bakium, Balcerowski, Balicki, Bartosz, Bartoszewicz, Bartoszewski, Bąk, Bernat, Bicharu, Borchowski, Borski, Brochowski, Brohomir, Chrząstowski, Ciecharzewski, Ciesielski, Cimiński, Ciszewski, Dobczyński, Dołholewski, Dowgiałło, Dowgiało, Gorlicki, Hauntal, Hawnulewicz, Hawrykowicz, Jaśkowski, Jawno, Jawnuta, Kazirod, Karwacjan, Karwaczian, Krok-Paszkowski, Krzeczowski, Krzetowski, Krzętowski, Lanckoroński, Langiert, Lechnicki, Lenc, Lenczewski, Lenczowski, Leniec, Lubomelski, Łączkowic, Łączkowski, Marszałkiewicz, Marszałkowicz, Narbut, Narbutt, Niwicki, Paczkowski, Paskucki, Paskudzki, Paszkowicz, Paszkowski, Paszkudzki, Pigatz, Płuksnia, Płuksnio, Prondzyński, Przecławski, Rosperski, Rospierski, Roszecki, Roszocki, Rozperski, Rusakowski, Rusocki, Russakowski, Russocki, Rwocki, Salame, Samotyja, Siekierzyński, Skwarzyński, Stołtonos, Stryk, Strykowski, Strzyszka, Strzyżewski, Szułdrzyński, Szwejcer, Walter, Włodzisławski, Wodzisławski, Wojeński, Wrzeszcz, Zadora, Zadroski, Zawisza, Zimiński, Zuzelski, Zużelski, Życieński, Życiński, Żyniecki

Zadora (Płomień, Płomienie, Płomieńczyk) is a Polish coat of arms which was used by many szlachta families in the former territories of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

History

The earliest mentions of the coat of arms date back to the late 14th century. It was used in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania after the Union of Horodło.^[2]

Blazon

Within a blue field is the singular head of a silver lion facing left, with flames issued from its mouth. There is a silver helm, upon which a blue torse sits with blue and white mantling originating from it. Resting on the torse is a golden crown, crested with the similar head of the silver lion, with flames also issuing from its mouth.

Notable bearers

Notable bearers of this Coat of Arms include:

Variations

Coat of arms of Counts Lanckoroński

Notes

^ Dźmitry Matviejčyk (2016). Armorial of Belarusian Nobility (in Belarusian). Vol. 4. Miensk: Беларусь. pp. 293–296. ISBN 978-985-01-1175-3. (in English)
^ Valery Pazdniakou (2005). Digital Encyclopedia: "Grand Duchy of Lithuania" (in Belarusian). Vol. 1. Grand Duchy of Lithuania: Encyclopedia. p. 684. ISBN 985-11-0314-4.

Bibliography

Tadeusz Gajl: Herbarz polski od średniowiecza do XX wieku : ponad 4500 herbów szlacheckich 37 tysięcy nazwisk 55 tysięcy rodów. L&L, 2007, s. 406-539. ISBN 978-83-60597-10-1.