Chodkiewicz coat of arms

Chodkiewicz (Gryf z Mieczem) is a Polish coat of arms. It was used by the Chodkiewicz family in the times of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. A variant of the Kościesza with the Gryf coat of arms and the notable longer family line as well as much bigger family than shown here.

Chodkiewicz
Alternative name(s)	Kościesza odm. Chodkiewicz
Families	1 names Chodkiewicz (Chodźkiewicz)
Divisions	Gmina Gródek, Gródek

Notable bearers

Notable bearers of this coat of arms include:

• Chodkiewicz family
• Chodko Jurewicz (c.1431–1447), founder of Chodkiewicz clan
• Ivan Chodkiewicz (?–1484), founder of the Chodkiewicz family
• Aleksander Chodkiewicz (1457–1549), voivode of the Nowogródek Voivodeship, Grand Marshal of Lithuania
• Yurii Chodkiewicz (1524–1569), voivode of the Nowogródek Voivodeship
• Hieronim Chodkiewicz (1500–1561), Grand Lithuanian Podczaszy, Elder of Samogitia, Count of the Roman Empire
• Ivan Hieronimowicz Chodkiewicz (1537–1579), Livonian hetman, Grand Lithuanian Marshall, castellan of Vilnius.
• Grzegorz Chodkiewicz (?–1572), Grand Hetman of Lithuania
• Jan Karol Chodkiewicz (1560–1621), Grand Hetman of Lithuania
• Krzysztof Chodkiewicz (?–1652), castellan of Vilnius, voivode of Vilnius Voivodship
• Jan Kazimierz Chodkiewicz (1616–1660), castellan of Vilnius
• Anna Eufrozyna Chodkiewicz (c. 1600 – c. 1631), married Prokop Sieniawski in 1623
• Teresa Chodkiewicz (1645–1672), married Stanisław Bonifacy Krasiński about 1667
• Jan Mikołaj Chodkiewicz father of Rozalia Lubomirska 1768-1794

Gallery

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  Coat of arms of Counts Chodkiewicz (a combination of Kościesza, Gryf, Łabędź, Pogoń Litewska and Korczak coat of arms[1]

See also

• Polish heraldry
• Heraldic family
• List of Polish nobility coats of arms

Bibliography

• Herbarz polski, Tadeusz Gajl, Gdańsk 2007, ISBN 978-83-60597-10-1

References

1. Juliusz Ostrowski, Księga herbowa rodów polskich. Warszawa 1897