House of Staniewski
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| Ethnicity | Poles |
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| Current region |
 Poland |
| Place of origin | Eastern Europe Kingdom of Poland |
The Staniewski family (plural: Staniewscy) is a Polish and noble family of the Starykoń coat of arms. Members of the family were heirs to part of the Grodno region of modern-day Belarus. Members of the house are also heirs to parts of the Horodyski family estate, the rights to which were relinquished after World War I. The family has distant ties to various other Polish noble and royal families including the Zamojski family. Their ancestry can be traced back to either Russian or Bulgarian boyars. Many important documents regarding the family's history were either lost or destroyed during both World Wars.
The family is attributed to founding the world's first stationary circus in Warsaw, Poland. The functioned from 1882 to 1939, when burned down during the bombing of Warsaw during World War II.
Włodzimierz Staniewski (born in 1950 in Bardo, Poland) is a Polish theatre and film director, founder and director of the Gardzienice Centre for Theatre Practices. Author of international programs, actor training, essays, and plays.
Franciszek Staniewski (1876–1955), served in the Imperial Russian Army for approximately six years, within Moscow. He was gamekeeper of the Skaryszew forest for 18 years and was a member of the Skaryszew Volunteer Fire Department Band. Franciszek married Aniela Iwańska, of the Ostoja coat of arms, they had six children. Franciszek died in Skaryszew, Poland on the 8th of February, 1955.
Henryk Adam Staniewski (grandson of Franciszek Staniewski) is a transport engineer and currently CEO of Signalbud sp. z o.o. in Lublin. Until 2006 he worked in the PKP Polish Railway Lines as the General Director of the Regional Branch in Lublin. Henryk Staniewski was honored with various awards for professionalism and achievements throughout his career; in 1998, he received the Gold Cross of Merit of the Republic of Poland. In 1970, he married Barbara Kucaj, granddaughter of Julia Horodyska, a member of the House of Horodyski. Together they have two children: Anna (b. 1971) and Małgorzata (b. 1976), and five grandchildren, Jakub (b. 2000), Zuzanna (b. 2006), Dominik (b. 2005), Wiktor (b. 2010) and Piotr (b. 2014).
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