Półkozic coat of arms

Półkozic
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Battle cry	Półkoza, Polukoza
Alternative names	Osła głowa, Półkoza, Polukozicz, Zebro
Earliest mention	1370
Towns	none
Families	156 names altogether: Biały, Bietkowski, Błazowski, Błażowski, Błędowski, Bobrkowski, Bobryk, Bobrykowicz, Bobrzykiewicz, Bogumiłowicz, Bogumiłowski, Bogusz, Boguszewicz, Bohuszewicz, Borzęcki, Breński, Broniszowski, Brzostowski, Chmielowski, Chorążyc, Czark, Czarkowski, Czarnej, Czarnek, Czarnkowski, Czyżowski, Danielecki, Danikowski, Danilecki, Dankowski, Dańkowski, Dąbkowski, Demczyński, Dłuski, Dobroszewski, Dobryszowski, Garliński, Giebułtowski, Gliwiński, Gostjowski, Gostyjowski, Gradowski, Grodowski, Gronvald, Gronwaldski, Grunwald, Gutowski, Herecki, Horecki, Indyk, Istmont, Jeleniewicz, Jurkowski, Justimont, Justyment, Korkliński, Koszuba, Krzywkowski, Kukwa, Kurdwanowski, Laskowski, Leśnicki, Leśniewicz, Leśniewicz, Leśniowicz, Ligęza, Linksza, Major, Mawolski, Mikołajewski, Minor, Młodecki, Młodnicki, Mołdawski, Mołodawski, Mołodecki, Moszgowy, Nasiełowski, Nasiłowski, Nasiński, Nasiołowski, Niewiarowski, Niewierowicz, Niewierowski, Nikiel, Niwiński, Nowowiejski, Nykiel, Obłąk, Obłąkowski, Obodyński, Pachowski, Pekur, Perakładowski, Perekładowski, Petryk, Piestrzycki, Pikarski, Pikaski, Plichta, Pliszka, Płochut, Pobikrowski, Pogoski, Pohorski, Przemankowski, Przeradowski, Przesławski, Rzeszowski, Sepichowski, Sępichowski, Siestrzeniec, Siostrzeniec, Skotnicki, Sławiec, Smok, Sopichowski, Stamierowski, Stamirowski, Stawisz, Strygocki, Strygucki, Strzygocki, Swenderski, Swęderski, Szczaniecki, Szczekowski, Śwenderski, Świdziński, Świeczka, Świeżyński, Tabor, Taborowicz, Taworowski, Trzewliński, Wąsicki, Wąszycki, Wielepnicki, Wielewiejski, Wielowiejski, Wielowieyski, Wilski, Włodek, Wojeński, Wolski, Wrocimowski, Wroćmirowski, Zagwojski, Zalasowski, Zalassowski, Zalaszowski, Zalazowski, Załazowski, Zasada, Zaszada, Ziemblicki, Złotczski, Żenkiewicz

Półkozic - is a Polish coat of arms. It was used by several szlachta families in the times of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

According to legend, this coat was assigned to knight Stawisz, who was defending the foreign castle of Etecz (or Eczech) against the pagans. When besieged, he ordered to kill a goat and a donkey, and then use their blood to paint ox's hide. With this hide he then ordered to decorate the walls of the castle. The pagans, seeing that defenders had so much meat as to waste it, lifted the siege and left. The knight was rewarded by the king Bolesław I Chrobry with a coat of arms and returned to Poland.

The bearers of the coat were mentioned since early Piast era. Initially they were tied to the land of Lesser Poland, (regions of Sandomierz and Kraków), regions near Lublin, Rawa Mazowiecka, Sieradz and then Red Ruthenia. After the Union of Horodło bearers of the coat of arms appeared also in Lithuania.

Gules, donkeys head gardant Argent. Over the helm the crest composed of a goat passant proper Argent.

Notable bearers of this coat of arms include:

Coat of Arms of Wladysław Wielowieyski (1825)

Variant Jeski II (1630)

Coat of Arms of Machnicki i Sawnowski family

Coat of Arms of Maskiewicz family (1676)

Coat of Arms of Radziejowski family

Coat of Arms of Utratowski family(1662)

Coat of Arms of Justimonti family (1589)

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