Dunin gamily

The Duninowie or Dunin also Łabędzie was a Polish noble family, whose members were Magnates in medieval Poland. Members of the family held the title of Count in Poland.

Łabędź coat of arms of the Duninowie family

Grave sculpture of Piotr Wlostowic

Piotr Dunin z Prawkowic

History

The progenitor of the family was Piotr Włostowic, a voivode and adviser of Duke Bolesław III Wrymouth.

Notable members

• Piotr Włostowic - progenitor, castellan of Wrocław, and a ruler (możnowładca) of a part of Silesia
• Świętosław – son of Piotr Włostowic (?-1153)
• Sulisław of Cracow (d. 9 April 1241) commanding an army at the Battle of Legnica
• Piotr (?-1198), Archbishop of Gniezno - probably the fundator of the Gniezno Doors
• Piotr Dunin z Prawkowic (ca. 1415-1484) - led the Polish army to victory over the Teutonic Knights in the Battle of Świecino at Malbork castle
• Stanisław Dunin-Karwicki (1640-1724) - politician and political writer
• Marcin Dunin-Sulgostowski (1774-1842) - Primate of Poland 1831-1842
• Jerzy Sewer Dunin-Borkowski (1856 - 1908) count, heraldry, social activist, politician, landowner.
• Stanisław Jan Borkowski (1782-1850) - geologist and philanthropist
• Stanisław Dunin-Wąsowicz (1785-1864) - general of the November Uprising
• Wincenty Dunin-Marcinkiewicz (1808-1884) – poet, dramatist
• Alfons Dunin-Borkowski (1850-1907) - painter, follower of Jan Matejko
• Teodor Dunin (1854-1909) - physician
• Kazimierz Dunin-Markiewicz (1867-1932) - painter, playwright and theatre director
• Rodryg Dunin (1870-1928) - industrialist and agriculturalist
• Kazimierz Szpotański (1887–1966) - engineer, founder of ZWAR
• Michał Dunin-Wąsowicz (1888-1936) - officer of the Polish Army
• Piotr Dunin-Borkowski (1890-1949) - politician, voivode of Lwów, diplomate
• Rupert Dunin (18th century) - member of the Sejm
• Antoni Dunin (1907–1939) - officer of the Polish Army
• Krzysztof Dunin-Wąsowicz (1923-2013) - historian
• Teresa Dunin-Karwicka (born 1931) - ethnographer
• Isabel Sabogal Dunin-Borkowski (born 1958) - Peruvian translator, editor and astrologer
• Leon Kasim Dunin-Wąsowicz (born 2007) - professional basketball for Igokea Aleksandrovac

See also

• Łabędź coat of arms
• Carmen Mauri

Residences

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  Potocki Castle in Zator

Bibliography

• Kazimierz Śmigiel: Słownik biograficzny arcybiskupów gnieźnieńskich i prymasów Polski, Wydawn. WBP, 2002
• Wojciech Kriegseisen, Ewangelicy polscy i litewscy w epoce saskiej (1696–1763), Warszawa 1996
• "Polski Słownik Biograficzny", t. II, str. 237 i nn.