Odrowąż (plural: Odrowążowie or ążOdrowąże) was an important family of knights in the medieval Kingdom of Poland, strongly allied with the Catholic church in the 12th century.
History
Their family seats were in Upper Silesia and in Lesser Poland, and after the 13th-century invasion by the Teutonic Order, they moved to Silesia just within Lesser Poland. The progenitor of the family was Prandota Stary, who came to Poland in the 12th century from Moravia (or possibly Bohemia).
Notable members
Iwo Odrowąż, Archbishop of Gniezno, Archbishop of Kraków
Czesław Odrowąż vel Blessed Ceslaus
Jacek Odrowąż vel saint Hyacinth of Poland
Bronisława Odrowąż vel Blessed Bronisława
Jan Prandota, Archbishop of Kraków
Jan Odrowąż, Archbishop of Lwów
Jan II Odrowąż of Sprowa, Archbishop of Gniezno
Andrzej Odrowąż, Voivode of Podole, founder of the Bernardine Church in Lwów. Jan Odrowąż of Sprowa, starost of Lwów, Voivode of Ruthenia and Voivode of Podole Jan of Szczekociny, castellan of Lublin Piotr Odrowąż of Sprowa, starost of Lwów, Voivode of Ruthenia and Podole Zofia Odrowąż, married Hetman Jan Krzysztof Tarnowski h. Leliwa Stanisław Odrowąż, Voivode of Ruthenia and Podole, married to Anna of Masovia Jakub Dembiński, Great Chancellor of the Crown Strasz of Białaczów, knight, starost of Łęczyca
Branches of the family
Bębnowscy
Białaczowscy
Chlewiccy
Dembińscy
Kamieńscy
Koneccy (vel Konieccy) Maliccy (from Malice Kcyńskie) Modliszewscy Sprowscy Sypniewski Szydłowiecki Wądołowscy
Coat of arms
The family used the Odrowąż coat of arms.