A record of documented arms, meaning and origin, researched for the Czaplinski family of Poland.
Reg. 6395 · Polish, A–C
Coat of Arms & Family Crest Details
Symbols on this shield
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Colours
Blue (Azure)Means: Loyalty and truth
Historical info
Source
J. B. Rietstap, Armorial Général, Gouda: G. B. van Goor Zonen, 1884–87
Blazon (the actual original written record)
“D'azur à un tronc coupé, poussant une branche sur laquelle est perchée une chouette, le tout au nat. Cq. cour. C.: une queue de paon au nat. L. d'arg. et d'azur.”
Polandc. 1772
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Map of Poland showing where the Czaplinski arms are recorded
The Czaplinski arms were recorded in Poland, 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
First recorded
1772
Granting Authority for the Czaplinski 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 Czaplinski 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 Czaplinski Family in Poland
The surname Czaplinski is a topographic name that originates from the Polish word czapla, which translates to heron. Families who adopted this name likely lived near wetlands or marshes where these birds were commonly found, or they may have been associated with a specific estate named Czaplin. By 1772, records confirm that the family was well-established in the Mazovia region of central Poland. During this period, Mazovia was a center of agricultural life and local nobility, and families like the Czaplinskis were often involved in managing land or serving in local administrative roles. The name evolved as a way to identify individuals based on their geographic origins, helping to distinguish them within the growing population of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. As the family spread across the region, the name became a permanent marker of their ancestral ties to the Mazovian landscape.
Related Branches & Arms
Root word
czapla
A bird species known as the heron.
This name
CzaplinskiA topographic or habitational surname referring to someone who lived near a heron habitat.
also spelled
Charlinski
Czarlinsky
Documented Sources
J. B. Rietstap, Armorial Général, Gouda: G. B. van Goor Zonen, 1884–87
Krzysztof Górski, Słownik nazwisk polskich, 1992
Kazimierz Rymut, Nazwiska Polaków: słownik historyczno-etymologiczny, 1999
Archiwum Główne Akt Dawnych w Warszawie, Księgi grodzkie warszawskie
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