Kwilecki
Kwilecki is the name of an old Wielkopolska noble family who took their name from their Kwilcz estate near Międzychód and first appeared in documents with Michal Kwilecki in 1383.
Nobility uprisings
- Prussian count status on January 17, 1816 in Berlin for Adam Clemens von Kwilecki , landlord of Ostroróg and others and formerly castellan of Przemęt , for his nephew and son-in-law Clemens von Kwilecki , landlord of Kwilcz and others, and his brother Johann Nepomuk von Kwilecki .
- Prussian count on June 12, 1816 in Berlin with a diploma of October 22, 1816 for Joseph von Kwilecki , landlord on Wróblewo near Szamotuły and others.
- Russian recognition of the count's status on June 2, 1842.
Coat of arms (1816)
In gold, a gold-armored silver eagle , covered with a red heart shield , in it a curved silver river , overlaid by a gold cross ( Szreniawa family coat of arms ). Five silver ostrich feathers on the helmet with red and gold covers .
Name bearer
- Franciszek Antoni Kwilecki (1725–1794), Polish politician, envoy to Berlin (1771–1776) and castellan of Kalisz
- Hektor von Kwilecki (1859–1912), manor owner, member of the German Reichstag
- Lukasz Kwilecki (1680–1745), castellan of Ląd
- Mieczysław Count von Kwilecki (1833–1918), Polish landowner and Prussian and imperial German politician
- Stephan von Kwilecki (1839–1900), manor owner, member of the Reichstag
- Wilhelm von Gluszewski-Kwilecki (1867–1954), German professional officer and knight of the Pour le Mérite
Individual evidence
- ↑ J. v. Lekszycki: The oldest Greater Poland grod books , Leipzig 1887.
literature
- Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels , Adelslexikon Volume VII, Page 108, Volume 97 of the complete series, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 1989, ISBN 3-7980-0700-4
- Ernst Heinrich Kneschke : New general German nobility lexicon , Volume 5, Page 343, Verlag Friedrich Voigt, Leipzig 1864 ( digitized )
- Ernst Heinrich Kneschke, Deutsche Grafen-Haeuser der Gegenwart: in heraldic, historical and genealogical relation , Volume 3, p.212