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The Miełżyński family ([mʲɛlˈʐɨɲskʲi]), originally of Lithuanian and Polish stock in the first millennium, was a noble family within Poland from the 13th century to the 20th century. Part of the Nowina clan, the Mielzynskis were players in politics, the arts and military endeavours. Their wealth included palaces like Pawłowice and Iwno. As magnates and members of the szlachta, their dynastic connections to the royal houses of Europe were extensive, including lineages to the kings of France and modern Spain.
Mielzynski of Nowina: Maximilian, Antoni, Jan (sons of Andrzej by his wife Anna-Petronella Bninska), (1738–1799) obtained the hereditary title of Count from Kaiser Frederick William II of Prussia on 19 September 1786. His two children, Stanislaw and Mikolaj, appeared in the 1824 list of persons authorised to bear the title of Count in the Kingdom of Poland. Josef (1765–1824; son of Maceij by his wife Seweryna Lipska) obtained the hereditary title of Count from King Frederick William III of Prussia on 12 July 1817 (L.P. 20 January 1818).
Anna Miełżyńska (1600-1640) was the grandmother of Catherine Opalinska, the queen consort of King Stanislaus Leszczynski of Poland. She was also the great-grandmother of Maria Leszczynska, the queen consort of Louis XV of France.