August Poniatowski, and branched out to Lithuania, Ukraine, Belarus and Russia. Through marriage, the Czapskis were connected to some of the well known Polish families such as the Princes Czetwertynski and Radziwill, Counts Chodkiewicz, Dzialynski, Goetzendorf-Grabowski, Małachowski, Mielzynski, Plater-Zyberg, Potocki, Potulicki, Puslowski, Raczynski, Rzewuski, Zamoyski. The family is also closely related to other European aristocratic families, such as Thun und Hohenstein, Stackelberg and the Meyendorff von Uexküll. In particular, the marriage of Franciszek Stanisław Hutten-Czapski, Voivode Chelminski to Princess Weronika Joanna Radziwill (b. 1754) in the 18th century brought great wealth and properties to what was called the Chelmno branch of the Czapskis. Among the Czapskis are thirteen senators, various Governors, Castellans, Counselors, Chamberlains, Bishops and Generals. There are six recipients of Poland's highest award, the Order of the White Eagle, four recipients of Poland's highest award for bravery in battle: the Virtuti Militari, and two Bailiffs of the Order of Malta. In the 17th century, a Sebastian Czapski married a Konopacka, the maternal aunt of the famous astronomer Copernicus. Title of Count On 27 September 1804 brothers Nicolas and Joseph Czapski, both former generals of the First Polish Republic (the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth), received from King Frederick William III of Prussia, the hereditary title of Count with the Prussian name Graf von Hutten. On 3 November 1861, as a result of the friendship of his mother with King Wilhelm I of Prusia, Bogdan Hutten-Czapski was confirmed as a Prussian count. On 12 June 1874 the brothers Adam, Igancy and Emeryk Hutten-Czapski were confirmed as counts by the Tsar of the Russian Empire. On 28 June 1895 the title was reconfirmed by the Russian Empire, and on 14 June 1900 the title was confirmed for Stanislaw Antoni and Mikolaj (Nicolas) Hutten-Czapski. Coat of Arms The Leliwa coat of arms, or crest, was used by several hundred szlachta families during the existence of the Kingdom of Poland and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, and remains in use today by many of the descendants of these families. There are several forms of the arms, all of which bear the name Leliwa. The Leliwa coat of arms was historically used by the Czapskis as well as other well known noble Polish families such as the Tarnowski, Sieniawski, Morsztyn, Hlebowicz, Tyszkiewicz, and Średziński families. As of 1874, with the confirmation by part of Imperial Russia of the Hutten-Czapski title, the descendants of Karol Hutten-Czapski (1777–1818), began to