Zamoyski

The noble coat of arms of the Zamoyski family (Graf)

The Zamoyski family was one of the most important Polish magnate families of the Szlachta in Poland-Lithuania . The feminine form of the surname is Zamoyska in Polish , in the plural Zamoyscy .

Well-known namesake were and are:

Jan Zamoyski (* 1542; † 1605), magnate, civil servant, statesman and general, founder of the planned town named after him, Zamość
Tomasz Zamoyski (* 1594 - † 1638), magnate, civil servant and statesman
Gryzelda Konstancja Zamoyska (* 1623, † 1672), mother of the Polish King Michael Wiśniowiecki
Joanna Barbara Zamoyska (* 1626; † 1653), married to the magnate Aleksander Koniecpolski
Jan Sobiepan Zamoyski (* 1627 - † 1665), magnate, civil servant and general
Andrzej Zamoyski (* 1716; † 1792), statesman, humanist and reformer
Władysław Stanisław Zamoyski (* 1803; † 1868), politician, general, political activist of the Hôtel Lambert
Andrzej Artur Zamoyski (* 1800; † 1874), political activist and economist
Władysław Zamoyski (* 1853; † 1924), Polish patron
Maurycy Zamoyski (* 1871 - † 1939), Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland
Marcin Zamoyski (* 1947), mayor of Zamość (1990–1992, 2002–2014) and 1992–1994 voivode of the Zamość voivodeship
Adam Zamoyski (* 1949), author and historian