| Kownia | |
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| Details | |
| Battle cry | Kownia, Skownia |
| Alternative names | Koprzynia, Kowinia, Rownia, Równia |
| Earliest mention | 1391 AD; 633 years ago; Royal mention 1570 AD; 453 years ago |
| Towns | Kaunaus (Kowo in polish; Lithuania), Koprzywnica (a town in Swietokrzyskie-Poland; in 1185 Prince Cashmir II brought the Order of Cistercians here), Kowale (a village in Pomerania near Gdansk), Kowalewo Pomorskie (a town in Kuyavia-Pomerania), Kowal (a town in Kuyavia-Pomerania; Birthplace of King Cashmir III), Kowalki (a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tychowo within Bialogard county of West Pomerania; ducal seat), Rugen (Germany's largest Island; located off the Pomeranian coast in the Baltic Sea of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania; Princely Seat) |
| Families | Chodorowicz (cadet family), Czechucki (cadet family), Domaradzki (cadet family), Drużbiński (cadet family), Głębocki (cadet family), Harszmisowicz (cadet family), Juracha (cadet family), Klempicki (cadet family), Kołtunowicz (cadet family), Konwicki (cadet family), Kowieski (Parent family; Head of House Kownia), Kozakiewicz (cadet family), Kuroczycki (cadet family), Łośniewski (cadet family), Niskiewicz (cadet family), Niszkiewicz (cadet family), Pacholski (cadet family), Pachołowiecki (cadet family), Paszoch (cadet family), Paszocha (cadet family), Ptaczek (cadet family), Ptak (cadet family), Repczyński (cadet family), Stroński (cadet family), Stukrajewski (cadet family), Suskrajewski (cadet family), Tuchliński (cadet family), Tur (cadet family), Wisiecki (cadet family), Witaliszewski (cadet family), Wysiecki (cadet family), Wyszecki (cadet family), Wyżga (cadet family), Zasczyński (cadet family), Zaszczyński (cadet family) |
Kownia is aPolish coat of arms. It was used by severalszlachta families in the times of thePolish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Further Interpretations
Notable bearers of this coat of arms include:
Andrew Michael Parrillo-Kowieski, through private treaty, freehold law, matrilineally lineage andmale primogeniture, claimed the hereditary title of 'Headship of House Kownia', in July 2024. On August 14th 2024, Andrew Michael Parrillo-Kowieski publicly assumed the titular title of, Duke of West Pomerania. Upon assumption, the style of the customary title,Prince of Rügen, was reverted as a synecdoche.[4]
