Kościesza (Strzegomia, Strzegomya) - is a Polish coat of arms used by szlachta families in the times of Kingdom of Poland and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. History According to a legend the Kościesza arms has been granted by King Bolesław II the Generous to a brave knight named Kościesza after the Battle of Snowsko in 1072. Notable bearers Gniewosz z Dalewic (died 1406), knight, podkomorzy of Kraków, castellan of Sandomierz Gniewosz of Dalewice Melchior Pudłowski, poet, secretary of the King Szymon Szymonowic (Simon Simonides, Szymonowicz or Bendoński) Jan Karol Dolski Jan Karol Chodkiewicz (Chodkiewicz coat of arms) Józef Piłsudski (Piłsudski coat of arms) August Żaba Witold Gombrowicz Aleksander Kakowski August Kościesza-Żaba Chodźko family Witold Chodźko Aleksander Chodźko Leonard Chodźko Ludwik Chodźko Wojciech Wijuk Kojałowicz Roman Żaba, general Tadeusz Żaba, Marshall of the Radom Confederation Jan Kazimierz Żaba, Voivode of Minsk Maryla Wereszczakówna, lover of Adam Mickiewicz Piotr z Chrząstowa, Bishop of Przemysl Imisław Wroński, Bishop of Plock Michał Kosmowski, Bishop of Gniezno Szczepan Zambrzycki, member of the Great Sejm Ludomir Włodzimierz Kościesza Wolski, officer of the Armia Krajowa, Righteous Among the Nations Bohdan Stetkiewicz, castellan of Mscislaw Stanisław Gabriel Kakowski, chorazy of Nowogrod Włodzimierz Józef Mężyński, officer of the Polish Legions in World War I Józef Nielubowicz-Tukalski, Orthodox Metropolitan of Kijow (Kyiv) Ron Jaworski, NFL Quarterback Related coat of arms Chodkiewicz coat of arms (Kościesza odmieniony) Piłsudski coat of arms (Kościesza odmieniony) Gallery See also Bibliography Herbarz polski, Tadeusz Gajl, Gdańsk 2007, References Polish coats of arms