User:Exxess/Żądło-Dąbrowski z Dąbrówki h. Radwan

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Radwan Coat-of-Arms/Herb
Details
Battle cryKaja, Radwan
Alternative namesWierzbowa, Wierzbowczyk, Wirzbowa, Wirzbowo, Kaja
Earliest mention1407
TownsKalwaria Zebrzydowska
FamiliesŻądło Dąbrowski
284 surnames/cognomens associated with the Radwan Coat-of-Arms/Herb, but only concerned with Żądło Dąbrowski in this instance.

The Żądło-Dąbrowski z Dąbrówki h. Radwan[1] family belonged to the immemorial Polish nobility[2][3].  They originated from the Radwan knights' clan.  They were connected to Polish-English author Joseph Conrad[3] and the revolutionary fight for national independence.

Żądło-Dąbrowski[4] is pronounced "Zhondwo-Dombrovski."

z Dąbrówki is pronounced "zee Dombroovkee."

Radwan is pronounced "Rodvon."

Notable Members[edit]

Origins[edit]

From Mazowsze, Poland, the old szlachta (noble) family Żądło-Dąbrowski of Dąbrówka, coat-of-arms (in Polish "herb") Radwan, took their surname from the village/patrimony Dąbrówka of Piaseczno in the lands (ziemia/"province") of Warszawa, where other members of the family settled predominantly in the lands (ziemia) of Różan[5].  They were always nobility, belonging to the szlachta odwieczna or immemorial nobility, and in the armorials of Poland, documentation from the 15th century is used to note them.[3]  The original surname/przydomek they used was "Żądło" (the Sting), prior to establishing the fixed surname/cognomen Dąbrowski derived from their patrimony/inheritance Dąbrówki/Dąbrówka.[5]

The family were first and foremost members of the ancient Radwan knights' clan (ród)/gens before they established a fixed surname/cognomen derived from their patrimony/inheritance (Dąbrówki/Dąbrówka):

"In Poland, the Radwanice were noted relatively early (1274) as the descendants of Radwan, a knight [more properly a "rycerz" {German "ritter"}] active a few decades earlier. ..."[6].

Their original przydomek (surname) "Żądło" was first used without the topographic name "Dąbrowski" to distinguish the members of this branch of Radwans (sept) from other Radwans, and this continued for centuries.  In 1727, a member of the family appears in the records as "Michał Żądło".[5]  Appearing in the records are also Adam Żądło and Kazimierz Żądło in the election of King Jan III Sobieski (1674).[5]

Very poor members (Polish: "dość uboga") always existed in this line (Żądło-Dąbrowski) of Radwan noble families, and wealth came to other members (Polish: "Szlachta zamożna") (Latin: "bene natus possessionatus et dominus") only in certain periods (SEE:  Estates of the Realm regarding wealth and nobility).  The Żądło-Dąbrowskis never obtained very important offices or dignities, but in the years of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth's existence (First Rzeczpospolita, or Rzeczpospolita szlachecka - Nobles' Commonwealth/Republic), they served as land bailiffs (komornictwami/princeps nobilitatis - formerly the Judge in boundary disputes), treasurers (skarbnikostwem), seneschal (wojskostwem/tribunus), sword-bearers (miecznikostwem), and pantlers (stolnikostwem).  (See: Offices in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - District Offices.)  Nor were they absent from the clergy.  Mainly due to marriages, the family began expanding to other regions of the Commonwealth.  One particular branch of this family at the end of the XVIII-century domiciled/settled in Volhynia/Wołyniu (currently part of Ukraine), where afterward Jarosław Dąbrowski was born.[3]

Offices[edit]

Very high offices of the Polish crown were de facto "hereditary" and guarded by the magnateria of Poland, leaving the lower offices below for "middling" nobility ("the baronage" -- SEE: Offices in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth for a sense of the hierarchy).  The prestige of lower offices depended on the wealth of the region.  The Masovia region of Poland had a long-standing reputation of being rather poor due to the condition of the soil.

Military[edit]

  • Józef Wacław Adam Stanisław Żądło-Dąbrowski z Dąbrówki h. Radwan, Army Lieutenant ''(Polish: poruchik) of troops in Gostynin, 1827[5][7]
  • Tadeusz Jerzy Beniamin Żądło-Dąbrowski z Dąbrówki h. Radwan (1829 -- 1903), Army Major[5][8][9]

Crown Officials[edit]

  • Mateusz Żądło-Dąbrowski, Land/Boundary Bailiff (Polish: komornik graniczny) of Warsaw, 1609[5]
  • Mikołaj Żądło-Dąbrowski, Tribune (Polish: wojski) of Horodło, 1616[5]
  • Jan Kazimierz Żądło-Dąbrowski, Treasurer (Polish: skarbnik) of Różan, 1688; elector in the election of Augustus II the Strong[5]
  • Jan Żądło-Dąbrowski, Sword-bearer (Polish: miecznik) of Różan, 1674[5]
  • Michał Ządło-Dąbrowski, Cup-bearer (Polish: cześnik) of Bracław, 1727[5]
  • Piotr Żądło-Dąbrowski, Land/Boundary Bailiff (Polish: komornik) of Różan, Pantler (Polish: stolnik) of Wenden, 1767[5]
  • Franciszek Żądło-Dąbrowski, Treasurer (Polish: skarbnik) of Różan, 1776[5]
  • Stefan Żądło-Dąbrowski, Deputy District Judge (Polish: podsędek) of Różan, 1780[5]
  • Jan Żądło-Dąbrowski, Instigator (modern equivalent: "state Prosecutor") -- Commission of National Education, 1784[5]

Rome[edit]

Origins of the Name[edit]

In Polish "dąb" means "oak."[10]  "Dąbrowa" means "oak forest," and "Dąbrowka" means "little oak forest" (or grove).  In antiquity, the nobility used topographic surnames to identify themselves.  The expression "z" (meaning "to," sometimes "at") plus the name of one's patrimony/estate carried the same prestige as "de" in French names such as "de Châtellerault", and "von" or "zu" in German names such as "von Weizsäcker" or "zu Rhein".  In Polish "z Dąbrowka" and "Dąbrowski" mean the same thing:  "of, from Dąbrowka." (Hoffman 1993, p. 60).  More precisely than Hoffman, "z Dąbrowka" means owning the feudal patrimony/estate Dąbrowka, not necessarily originating from.

At least since the 17th century the surnames/cognomens of noble families became fixed and were inherited by following generations, remaining in that form until today.  Prior to that time, a member of the family would be identified as "Jakób z Dąbrówki[5], herbu Radwan" (Jacob to/at Dąbrówki of the Clan Radwan Coat-of-Arms), or "Jakób z Dąbrówki, przydomkiem Żądło, herbu Radwan" (Jacob to/at [owning] Dąbrówki with the distinguishing name/surname Żądło of the Clan Radwan Coat-of-Arms), or "Jakób Żądło, herbu Radwan".

Connections to Joseph Conrad and the January 1863 Uprising[edit]

Jarosław Dąbrowski's and Teofil Dąbrowski's father was Wiktor Żądło-Dąbrowski of Dąbrówka, coat-of-arms Radwan, a non-land-owning noble living in Żytomierz, presently Ukraine.  Their mother was Zofia née Falkenhagen-Zaleska.  Their maternal uncle was esteemed economist Piotr Falkenhagen-Zaleski.  Through Piotr's wife, Maria née Korzeniowska, the Żądło-Dąbrowskis became related to Polish-born English novelist Joseph Conrad (born Józef Teodor Konrad: Nałęcz Korzeniowski) (1857–1924).[3]  Joseph Conrad's father, Apollo Korzeniowski (1820-69), and Jarosław Dąbrowski were two of the leading figures of a secret City Committee in Warsaw, organized in October 1861 by the radical "Reds," whose purpose was to prepare an armed struggle for Polish national independence and social revolution.[11]  (See: January 1863 Uprising.)

Mansion/Manor Home (Dwór) in Michałowice, POLAND[edit]

Żądło-Dąbrowski z Dąbrówki h. Radwan mansion/manor home (dwór) in Michałowice, Lesser Poland Voivodeship by the Dłubnia (river)
Żądło-Dąbrowski z Dąbrówki h. Radwan mansion/manor home (dwór) in Michałowice, Lesser Poland Voivodeship by the Dłubnia (river) in the year 1905.

The mansion/manor home (dwór) was designed by prominent architect TEODOR TALOWSKI (1857 - 1910) in a picturesque Historicism style for the Żądło-Dąbrowski z Dąbrówki h. Radwan family and built between 1892 and 1897.[12]  After being destroyed by fire in 1979, it was rebuilt in the years 1985 - 1990.

Twentieth Century[edit]

A contemporary Italian article written by Adriano Sofri and published by Arnoldo Mondadori Editore on the web site of their magazine Panorama (Italian magazine), mentions the Radwan Żądło-Dąbrowskis living in Warszawa as "una nobile famiglia di Varsavia" (one noble family of Warsaw).[13]

Footnotes[edit]

  1. ^ Minakowski, Marek Jerzy. "Żądło-Dąbrowski z Dąbrówki h. Radwan". Genealogia Potomków Sejmu Wielkiego. Kraków, POLAND, EU: Dr Minakowski Publikacje Elektroniczne. Retrieved 23 April 2012. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |website= (help)
  2. ^ Lerski, George J. (1996), "DĄBROWSKI, JAROSŁAW", Historical Dictionary of Poland, 966-1945, Westport, Connecticut, U.S.A. * London, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM, EU: Greenwood Press, The offspring of an old Polish gentry family, ...
  3. ^ a b c d e f Zdrada, Jerzy (1973). "Jarosław Dąbrowski 1836-1871". Kraków, POLAND, EU: Wydawnictwo Literackie. pp. 9–10. Jarosław Radwan Żądło Dąbrowski urodzil się 13 listopada 1836 roku Żytomierzu na Wołyniu. Rodzina Dąbrowskich wywodziła się z Mazowsza, najprawdopodobniej ze wsi Dąbrówka pod Piasecznem w ziemi warszawskiej. Notują ją herbarze szlacheckie od XV wieku, ale była to zawsze szlachta dość uboga, w niektórych tylko okresach dochodząca do pewnej zamożności. Nigdy też nie dostąpili Dąbrowscy ważniejszych urzędów i godności, zadowalając się w latach istnienia Rzeczypospolitej komornictwami, skarbnikostwem, wojskostwem, miecznikostwem czy stolnikostwem. Nie brak też było w rodzinie duchownych. Rozrastającemu się rodowi Żądło-Dąbrowskich szybko zrobiło się ciasno na ubogim Mazowszu. W ciągu XVI i XVII wieku zaczęto się przenosić, głównie dzięki małżeństwom, w inne zakątki Rzeczypospolitej. Tym też sposobem jedna z gałęzi rodu Dąbrowskich w końcu XVIII wieku zakorzeniła się na Wołyniu. ... Matka Zofia z Falkenhagen-Zaleskich pochodziła ze spolszczonej od dawna rodziny inflanckiej i była siostrą Piotra Falkenhagen-Zaleskiego, emigranta z 1831 roku, cenionego ekonomisty tych czasów. Przez żonę Piotra, Marię z Korzeniowskich, byli Dąbrowscy spowinowaceni ze znanym pisarzem Józefem Korzeniowskim.
  4. ^ Niesiecki S.J., Kasper, Korona Polska przy Złotey Wolnosci Starożytnemi Rycerstwa Polskiego y Wielkiego Xięstwa Litewskiego kleynotami ... ozdobiona ... podana tom drugi Przez X. Kaspra Niesieckego Societatis Jesu (Lwów, THE KINGDOM OF POLAND AND THE GRAND DUCHY OF LITHUANIA: Society of Jesus, 1738), Volume II, page 8.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Adam Józef Feliks Boniecki-Fredro, herbu Bończa; "Herbarz Polski - Część I.; Wiadomości Historyczno-Genealogiczne O Rodach Szlacheckich." (Warsaw, RUSSIAN EMPIRE: Skład główny Gebethner i Wolff w Warszawie, 1901), Volume IV, pages 147-149.
  6. ^ Janusz Bieniak, "Knight Clans in Medieval Poland," in Antoni Gąsiorowski (ed.), The Polish Nobility in the Middle Ages: Anthologies, Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich; Wrocław, POLAND, EU; 1984, page 154.
  7. ^ Minakowski, Marek Jerzy. "Józef Wacław Adam Stanisław Żądło-Dąbrowski z Dąbrówki h. Radwan". Genealogia Potomków Sejmu Wielkiego. Kraków, POLAND, EU: Dr Minakowski Publikacje Elektroniczne. Retrieved 19 February 2013. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |website= (help)
  8. ^ Minakowski, Marek Jerzy. "Tadeusz Jerzy Beniamin Żądło-Dąbrowski z Dąbrówki h. Radwan". Genealogia Potomków Sejmu Wielkiego. Kraków, POLAND, EU: Dr Minakowski Publikacje Elektroniczne. Retrieved 19 February 2013. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |website= (help)
  9. ^ a b Kwaśniewska, Elżbieta (2010). Kwaśniewska, Elżbieta (ed.). "Matka Małgorzata Dąbrowska z michałowickiego dworu" (PDF). KWARTALNIK SPOŁECZNO-KULTURALNY (in Polish). 1–2 (25–26). Michałowice, Kraków county, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, POLAND, EU: Stowarzyszenie Przyjaciół Ziemi Michałowickiej „Nad Dłubnią”: 9–12. Maria Izabela Dąbrowska urodziła się 12 września 1880 r. w Michałowicach, jako siódme, najmłodsze dziecko Tadeusza Radwan Dąbrowskiego -- majora wojsk polskich z czasów Królestwa Kongresowego i Marii Rostworowskiej. ... Tadeusz Jerzy Żądło–Dąbrowski z Dąbrówki h. Radwan (1830–1903) ... Ojciec Stefan Klemens Dąbrowski -- benedyktyn lubiński (początkowo – paulin), człowiek wielkiego ducha znakomity tłumacz Reguły i Żywota św. Benedykta. ... Stefan (Klemens) Żądło-Dąbrowski z Dąbrówki h. Radwan (1869–1953) {{cite journal}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |journal= (help)
  10. ^ William F. Hoffman, "Polish Surnames: Origins and Meanings" (Chicago, ILLINOIS, U.S.A.: POLISH GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, 1993), page 157.
  11. ^ Norman Davies, "God's Playground: A History of Poland, Volume II - 1795 to the Present" (New York, NEW YORK, U.S.A.: Columbia University Press, 1982), page 351.
  12. ^ Biernacka-Lorenz, Monika. "Zabytki / Zespół dworsko-parkowy w Michałowicach". Gmina Michałowice, Województwo Małopolskie. Michałowice rural administrative district, Kraków county, Lesser Poland province, POLAND, EU: Gmina Michałowice, Lesser Poland Voivodeship. Retrieved 19 March 2013. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |website= (help)
  13. ^ Sofri, Adriano (15 October 1998). "La leggenda del santo truffatore". Panorama (Italian magazine). Segrate, Milan province, Lombardy region, ITALY, EU: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore. Archived from the original on 18 May 2008. Retrieved 7 June 2007.

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