Ledochowski

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Coat of arms of Count Ledóchowski 1800

The Counts Halka-Ledóchowski are a Polish and Austrian noble family.

history

The Halka von Ledóchow are a very old Volhyn aristocratic family, the line of which begins in 1457. Furthermore, they derive their descent from the Russian boyar family of the Halka, who are mentioned in a document as early as 971.

The Ledóchowski family was one of the magnates of the Szlachta , the high Polish nobility who provided the country's senators, voivodes , starosts , castellans and ministers. With the third partition of Poland , the Polish kingdom became extinct, and the Ledóchowski family acquired in recognition of the ancient nobility, in the person of Anton Halka von Ledóchow (1755-1835) for this and his legitimate descendants on 8/15. May 1800 the hereditary-Austrian count dignity.

With a few exceptions among the princely families, no nobility titles were awarded in the Kingdom of Poland. Thus the families either wore titles awarded abroad or they only acquired them after the partition of Poland. The title is therefore not a suitable yardstick for the historical significance of families. A better choice is the number of senators a family has provided during the existence of the kingdom. With seven senators, the Ledóchowski family is 34th out of a total of 129 noble families, both princely and counts.

Members of the Count's Ledóchowski family distinguished themselves a. a. from services in the imperial house and a. as educator of the later Emperor Franz-Joseph , adjutant of Emperor Karl and general staff officers, as well as in the service of the Catholic Church through a Jesuit general, a cardinal, a blessed and a saint.

coat of arms

1800: In the blue shield a round, silver hoop, which is covered on the inside with three golden paw crosses in the shape of an upright triangle so that the upper cross looks down vertically, but the other two rise diagonally against each other from both sides. (Szalawa House). The count's crown rests on the shield, on which a gold-crowned tournament helmet rises up. On the crown of the helmet there is a curved armored, left-facing saber with a golden handle, and a right arm reaching out for blows. The helmet covers are covered with gold on both sides in blue. Shield holder: Two men in armor with open visors, red bushes on their helmets, soldiers with golden vessels on black hangers on the side, their free hand on their hips.

The hoop in the shield also appears gold-tinged, an assumption that can also be found in the Genealogical Pocket Book of the Count's Houses (1854, p. 442). According to the work mentioned, the motto is: "Avorum respice mores".

Well-known namesake

Picture gallery

  • Stanisław Ledóchowski

  • Ignacy Hilary Ledóchowski

  • Saint Ursula Ledóchowska

  • Bishop Mieczysław Ledóchowski

The Warsaw Historical Museum

Ledóchowski exhibition in Warsaw 2008

In October 2008, the Warsaw Historical Museum organized a short exhibition on the Ledóchowski family, which was under the patronage of Austrian Federal President Heinz Fischer and Polish President Lech Kaczyński . Documents and works of art that are privately owned by the family were exhibited.

Fiction

  • In Pyotr Nikolajewitsch Krasnow's historical novel “From the Tsar's Eagle to the Red Flag”, the main actor General Sablin is a guest at Count Ledokhovski's mansion several times. When the original was translated in Cyrillic, the name probably changed from Ledóchowski to Ledokhovski.
  • In Joseph Roth's historical novel about the fall of the Austrian monarchy, the Ledóchowski family is mentioned both in the “Capuchin Crypt” and in “Radetzkymarsch”.
  • The Jesuit General Vladimir Ledóchowski appears in John Gallahue's story of a failed attempt by the Catholic Church in the Soviet Union to gain a foothold.

literature

Web links

Commons : Ledóchowski  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Niesiecki , Tom VI p. 32-38.
  2. ↑ Halka-Ledochowski, Sigismund, p. 264
  3. ↑ Baracz, Sadok.
  4. ↑ Niesiecki, Tom VIII pp 393-394.
  5. ↑ Dunin Borkowski (1856–1908): Almanach błękitny: genealogia żyjących rodów polskich: książęta, kniaziowie, hrabiowie i baronowie. Wydawnictwo Armoryka, 2017, ISBN 978-83-8064-309-3 ( org.pl [accessed January 22, 2019]).
  6. ↑ Constantin von Wurzbach: "Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich", 14th part, KK Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1865, p. 304.
  7. ^ Ernst Heinrich Kneschke: "German count houses of the present: in heraldic, historical and genealogical relation", 3rd volume, A – Z, Verlag TO Weigel, Leipzig 1854, p. 231.
  8. ^ Historical Museum of Warsaw website
  9. ↑ Exhibition description (PDF; 454 kB)
  10. ↑ From the tsar's eagle to the red flag by Pyotr Nikolajewitsch Krasnow (in English version)
  11. ↑ The Capuchin Crypt by Joseph Roth (in Italian version)
  12. ↑ The Radetzky March by Joseph Roth (in Italian version)
  13. ↑ The Jesuit by John Gallahue (in English version)