Mielecki (plural: Mieleccy, feminine form: Mielecka) was a family of knights, a branch of the Gryffin Clan. The founders and former owners of the City of Mielec.
History
It is believed that their progenitor could be Pawlik z Mielec, mentioned in 1224. The first documented ancestor was Jakub Trestka, castellan of Brzesc in 1334. The Mielecki of Gryf family line died out in 1771.
Notable members Stanislaw z Mielca, Royal Rotmistrz, castellan of Połaniec, married Elżbieta Tęczyńska h. Topór Jan Mielecki, Grand Marshal of the Crown, married Anna Koła h. Junosza Mikołaj Mielecki, Voivode of Podole and Grand Hetman of the Crown, married Elżbieta Radziwiłł h. Trąby Zofia Mielecka, married Prince Szymon Olelkowicz Słucki h. Pogoń Litewska and Hetman Jan Karol Chodkiewicz h. Kościesza
Coat of arms The family used the Gryf coat of arms.
Bibliography Rodzina, herbarz szlachty polskiej, t. XI, Warszawa 1914
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