The Kiedrzynski family - a Polish noble family with the Ostoja coat of arms, belonging to the heraldic Clan Ostoja (Moscics), originating from Kiedrzyn (now a district of Częstochowa). Kiedrzyński was mentioned by Kasper Niesiecki in Herbarz Polski.
The oldest source certificates concerning the family
Listed below are selected source certificates concerning the Kiedrzynski of the Ostoja CoA and the village of Kiedrzyn until the mid-16th century.
The oldest mention of Kiedrzyn comes from the period when the village was a royal property, located in a noble tenure. In 1398 the tenant of Kiedrzyn was Pietrasz Stroszocic (Stroszoczicz, son of Strasz). Kiedrzyn Jan Długosz recorded as a royal village in Liber beneficiorum dioecesis Cracoviensis.
The first known representative of the Ostoja family who was a tenant of Kiedrzyn was Mikołaj Biel from Błeszno, son of Abel Biel, appearing in the sources in the years 1424-1428, who did not leave any male descendants, like other descendants of Abel Biel. The tenuta of Kiedrzyn after Biel in 1432 was held by Mikołaj of Pierzchno of the Ostoja coat of arms.
In 1468, Jan Koziegłowski of the Lis coat of arms, tenant of Kiedrzyn, pledged the village for 100 Hungarian florins and 10 fines to Jakub of Wierzchowisko (probably of the Ostoja coat of arms) for a period of 1 year until full redemption. Jakub from Wierzchowiska, this year, bequeathed 40 fines to his wife Katarzyna for a dowry on hereditary property in Kiedrzyn. After 1475, the brothers Jakub from Kiedrzyn, Mikołaj from Kiedrzyn and their sister Katarzyna (wife of Piotr from Golanki), children of Jakub from Kiedrzyn, appeared in Kiedrzyn.
In 1480, Mikołaj of Kiedrzyn bequeathed his wife Dorota, the daughter of Tomasz Czaskowski (Czaszkowski), a dowry of 30 pennies and the same dowry on half of all hereditary properties - Kiedrzyn and Wierzchowisko.
In 1504 Małgorzata Kiedrzyńska of the Ostoja coat of arms received 10 fines from king Aleksander Jagiellończyk.
In the years 1522-1539, Mikołaj Kiedrzyński of the Ostoja coat of arms appeared in the sources, the heir of Kiedrzyn, husband of Zuzanna.
In 1544, King Zygmunt Stary allowed Feliks Błeszczyński to buy the village of Kiedrzyn from the hands of Zuzanna, the widow of Mikołaj Kiedrzyński and his children: Marcin (Marian), Piotr, Szymon, Sebastian, Elżbieta, Barbara and Zofia.
In 1547, Zygmunt Stary allowed Gabriel Zaborowski to buy the village of Kiedrzyn from his brothers Marian, Piotr, Sebastian and Szymon Kiedrzyński and gave him the village for life.
In the years 1549-51, Marian and Piotr Kiedrzyński from Kiedrzyn and Wola Wierzchowska (today Wola Kiedrzyńska) sued Wojciech, provincial of the Częstochowa monastery, for not returning Kiedrzyński's peasant Maciej Kępa, who had escaped from Kiedrzyn to Szarlejka.
The estates belonging to the family
Listed below are the most important lands belonging to the Kiedrzynski family with Ostoja coat of arms.
Kiedrzyn, Wierzchowisko, Wola Wierzchowska (dziś Wola Kiedrzyńska), Kurów, Kamyk, Dymki, folwark Kamionki, Orpiszewek, Fabianów, Bieganin, Kaczki Średnie, Kunowo, Małęczyn,
Family representatives
Jan Kiedrzyński (1609-1672) - Catholic priest, Jesuit, missionary in Turów (1653-1654), chaplain near Chocim. He came from Greater Poland. He died on July 13, 1672, in Brest-Litovsk.
Jan Jakub Kiedrzyński (died before 1729) - owner of Kurów, Wieluń s court. He was the son of Stanisław and Elżbieta née Skorzewska. His spouse was Anna Gomolińska. In 1698 he bought from Sebastian Gawroński the village of Dymki and the Kamionki farm.
Anastazy Kiedrzyński, actually Piotr Kiedrzyński (1676-1756) - Catholic priest, friar of OSPPE, priest, doctor of theology, provincial of the Order of Saint Paul the First Hermit, prior of the Wieluń monastery, at Jasna Góra (1716-1719) and at Skałka in Kraków (1722–1722 1728). He was the son of Ludwik and Zofia Kiedrzyński.
Andrzej Kiedrzyński (died before 1769) - owner of the Bieganin estate. He was the son of Kazimierz and Katarzyna Swierczkowska. His spouse was Franciszka Jackowska, daughter of Jan, head of Kroswicki and Teresa Załuskowska.
Joachim Kiedrzyński (died 1787) - Catholic priest, friar of OSPPE (Pauline). He was the brother of Father Celestyn Kiedrzyński, a Cistercian.
Ludwik Kiedrzyński (died after 1789) - the leaseholder of the Sekursko estate, burgrave of Piotrkowski. He was the husband of Róża née Błeszyński.