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Translated from a German book on Polish aristocracy: The Polish aristocracy, its coats of arms, its families, genealogy, heraldry and history.
Swinka. In red field black, to the left turned heading boar, whose lower jaw, from which two teeth, is entered by a right hand, covers of them in addition due, blue-dressed lever the outline of the pig heading and in the lower elbow upward bends themselves; Helmet decoration: a blue-dressed virgin with resolved hair, the levers into the pages, growing up to the knee, supported.
At the Castle of the duke Boleslaw IV, there was a high-standing knight in the duke?s favor, who possessed much virtue, and who fell in love with Judyta, either the dukes sister or daughter though probably the daughter of a count von Meissen. The knight divided this passion and dared not think of the possibility of marriage. The duke, who knew this inclination, joked occasionally, and teased him more frequently because of this secret, in order to suggest by this joke the impossibility of such a union. The knight did not have a hope. As on a yard hunt in the forests of Sieradz, placed around 1148, a pack of boars, attacked the favorite dog of the duke and attempted to kill the dog, called the duke: " who saves the dog I give everything! " Fast like lightning the knight branched on the back of the boar, like riding, stopped it with a hand on its ears, tore him with the other hand under the throat, upset then the boar, held him with the foot, took his sword and took off its head with a blow. The duke gave Judyta and this coat of arms, who were called according to the coat of arms Swinka (of Swina, the boar), to it the virgin in the helmet decoration is of the princess to remind everyone of the event. Those descended who bear this coat of arms:Boguslawski, Bratkowski, Cholawski, Czacki, Czajewski, Danewicz, Dewknetowicz, Dziwosz, Gawronski, Grzebski, lkierat, lead the same Kaczkowski, Kakanowski, Kakawski, Kaniewski, Krzyianowski, Maczynski, Michelsdorf, Piotrowski, Porkus, Robaczynski, Roszkowski, Semislowski, Stwolinski, Swinka, Tomislawski, Zajaczek, Zajaczkowski, Zielinski, Zmyslowski, Zwyslowski
Translated from Spanish from an article written by a Professor Zielinski (if you search "Blazon", you should come up with the article...also included are coats of arms for the family).
Blazon of Weapons (?Coat of Arms?) of the Robaczynski Family (Swinka Clan) is embodied by a shield with a sculptured head of wild boar, in the base a right arm blue dress of celestial opening the mouth of the animal. The red shield, also known as sips, would in general, set the clan in the nobility. It denotes validity and magnanimity. The enamel is associated with the valiant and the intrepid, and compelled its carriers to fight any type of injustice. The arm means diligence, the wild boar, extreme courage and force. The timbre, or upper part of the blazon, is represented by a woman with untied hair, and symbolizes the freedom and the sense of justice and humanity. A clan must be truly worthy to exhibit this on the blazon of weapons.
The blazon of the Swinka Clan was very known and popular in the early history of the Poland. The clan descended from Jakób (?Swinka?), archbishop of Gniezno, a strong supporter and close political ally of king Wladyslaw Lokietek, who reigned between years 1303 -1333. Jakób was instrumental in bringing forward the eventual unification of Poland.
The first register regarding the Swinka blazon appeared in the year 1352, that being the oldest document of court. The related blazon appeared in the year 1405 in a tomb of the church of Jakób in Sandomierz. In Poland, one can find the blazon in the regions of Kalisz, Cracóvia, Poznan, Sieradz.
The Swinka Clan (century XIV) is comprised of 32 families decending from Jakób, one of which is the Robaczynski Family, as the blazon and the relation of the last names below.
ANCIENT BLAZON OF CLAN SWINKA
Relation of the last names that were part of the Swinka Clan: Bogulawski, Bratkowski, Cholawski , Czacki, Chajewski, Danewicz, Dewknotowicz, Dziwosz, Gawronski, Grzebski, Ikierat, Kaczkowski, Kakanowski, Kakawski, Kaniewski, Krzyzanowski, Maczynski, Michelsdorf, Piotrowski, Porkus, Robaczynski, Roszkowski, Semislowski, Strzycki, Stwolinski, Swinka, Tomislawski, Zajaczek, Zajaczkowski, Zielinski, Zmyslowski and Zwyslowski.
The blazon of the Swinka Clan, according to legend, originated from a Roman-circus event (as opposed to a slave-gladiador event). In the arena, a woman-amazon imprisoned warrior was placed to battle for her life. To face her, a fierce wild boar was untied, which, after a confrontation with it, the boar is killed and forms the basis for the shield. Legend has it that this victorious warlike amazon is, therefore, of Roman origin and begins the clan. Although unknown, she is it?s heroine.
According to legend, the wild boar is a very old animal, portraied in the coarse rupestres drawings of the men of the caves, has its origin in the north of Africa and southwest of Asia. In remote times it migrou for the Europe, where if it spread for diverse regions. In America it is not catalogued in the native fauna; therefore an exotic animal is considered. The excellency of its meat, its transport, ferocidade and bravery had made of wild boar one of the most coveted hunting trophies, since the Average Age. An important feature of the wild boar was always its capacity of adaptation to the diverse regions for where it migrated. It possesss nocturnal habits and its tusks very sharpened. It does not attack human beings unless if it feels threatened. The wild boars, in the adult phase, arrive at a meter of height and two of size, weighing of 150 the 280 kg (the males). Its longevity is of 20 years and its hard gestation approximately 121 days, with six hatches creates, in average.
The legend of the boar locks up a symbology of the Swinka clan: combativeness and force; the battle of good against evil. Also, the wild boar in the symbology escandinava represents straightness and freedom.
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HERB ŚWINKA
