Salvet omnes,
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 |
According to pan Paprocki's armorial, grandfather of our Chroberz Stanislaw was also named Stanislaw and he had been the fifth son of Jan, voivode of Cracow (however, a
family tree where you can see that his grandfather was named
Jan and modern genealogists agree with grandpa being Jan rahter than Stanislaw).
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:
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
