Tęczyński
Tęczyński is the name of a Polish noble family . The female form of the name is Tęczyńska . The name Tęczyński was first mentioned in the 14th century . The aristocratic family spread mainly in the Lesser Poland region and acquired numerous estates there.
The first documented named Tęczyński was Nawój of Morawica in 1331, a castellan from Kraków . His son Andrzej Tęczyński († 1368) was voivode of Kraków and had the family seat built, the Tęczyn Castle in Rudno, probably in 1319 . The high state offices and estates that were acquired helped the noble family in Lesser Poland to rise to the rank of magnate politically and economically . Andrzej Tęczyński († 1536) also acquired the hereditary title of Imperial Count from the Roman-German Emperor in 1527 .
The line died out with Jan Magnus Tęczyński in 1637 in the male line .
Name bearer
- Nawój of Morawica, including castellan of Cracow
- Andrzej Tęczyński, ao the Krakow voivode
- Andrzej Tęczyński , ao the Krakow voivode
- Jan Magnus Tęczyński, ao the Krakow voivode
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