today the small village of Chroberz, Little Poland, is rather unknown and beyond the beaten path of the tourist traveler but long time ago it was a lively place, full of splendor and wealth, for it was the residence of Stanislaw Tarnowski one of the clan 'members of the Tarnowski family, Leliwa Coat of arms.
The old glory of this place is reflected in the local church, founded by pan Stanislaw Tarnowski who was eventually buried there in AD 1568.
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| Paprocki wrote in his Polish Nobility Coat of Arms circa 1586 | 
Following our pan Paporcki we read that his grandfather Jan, also a voivode of Cracow, and grandmother, Katarzyna de domo Ligęza, had one of their sons named Spytek, who was a voivode of Sieradz, Crown podskarbi (treasurer), and a known warrior, Spytek had with his wife Barbara, de domo Szydlowiecka, had two sons*: Wojciech and our Stanislaw.
Young Stanislaw went on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, also visited Italy and the Holy Roman empire Europe.
Pan Stanislaw was a voivode of Sandomierz and Crown podskarbi (treasurer) and one of the most important movers and shakers in the late Jagiellonian Poland.
He took as his wife Barbara, de domo Drzewicka, who bore him the following children:
 Stanisław
 Tarnowski (born circa 1541- 1618) — Castellan
 of Sandomierz and Radom, miecznik koronny (Crown sword-bearer).
Barbara — wife of Stanisława z Podhajec Wolskiego, Castellan of Sandomierz,
Katarzyna — wife of
 Florian  Noskowskiego, Starost of Ciechanow,
Krystyna — wife of
 Stanisław Lipnicki, stolnik   of Sandomierz,
Anna — wife of
 Mikołaj  Herburt, Castellan of Przemyśl,
Beata Elżbieta — wife of Baltazar Lutomirski, Starost of Lezajsk  
Elżbieta (Zofia) — wife of Piotr Pieniążek of Krużlowa
His widow had master Jan Michałowicz z Urzędowa built a beautiful Renaissance tomb effigy for her late husband in AD 1569.
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The tomb sculptured figures placed within it designed grandeur, apart from their prima facie spiritual and religious significance - Christ rising to Heaven, and apparent artistic value - Renaissance art, contain some of the interesting military imagery of the period, concerning the equipment of a wealthy warrior-nobleman and statesman.
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| the entire tomb of Stanislaw Tarnowski | 
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| field armor & a schishage helmet | 
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| another helmet, a pistol in a holster, & gloves, top part of the kopia (lance) with a pennon | 
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| Lances, warhammers, & shield with Leliwa coat of arms | 
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| pan Stanislaw in his eternal repose, wearing a full armor of the period | 
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| a war saddle with crouper and breatplate | 
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| kettledrums | 
enjoy
*according to Paporcki









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