Prus II Wilczekosy coat of arms

Prus II
Battle cry: Nagody, Na pole, Prus
Details
Alternative names	Wilczekosy, Wilcze Kosy, Stubica, Falcastrum Lupinum
Earliest mention	12th century
Towns
Families	Bandkowski, Bawor, Baworowski, Będkowski, Bielejowski, Bielowski, Blichowski, Białyszewski, Chłopicki, Chmętowski, Damecki, Danielecki, Daniecki, Dawidowski, Dębowski, Dowejko, Faszcz, Faszczewski, Filonienko, Gąsowski, Glauch, Glinojecki, Glinowiecki, Gloger, Glogier, Głaznecki, Głaznocki, Głuchowski, Głuchowski-Gleich, Gołąb, Gościszewski, Grabowski, Grochowalski, Grodzieński, Grzybowski, Grzybiński, Jezierski, Jeżewski, Kalnochwotski, Kamocki, Kanafocki, Kanafojski, Kamiski, Katlewski, Klukowski, Kobyliński, Kosiński, Kostecki, Łaźniewski, Łanźiowski, Lisicki, Lubecki, Łubecki, Lubiatowski, Makowski, Małachowski, Miszewski, Miszkiel, Mitarnowski, Myślecki, Myślęcki, Moszczyński, Nakwaski, Niewierski, Obrębski, Olszewski, Olszowski, Osowiński, Ossowiński, Orpinowski, Orpiński, Orzeszkowski, Petrellewicz, Płomiański, Preczkowski, Pręczkowski, Pruski, Radomiński, Rogusławski, Rosołowski, Rudowski, Samicki, Segnic, Siodłowski, Skotnicki, Strzemieczny, Stypiński, Szczyciński, Świętochowski, Tobaczyński, Wieczwiński, Windacki, Windak, Windyka, Wodziński, Wołowski, Wspinek, Spinek, Zaborowski, Zacharski, Zglenicki, Zglinicki, Żyrowski

Prus II Wilczekosy - is a Polish Coat of Arms. It was used by several szlachta families in the times of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

History

From what little information we have and from what the Legends say the Prus II seal stands for particularly violent ( that's why it's named Wolfsabres ) Prussian Noble families that settled Poland in the 12 / 13th Century, particularly the lands of Mazowsze.

The following was supplied by a Mr. Leon Stevens some years ago and sheds some more light to the origins of this CoA.

Prus II is the result of the merger of families of 3 clans, namely, the original Prussian Prus Clan, the Wilczekosy Clan (a clan consisting of German settlers in the vicinity of Schillingsdorf, in old Malopolska, and the Moszczenica Clan originating in and near the village of Moszczenica in the Piotrow district. Your family did not necessarily "join" one of these clans, but may simply have always been affiliated back to ancient tribal times. Numerical designations following variants of coats of arms are arbitrarily attached by Polish heralds, and occasionally some do not agree as to which number should correspond with which variant. When nobles identified their clans in signatures etc., they did not identify variants, so that a noble would simply record, for example, "Mikolaj Olszowski h. Prus," "Mikolaj Olszowski herbu Prus," "Mikolaj Prus-Olszowski," etc.

Blazon

Notable bearers

Notable bearers of this Coat of Arms include:

• Armorial du Premier Empire Florian baron Kobyliński h. Prus 2

• Walerian Olszowski(*1587–†1650) First Senator of the Olszowski h. Prus II family - His father was Mikołaj O., his grandfather Jan Mikołaj O. and great grandfather was Mikołaj Niczek Czchodorff O. His son was:

• Andrzej III Olszowski - 1674-1677 Archbishop of Gniezno and Primate of Poland and Crowned Jan Sobieski 1676

http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrzej_Olszowski

See also

• Polish heraldry
• Heraldry
• Coat of Arms
• List of Polish nobility coats of arms
• Olszowa http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olszowa,_%C5%81%C3%B3d%C5%BA_Voivodeship

Sources

• Dynastic Genealogy
• Ornatowski.com