Kierdeja coat of arms

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Kierdeja
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Battle cry	-
Alternative names	-
Earliest mention	14th century
Towns	none
Families	24 names altogether: Czaplic, Dzius, Dziusa, Dziusz, Dżusa, Girdziewicz, Girsztowt, Hojski, Hoscki, Hościł, Hoścki, Jarmund, Kierdej, Kierdeja, Kierdejowicz, Kiernicki, Koziński, Krzywicki, Krzywiecki, Mniszyński, Mylski, Pohorecki, Szpanowski, Wielhorski

Kierdeja is a Polish coat of arms. It was used by several szlachta families in the times of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

Escutcheon: party per pale, dexter Azure three fleur-de-lis Argent per pale, sinister Gules. Crest: three ostrich feathers.

Notable bearers of this coat of arms include:

• General Eufemiusz Czaplic
• Jan Czaplic (Kiev castellan, d. 1604)
• Aleksander Czaplic-Szpanowski (Polish Arian connected with the Kisielin community (Volhynia), expelled from Poland in 1660, d. 1664)
• Józef Czaplic (Orthodox bishop of Lutsk, d. 1654)
• Celestyn Czaplic (Master of the Hunt of the Crown, Marshal of Polish Sejm, d. 1804)

• Polish heraldry
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• Coat of arms

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