The family, originally small in number, grew considerably, which led to divisions of material wealth but enhanced political influence, due to having the support of more people in the Sejms, in the Senate, or at the royal court.
The family became split into five major lineages: of Wiśnicz (from Aleksander Michał (1614 - 1677), Łańcut (from Stanisław Herakliusz (1642 - 1702), Przeworsk (from Aleksander Michał - d. 1675), Rzeszów (from Hieronim Augustyn (c.