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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.[1]
History
[edit]The progenitor of the family was Piotr Włostowic, a voivode and adviser of Duke Bolesław III Wrymouth.
Notable members
[edit]- 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[2]
See also
[edit]Residences
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Bibliography
[edit]- 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.