Sulkowski
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| Ethnicity | Polish |
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| Current region | Austria, Germany, Poland, United States, Canada |
| Place of origin | Sułków, Poland |
The Sułkowski (Polish plural: Sułkowscy) family is a Polish family of nobility and gentry consisting of famous members and having owned palaces in Rydzyna and Bielsko.
Family motto: All for the Fatherland.
Coat of arms of Counts Sułkowski (1732)
Coat of arms of Princes Sułkowski (1752), with Bohemian (silver lion), Saxon (green common rue on the black eagle) and Habsburg (red lion and a two-headed eagle) elements.(variant I)
Coat of arms of Princes Sułkowski (1752), with Bohemian (silver lion), Saxon (green common rue on the black eagle) and Habsburg (red lion and a two-headed eagle) elements. (variant II)
The origins of the Sułkowski family are relatively obscure. The Sułkowski family originally lived in a village known as Sułków, now known as Sułkowo Borowe, in the Mława district 100 kilometers (62 mi) north of Warsaw. Of the family manor house, only a single gatepost remains. Close by there is a wooden church built in 1644. The earliest records are from the 16th century. For the first four generations only the oldest son has been recorded.
According to some sources, Elżbieta Szalewska had a liaison with Augustus II the Strong and bore him an illegitimate son. Her husband, Stanisław Sułkowski, gave this child, Aleksander Józef Sułkowski, his last name. On March 18, 1754, he gained from Queen Maria Theresa of Austria the title of Reichsfürst, along with the right of primogeniture. Additionally, in the same year, the princely title was granted to every descending member of the Sułkowski family.
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