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Denhof coat of arms

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Alternative names
  
Dzik

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Earliest mention
  
unknown

Denhof coat of arms

Families
  
Berens, Bieret, Biront, Denhof, Denhoff, Doenhoff, Donhoff, Dönhoff, Dobszewicz

Denhof - is a Polish coat of arms. It was used by several szlachta families in the times of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Dönhoff (German) or Denhoff (Polish) (sometimes also Denhof or Doenhoff) was a Livonian German noble family, a branch of which moved to the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the 16th century and became recognized as a Polish noble (szlachta) there.

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Argent a boar's head caboshed sable armed of the field. Crest: issuant out of a crest coronet or a demi-boar sable armed argent pierced by two spears saltire-wise points in chief also argent. Mantled sable doubled argent.

Notable bearers

Notable bearers of this coat of arms include:

  • Ernst Magnus Dönhoff (1581-1642), voivode of Parnawa (1640-1642)
  • Kasper Dönhoff (1587-1645), voivode of Dorpat (1627-1634)
  • Alexander von Dönhoff (1683-1742), Prussian Lieutenant-General
  • Sophie von Dönhoff (1768-1838), morganatic spouse of Frederick William II of Prussia
  • August Heinrich Hermann von Dönhoff (1797-1874), Prussian diplomat
  • Marion Dönhoff (1909-2002), a German journalist

    • References

    Denhof coat of arms Wikipedia
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