Battle cry: unknown
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Battle cry: unknown |
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| Alternative names | Leopardus, Levardus, Lewrat, Walny |
| Earliest mention | 1417 |
| Towns | Novogrudek, Minsk, Krakow, Lublin, Mazovian, and Sandomierz. |
| Families | 49 names altogether:Lewart, Walny, Wali-uszy, Bakowski, Beski, Bielanski-Firlej, Bielanski, Bochotnicki, Broniewski, Bunski, Dubrowski, Firlej, GorskiI, GorskiII, Haupt, Kczewski, Kizewski, Kniazyszcze, Konarski, Krupski, Krwacki-Firlej, Krwacki,Lewandowski, Lewartowicz, Lewartowski, Lewinski, Lwowski, Lakocki, Marcuszowski, Count Markuszewski, Melgiewski, Motycki, Nejmanowski, Opocki, Puchniowski, Podolenski, Pety, Skwarc, Szlapa, Tokarski, Trecyusz, Tretius, Tulowski, Ujezdzki, Wierzchanowski, Wodopol, Wszelaczytnski, Zakrzewski-Firlej, Zakrzewski. |
Lewart is a Polish Coat of Arms. It was borne by several noble families of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Families that descend from the original medieval clan that assumed this c-of-a as well as those legally adopted into the clan. believed to be of of german origin.
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Bestowed upon its first bearer for a feat of great bravery holding off a superior in (number and strength) force which caused the bestower King Wladyslaw Łokietka to remark that a leopod if pushed can defend itself from a lion and possibly win, its origins are German (frankońskie). The first known judicial record (Wali-ears) originates from 1417 (Z. Dunin-Kozicki, Inscriptiones clenodiales, p. 35). [1]
Notable bearers of this Coat of Arms include: The Counts of Markuszewski landowners in the regions around Novogrudek Krakow and Minsk. Henryk Firlej (1574–1626) was a Polish szlachcic, bishop of Łuck (1616–1617), Archbishop of Gniezno and Primate of Poland from 1624; Deputy Chancellor of the Crown (Polish: Podkanclerzy koronny).
Below members of the Lewart Clan. established 1434: (49) many now extinct.[1] in bold notable members.
Lewart, Walny, Wali-uszy, Bakowski, Beski, Bielanski-Firlej, Bielanski, Bochotnicki, Broniewski, Bunski, Dubrowski, Firlej, GorskiI, GorskiII, Haupt, Kczewski, Kizewski, Kniazyszcze, Konarski, Krupski, Krwacki-Firlej, Krwacki,Lewandowski, Lewartowicz, Lewartowski, Lewinski, Lwowski, Lakocki, Marcuszowski, Count Markuszewski, Melgiewski, Motycki, Nejmanowski, Opocki, Puchniowski, Podolenski, Pety, Skwarc, Szlapa, Tokarski, Trecyusz, Tretius, Tulowski, Ujezdzki, Wierzchanowski, Wodopol, Wszelaczytnski, Zakrzewski-Firlej, Zakrzewski.
Markuszewski Family Tree with the title inherited through the female as well as male line. Counts of the area around Novogrudek in modern day Belarus [2]
