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Kurowie

The Kurowie was a Polish knighthood family, originated from Mazovia in medieval Poland.

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Map of Kur%C3%B3w, Poland

History

The family was firstly mentioned on 2 May 1239 in Tabulatorium Actorum Antiquorum Varsoviense Maximum. Bolesław I of Masovia confirmed the purchase of the village Doiasdovo by Cur and Jozeph for 7 Grzywna. Their family seat Kurów was probably firstly mentioned between 1112 and 1118 in the Gesta principum Polonorum of Gall Anonim as castrum Galli, what is interpreted as the Castle of the Kurowie.

Notable members

  • Mikołaj Kiczka – archdeacon of Gniezno
  • Klemens z Kurowa, knight, castellan of Żarnów - allied with the knight Jan Kmita, starost of Kraków.
  • Piotr Kurowski ze Szreniawy i Kurowa, knight, starost of Lublin
  • Mikołaj Kurowski – Archbishop of Gniezno
  • Stanisław Kur – Catholic priest, Protonotary apostolic

    • References

    Kurowie Wikipedia
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