Chłędowski Coat of Arms

Chłędowski baron coat of arms:Quarterly Bończa and Pfaffenhofen bestowed in 1885 by Emperor Francis Joseph I

This noble family traces its origins to the territorial County of Gniezno in the Voivodeship of Greater Poland. There in the administrative district of Gmina Witkowo is the village of Chłądowo. In 1692 Chłądowo (at the time called Chłędowo)was owned by the Chłędowski family. This branch of the family belongs to the Gryf Clan.

Seweryn Chłędowski, a prominent member of the family purchased the estates of Wietrzno in the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria in 1810. From this branch Freiher Adam von Chłędowski of the Bończa Clan married Ida Pfaff von Pfaffenhofen, the adopted daughter of Count Franz Simon Pfaff von Pfaffenhofen (1753–1840). From this marriage issued 2 sons Ludwig and Casimir, who received from Emperor Francis Joseph I the hereditary title of Baron and the right to use the name Chłędowski von Pfaffenhofen.

Notable members

• Barons Ludwig and Kazimierz Chłędowski von Pfaffenhofen, Hereditary Baronial Grant (1885) Permission to Quarter Boncza Clan arms with Pfaffenhofen family arms.
• Walenty Chłędowski - Poet, writer, editor
• Adam Tomasz Chłędowski - Historian and writer
• Kazimierz Chłędowski- Governor of Galicia (October 2, 1899 – January 18, 1900)
• Maria Pomezańska z Chłędowskich - Painter, writer, and historian
• Captain Stephen T. Chledowski - Military Officer, Poet, Knight of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta

References

• Juliusz Ostrowski, Księga herbowa rodów polskich. Warszawa 1897. http://herbyszlachty.pl/herby_nazwiska.php?lang=pl&herb=Chledowski
• Tadeusz Gajl, Herby szlacheckie Rzeczpospolitej Obojga Narodów. Gdańsk 2003.
• Wiktoria Wittyga oraz Stanisława Dziadulewicza. Nieznana szlachta polska i jej herby. 1908.
• Leksykon Genealogiczny - Dynamiczny Herbarz Rodzin polskich. Gryf - definicja w leksykonie genealogicznym.http://www.genealogia.okiem.pl/glossary/glossary.php?word=gryf
• C.A. Starke Verlag, Starke Genealogy Index of German Nobility. Limburg Germany. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~autwgw/sgi/sgix.htm