Kościesza coat of arms

Kościesza (Strzegomia, Strzegomya) - is a Polish coat of arms used by szlachta families in the times of Kingdom of Poland and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

History
According to a legend the Kościesza arms has been granted by King Bolesław II the Generous to a brave knight named Kościesza after the Battle of Snowsko in 1072.

Notable bearers

 * Gniewosz z Dalewic (died 1406), knight, podkomorzy of Kraków, castellan of Sandomierz
 * Gniewosz of Dalewice
 * Melchior Pudłowski, poet, secretary of the King
 * Szymon Szymonowic (Simon Simonides, Szymonowicz or Bendoński)
 * Jan Karol Dolski
 * Jan Karol Chodkiewicz (Chodkiewicz coat of arms)
 * Józef Piłsudski (Piłsudski coat of arms)
 * August Żaba
 * Witold Gombrowicz
 * Aleksander Kakowski
 * August Kościesza-Żaba
 * Chodźko family
 * Witold Chodźko
 * Aleksander Chodźko
 * Leonard Chodźko
 * Ludwik Chodźko
 * Wojciech Wijuk Kojałowicz
 * Roman Żaba, general
 * Tadeusz Żaba, Marshall of the Radom Confederation
 * Jan Kazimierz Żaba, Voivode of Minsk
 * Maryla Wereszczakówna, lover of Adam Mickiewicz
 * Piotr z Chrząstowa, Bishop of Przemysl
 * Imisław Wroński, Bishop of Plock
 * Michał Kosmowski, Bishop of Gniezno
 * Szczepan Zambrzycki, member of the Great Sejm
 * Ludomir Włodzimierz Kościesza Wolski, officer of the Armia Krajowa, Righteous Among the Nations
 * Bohdan Stetkiewicz, castellan of Mscislaw
 * Stanisław Gabriel Kakowski, chorazy of Nowogrod
 * Włodzimierz Józef Mężyński, officer of the Polish Legions in World War I
 * Józef Nielubowicz-Tukalski, Orthodox Metropolitan of Kijow (Kyiv)
 * Ron Jaworski, NFL Quarterback
 * Mikola Statkevich, Belarusian opposition politician

Related coat of arms

 * Chodkiewicz coat of arms (Kościesza odmieniony)
 * Piłsudski coat of arms (Kościesza odmieniony)