Kotwica coat of arms

Kotwica
Details
Battle cry	-
Alternative names	Kotwica i Grono
Earliest mention	unknown
Towns	none
Families	22 altogether: Achmatowicz, Achmeciewicz, Barszczewski, Bartoszewicz, Chamyr, Chawryłowicz, Geppert, Gutowski, Idzykowski, Jesiotrowski, Kęstowicz, Kołątaj, Misiuna, Missun, Missuna, Obuchow, Onichimowski, Oniechimowski, Stumberg, Turnowski, Wargira, Wiłkucki

Kotwica (Polish for "Anchor") is a Polish coat of arms. It was used by several szlachta (noble) families under the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

History

The Kotwica coat of arms was particularly popular among families of foreign origin indigenated in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

Blazon

Gules, an Argent anchor, with three lopped branches on the dexter, all proper, debruised of a loop or anille in chief, also proper. Out of a crest coronet, three feathers.

Alternatively the shield is Argent and the anchor Black, Brunatre or Or.

Notable bearers

Notable bearers of this coat of arms have included:

• Hugo Kołłątaj, priest, politician, co-author of the Constitution of May 3, 1791;
• Andrzej Suski, Bishop of Toruń.

See also

• Polish heraldry
• Heraldry
• Coat of arms