Firlej (plural: Firlejowie) was a Polish szlachta (nobility) family. Magnates in the 15th and 17th century.
According to Kasper Niesiecki, Ostafi of Lewart coat of arms came from Franconia, Germany, to Poland, in 1317, to serve Polish king Władysław Łokietek. He was nicknamed Firlej, and the name became his family name. From the 15th to 17th centuries, the Firlej family was a powerful magnate family in the Lesser Poland (Małopolska) region. A branch of the family became a vocal supporter of Protestantism in Poland.
The family became extinct in the 18th century.
Piotr Firlej z Dąbrowicy (died 1499), judge and notary of Lublin, married to Jadwiga Osmólska h. BończaMikołaj Firlej (died 1526), Great Hetman of the Crown, married to Anna z Mielca h. GryfPiotr Firlej (died 1553), voivode of Ruthenia, married Katarzyna Tęczyńska h. TopórJan Firlej (1521-1571), Grand Marshal of the Crown, married Barbara Mniszech h. Mniszech, Zofia Boner h. Boner, Zofia Dzik h. DoliwaMikołaj Firlej (died 1601), voivode of Kraków, married Elżbieta Ligęza h. Półkozic and Agnieszka Tęczyńska h. TopórMikołaj Firlej (1588–1635), voivode of Sandomierz, married Maria Amalia Mohyła and Regina Oleśnicka h. DębnoZbigniew Firlej (1613-1449), starost of Lublin, married Princes Anna Wiśniowiecka h. Korybut and Katarzyna Opalińska h. ŁodziaAndrzej Firlej (died 1609), castellan of Radom, married Barbara Kozińska and Marianna Leszczyńska h. WieniawaAndrzej Firlej (1583-1649), voivode of Sandomierz, married Helena Rohostajska h. Leliwa and HH Przyjemska h. RawaJan Firlej (died 1614), Great Treasurer of the Crown, married Gertruda Opalińska h. ŁodziaHenryk Firlej (1599-1635), Bishop of PoznańPiotr Firlej (died 1619), voivode of Lublin, married Jadwiga Włodek h. PrawdzicStanisław Firlej (died after 1659), castellan of Lublin, married Dorota Leśniowolska h. Roch IIJan Firlej, member of the Sejm, married Teresa Warszycka h. AwdaniecPiotr Firlej, castellan of Wojnice, married Agnieszka Bal z Boisk h. GozdawaMikołaj Firlej (1605-1640), married Zofia Skotnicka h. BogoryaJan Firlej (died 1701), castellan of Sanok, married Weronika Wichrowska z WichrowaHenryk Firlej (1574-1626), Archbishop of GnieznoMikołaj Firlej (died 1588), voivode of Lublin, married Anna Sierzchowska z Sierzchowy h. NałęczZofia Firlej, married landlord of Wola Boguszowa Mikołaj Bogusz z Ziemblic h. PółkozicKatarzyna Firlej, married wojski of Krzemieniec Teodor Sieniuta h. SieniutaAndrzej Firlej (c. 1537-1585), Royal Secretary and castellan of Lublin, married Barbara Szreńska h. DołęgaDorota Firlej (1563-1591), married voivode of Witebsk and Troki Prince Stefan Zbaraski h. Korybut and Grand Chancellor of the Crown and Hetman Lew Sapieha h. LisAnna Firlej (died 1588), married voivode of Brześć Kujawski Andrzej Leszczyński h. Wieniawa, great-grandmother of King Stanisław I LeszczyńskiKatarzyna Firlej (died after 1545), married castellan of Chełmno and Sandomierz Stanisław Tarnowski h. Leliwa
