Syrokomla coat of arms

Syrokomla
Battle cry: Syrokomla
Details
Alternative names	Srokomla
Earliest mention	1354
Towns	none
Families	95 altogether: Andronowski, Bortkiewicz, Bułhak, Burdzicki, Burdziński, Chominicz, Chorzewski, Chybicki, Diakowicz, Dziewoczka, Gasztowt, Gosztowt, Grocholski, Gucewicz, Gumkowski, Hołub, Horszewski, Horszowski, Hryhorewicz, Imszeński, Iwanowski, Jałowski Baranowicz, Jeleniowski, Jodławski, Karoński, Kaznowski, Kęsicki, Kiiński, Kijankowski, Kijanowski, Kijański, Kijeński, Kiltynowicz, Kiński, Kirkillo, Kondradzki, Kondrat, Kondratowicz, Kondratowski, Konratowicz, Konratowiski, Korzekwicki, Korzenicki, Kościałkowski, Kurdwanowski, Łapicki, Masło, Masłow, Minelg, Minelgowicz, Mingel, Mingiel, Mingin, Modzelewski, Montrym, Montrymowicz, Ososko, Płaszkowski, Puchaczewski, Pulia, Putiatycki, Putyatycki, Rekść, Sapalski, Sehem, Sicheń, Sieheń, Sielanka, Siwczyński, Stefanowicz, Stefanowski, Syrokomla, Szwyaszkowski, Śnieszkowski, Świaszkowski, Świeszkowski, Święszkowski, Świężkowski ze Święszek, Turowicki, Wasilewicz, Wielicki, Wieliczki, Wieliczko, Witoniski, Wojczon, Wojczun, Wojniłowicz, Wojtałowicz, Woyczon, Woyniłowicz, Wyrwicz, Zagrocki, Zagrodzki, Zając, Żołędź, Życzyński

Syrokomla - is a Polish coat of arms. It was used by several szlachta families in the times of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

History

According to the legend, the coat of arms was granted to certain knight named Syrokomla of Abdank coat of arms after he won a duel with a pagan Prussian warrior in 1331 during the reign of Ladislaus the Short. After this victory he was awarded with a right to add a golden cross to his coat of arms, to underline that he is one of the defenders of Christianity.

Blazon

Gules, Abdank (W-shaped symbol) Argent, with a cross Or (sometimes Argent) attached above. In the crest the symbol repeated.

Notable bearers

Notable bearers of this coat of arms include:

• Bohdan Khmelnytsky
• Michał Grocholski
• Franciszek Grocholski
• Władysław Syrokomla (1823-1862), writer

See also

• Polish heraldry
• Heraldry