Janina coat of arms

Janina
Battle cry: Janina
Details
Alternative names	Clipeus in Clipeum, Szczyt w Szczycie, Tarcza w Tarczy, Pole w Polu
Earliest mention	1379
Towns	none
Families	160 altogether: Białobłocki, Białobrocki, Białobrodzki, Białowocki, Bidzieński, Bidziński, Bielecki, Brandwicki, Branicki, Branwicki, Brodawka, Broniszowski, Byszewski, Chołubowicz, Chotelski, Churzowski, Chyszowski, Czudzinowski, Czyżowski, Danczykiewicz, Danejkowicz, Doruchowski, Duńczykiewicz, Dzirytowicz, Gabaniński, Gabański, Gaboński, Gabryałowicz, Galowski, Gardziński, Gawędowski, Giecewicz, Giełczewski, Gołubicki, Górka, Hołubicki, Hołubowicz, Imszennik, Iwanin, Jachniewicz, Janiewicz, Janik, Janikowicz, Janikowski, Janiński, Janowicz, Janowiecki, Janowski, Jaroszewski, Jaroszowski, Jaszczowski, Jawicki, Jętkiewicz, Jowenko, Kański, Karski, Kaszewski, Kaszowski, Kiełczewski, Kleofas, Klofas, Kołaczkowski, Korzeniewski, Krampski, Kraski, Kułaczkowski, Kwasek, Kwasibrodzki, Lendzki, Leński, Lęcki, Lędzki, Liński, Lipski, Łęski, Maciejowski, Mociewicz, Msczuj, Mszczuj, Nacewicz, Naczewicz, Narajewski, Narajowski, Necewicz, Neczewicz, Nepelski, Nossek, Olbiecki, Olbieński, Olbięcki, Olbiński, Olszbank, Opocki, Opoka, Pankowski, Pełka, Piasecki, Podlodowski, Polikarp, Potocki, Przezwocki, Pszonka, Putianiowicz, Putyanowicz, Pyrka, Radorzyski, Rdzawski, Rozum, Rzeczycki, Rzezeński, Rzeżeński, Smosarski, Smoszarski, Sobeslaw, Sobowicz, Sobczak, Sobczyk, Sobiecki, Sobieski, Sopocki, Sopotnicki, Stoiński, Stojecki, Stojeński, Stojeski, Stojewski, Stroński, Strzeszkowski, Suchodolski, Swoboda, Swojkowski, Szczypiecki, Szczypski, Świder, Świerczkowski, Tarnawski, Trymowicz, Turski, Unieszowski, Urniaż, Urniąż, Urzanowski, Urzarzowski, Urzazowski, Urzażowski, Warpęski, Wasylenko, Waszmuntowski, Wiernek, Wierzbieński, Wierzbięta, Winarski, Winiarski, Wojszcik, Wojsik, Wojsin, Wojszyk, Wójszyk, Wojszym, Wojszyn, Wolicki, Wrzazowski, Wrzębski, Wysociński, Wyszmuntowski, Zacharewicz, Zaduski, Zawadzicki, Zawadzki, Zawieprski, Zbiluta, Zerzyński, Zulicki, Zyrzyński, Żulicki, Żyrzyński

Janina - is a Polish nobility clan coat-of-arms. Borne by several noble families descended in the-male line from the medieval lords of Janina (the eponyms of the clan) or legally adopted into the clan upon ennoblement.

History

Janina is the only coat of arms represented on the sky as constellation - Scutum. It was created by Johannes Hevelius in 1684, and originally named it Scutum Sobiescianum (the shield of Sobieski) to commemorate the victory of the Polish forces led by King John III Sobieski in the Battle of Vienna in 1683. Later, the name was shortened to Scutum.

Blazon

The coat of arms was used in a variety of tinctures and designs, varying greatly from family to family. All of them depicted what is described in the alternative names for the Janina, that is a "field in a field" or a "shield within a shield".

Notable bearers

Notable bearers of this Coat of Arms include:

• members of the Sobieski family, including King Jan III Sobieski

See also

• Polish heraldry
• Heraldry
• Coat of Arms
• Scutum

External links

• The Sobieskis' Janina Coat of Arms at the Wilanów Palace Museum