| Amadej | |
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| Battle cry | Hamadej, Sokoła |
| Alternative name(s) | Amadejowa, Amadey, Almeyda, Amende, Amenda, Almejda, Amadeja, Amedja, Amadij, Hamadaj, Hamadej, Hamadejowa, Homadziej, Orlek[1] |
| Earliest mention | ca 1300[2] (record) |
| Families | 36 names Amadej, Grad, Gronostaj, Msurowski, Mzurowski, Suskrajowski, Walewski, Żyzmowski, KozaneckiAmadej, Bobolicki, By(s)trzanowski,[3] Grad, Gronostaj, Jankowski, Kosiński, Kozanecki, Kozubski, Łagiewnicki, Maierhoffer, Msurowski, Mszaniecki, Mzurowski, Mszurowski[4] (Mschurowski), Muszurowski, Szurowski, Pruszkowski, Ptak, Suskrajewski, Suskrajowski, Suskrojowski, Walewski, Węgrzynowicz, Włostowski, Żyzmowski. |
Amadej is aPolishcoat of arms of eitherHungarian origin orWest Prussian. It was used by severalszlachta families in the times of theKingdom of Poland and thePolish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
The family is either of Hungarian origin or West Prussian origin.[1]
Earliest mentions of the family and coat of arms appeared circa 1300 AD, when the kingWładysław I Łokietek sought help to return to the throne. According to contemporaries, Amadej were the first to help. With this new found wealth, the king took over a castle inWiślica. He rewarded the family with wealth and honors.[5]
Gules an eagle displayed recursant argent armed and crowned or holding in its beak an annulet also or. Crest: issuant out of a crest coronet or five ostrich feathers argent. Mantled gules doubled argent.[6]
It is exceptional that it is amirror of thecoat of arms of Poland as it has adexter eagle which appears in the national coat as asinister version, prompting a connection between both.
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