Leliwa coat of arms

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The Leliwa coat of arms is a historic Polish heraldic emblem, featuring a crescent and star motif, borne by numerous noble families of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Polish coat of arms
heraldic emblem
associatedWith Catholic symbolism
Polish nobility
moon symbolism
star symbolism
background azure shield
category Coats of arms with crescents
Coats of arms with stars
Polish coats of arms with celestial bodies
chargeColor gold
coatOfArmsOf Tarnów (historically via Tarnowski family)
linked to: Tarnowski family
country Kingdom of Poland
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
depicts gold crescent with horns upward
gold six-pointed star above crescent
fieldColor blue
hasMotto Leliwa
hasVariant Leliwa odmiana (variant) coats of arms
linked to: Leliwa coat of arms
heritageStatus historic coat of arms
historicalRegion Lesser Poland
Red Ruthenia
linked to: Ruthenia

Ruthenia
languageOfName Polish
mentionedIn herbarz (Polish armorials)
notableBearer Hieronim Morsztyn (Polish poet)
Jan Tarnowski (Polish hetman)
Zbigniew Morsztyn (Polish poet)
presentIn modern municipal heraldry in Poland
symbol crescent
star
timePeriod Early modern period
Middle Ages
usedBy noble families of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
usedByFamily Branicki family (Polish magnate family)
linked to: Branicki family

Kochanowski family (some lines)
Melsztyński family
Morsztyn family
Radzimiński family
Rogala-Leliwa families
Stadnicki family
Tarnowski family
Żaliński family
usedBySocialClass szlachta
usedIn Lithuanian heraldry
Polish heraldry
usedUntil Partitions of Poland

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Sieniawski family coatOfArms Leliwa coat of arms
Leliwa coat of arms hasVariant Leliwa odmiana (variant) coats of arms
linked to: Leliwa coat of arms