Bogorya coat of arms

Bogorya
Battle cry: Bogoryja
Details
Alternative names	Boguryja, Bogoria
Earliest mention	11th century
Towns	none
Families	58 names altogether: Balczewski, Bogdanowicz, Bogoria, Bogorya, Bohomolec, Bosiacki, Braczkowski, Bruczkowski, Buczkowski, Chechelski, Chechłowski, Cienkiewicz, Corski, Gościeradowski, Górski, Gwiazdowski, Horbaczewski, Kampka, Kolanowski, Korzeniecki, Kurzeniecki, Kurzeniewski, Kwaskowski, Łowmiański, Maciejowicz, Magnuski, Mokrjewicz, Mokronoski, Mokronowski, Ochowski, Phoski, Podleski, Podlewski, Podłęski, Pohoski, Porębski, Rakoza, Rakusa, Rakuza, Rostropowicz, Skolnicki, Skotnicki, Staszkowski, Suszczewski, Światkiewicz, Świątkiewicz, Tarnowski, Trojanowicz, Tur, Wissigier, Wissygier, Wołłowicz, Wołłszowicz, Wołowicz, Wystynga, Zabacki, Zakrzewski, Zubacki

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

History

The coat of arms was first attributed to Michał Bogorya, whose name was first recorded in the papers of Trzemeszno monastery, when he was given the title of count, and in a decree granting privileges to the Holy Cross monastery near Sendomierz around 1069. According to legend, Bolesław II the Bold (Bolesław Śmiały), armed with only 3,000 of his cavalry, attacked a much larger band of Polovtsy near Snowskie, striking down their leader. During the battle a colonel called Michał Bogorya proved extraordinary courage and bravery, bearing several wounds and arrows in his body. Bolesław, upon returning from the battle and hearing of his bravery, saw Bogorya and extracted the arrows from his chest, broke them with his own hands and conferred them on Bogorya and his descendants as an eternal honour.

Blazon

The coat of arms consists of two broken white (or silver) arrows pointig in opposite directions—one up and one down—on a red (or blue/green) field. The helm bears a peacock with its tail spread and its beak pointing to the shield's right, holding an arrow likewise broken and twisted upward.^[1][2]

Notable bearers

Notable bearers of this Coat of Arms include:

• The family of Mstislav Rostropovich, famous Russian cellist and conductor.
• Mikołaj z Bogorii
• Marcjan Dominik Wołłowicz
• Andrzej Mokronowski
• Władysław Wołłowicz
• Franciszek Bohomolec
• Ostafi Wołłowicz

See also

• Polish heraldry
• Heraldry
• Coat of Arms

References

1. ^ 'Herbarz Polski" by Kasper Niesiecki S.J., Leipzig edition 1839-46
2. ^ 'Herby Rycerstwa Polskiego' by Bartosz Paprocki (1584), Kazimierz Jozef Turowski edition 1858 p.243