A record of documented arms, meaning and origin, researched for the Czaplicki family of Poland.
Reg. 3300 · Polish, A–C
Coat of Arms & Family Crest Details
Symbols on this shield
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Colours
Silver (Argent)Means: Peace and sincerity
Blue (Azure)Means: Loyalty and truth
Red (Gules)Means: Military strength
Historical info
Source
J. B. Rietstap, Armorial Général, Gouda: G. B. van Goor Zonen, 1884–87
Blazon (the actual original written record)
“Parti: au 1 d'arg. à trois croisettes pattées de gu., rangées en pal; au 2 d'azur plein. C.: un cerf iss. d'arg. L. d'arg., d'azur et de gu.”
PolandPrusse, c. 1772
Where the Czaplicki Arms Were Recorded
Mazovia
Map of Poland showing where the Czaplicki arms are recorded
The Czaplicki arms were recorded in Prusse, c. 1772.
Arms such as these were typically recorded in Mazovia.
Mazovia held Warsaw, the Polish court and the assemblies where the szlachta met. Poland's nobles were unusually numerous and every one of them bore arms, and Warsaw is where those arms were argued over and recorded.
This is where the arms were entered in the register. Families often moved to other parts of the country, so the same name can turn up in more than one region.
Region
Mazovia
Town
Prusse
First recorded
1772
Granting Authority for the Czaplicki Arms
Ennoblement by the Sejm
Author: Olek Remesz · CC BY-SA 3.0
The body that granted and recorded arms in Poland in this period.
Stanisław August Poniatowski
Sovereign of the period
Stanisław August Poniatowski
1764–1795
Reigning in Poland when the Czaplicki arms are first recorded.
How Arms Worked in Poland
Polish noble families shared a single coat of arms across many different surnames, creating large clans rather than individual designs. These symbols were held collectively by all members of the clan regardless of their specific family name. When a new family joined the nobility, they were adopted into an existing clan and began using that group's established shield.
Granting authority
The Sejm, which was the Polish parliament, held the power to grant noble status and the right to bear arms.
How they got arms
Families typically received their coat of arms through a formal act of ennoblement granted by the Sejm for distinguished service.
Where arms were recorded
These grants were officially recorded in the Crown Metrica, which served as the central archive for state documents starting in the sixteenth century.
The family's standing
Recorded among the armigerous families of Poland.
Origin & History of the Czaplicki Family in Poland
The family name Czaplicki finds its deep historical roots in the Mazovia region of Poland. By the year 1772, members of the family were well-established within this area, which served as a central hub for the Polish nobility and landowning classes. The name itself is topographical in nature, likely derived from the word czapla, which means heron in the Polish language. This suggests that the earliest ancestors may have lived near wetlands or marshes where these birds were common. As the family grew, they became deeply integrated into the local social and agricultural life of the Mazovian plains. Their presence in regional records from the late eighteenth century highlights a long tradition of land stewardship and community involvement that defined their early history.
Related Branches & Arms
Root word
Czapla
A bird species known as the heron.
This name
CzaplickiRefers to someone who lived near a heron habitat or possessed heron-like physical traits.
also spelled
Chaplicki
Czaplicky
Documented Sources
J. B. Rietstap, Armorial Général, Gouda: G. B. van Goor Zonen, 1884–87
Boniecki, Adam. Herbarz polski: wiadomości historyczno-genealogiczne o rodach szlacheckich. 1901
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