Kurowie

The Kurowie was a Polish knighthood family, originated from Mazovia in medieval Poland.

History

The family was firstly mentioned on 2 May 1239 in Tabulatorium Actorum Antiquorum Varsoviense Maximum. Bolesław I of Masovia confirmed the purchase of the village Doiasdovo by Cur and Jozeph for 7 Grzywna. Their family seat Kurów was probably firstly mentioned between 1112 and 1118 in the Gesta principum Polonorum of Gall Anonim as castrum Galli, what is interpreted as the Castle of the Kurowie.

Coat of arms

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  Kur coat of arms
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  Kur coat of arms - illustration from "Herby Rycerstwa Polskiego" Bartosz Paprocki, 1584

Notable members

• Mikołaj Kiczka – archdeacon of Gniezno
• Klemens z Kurowa, knight, castellan of Żarnów - allied with the knight Jan Kmita, starost of Kraków.
• Piotr Kurowski ze Szreniawy i Kurowa, knight, starost of Lublin
• Mikołaj Kurowski – Archbishop of Gniezno
• Stanisław Kur – Catholic priest, Protonotary apostolic

Gallery

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  Kurowska Góra, formerly a castle of the Kurowie family was standing there.

See also

• Kurów
• von Hahn

Bibliography

• Franciszek Piekosiński: Rycerstwo polskie wieków średnich. Kraków: 1896-1991.
• Edward Breza: Nazwiska Pomorzan: pochodzenie i zmiany, Tom 1. Gdańsk: Wydawn. Uniwersytetu Gdańskiego, 2000, s. 489. ISBN 8370178987.
• Jan Stanisław Bystroń: Nazwiska Polskie. Lwów: Książnica, 1936. ISBN 8305126366.
• Jan Korwin Kochanowski: Zbiór ogólny przywilejów i spominków Mazowieckich. Warszawa: Drukiem W. Lazarskiego Towarzystwo Naukowe, 1919, s. Tom 2, Wydania 259-478.