Jonathan Webster wrote:In a similar vein to other posts Ive started as regards the arms of the Presidents of various countries; I noticed that quite a sizable (but by no means all) percentage of the Presidents of Poland were armigerous via descent from noble families. I wondered if anyone knows what any of these arms are? (and I'm including the Presidents of the Government-in-exile during the Communist period as well)
Gabriel Narutowicz (1st President of Poland 1922) - polish nobility coat of arms
NarutowiczStanisław Wojciechowski (President 1922-1926) - polish nobility coat of arms
NałęczIgnacy Mościcki (President 1926-1939) - polish nobility coat of arms
Ślepowron (also Corvin, Bujno etc)
Władysław Raczkiewicz (1st President in Exile, 1939-1947) probably
Sas CoA.
August Zaleski (President in Exile 1947-1972) - polish nobility coat of arms
LubiczStanisław Ostrowski (President in Exile 1972-1979) probably
NieczujaEdward Bernard, Count Raczyński (1979+1986)
NałęczKazimierz Sabbat (1986-1989) - ?
Ryszard Kaczorowski (last Presiden in Exile, 1989-1990) - polish nobility coat of arms
JelitaBolesław Bierut (President of People's Republic of Poland 1947-1952) - without arms
Wojciech Jaruzelski ( President of People's Republic of Poland 1989-1989, President of Poland 1989-1990) - polish nobility coat of arms
Ślepowron (also Corvin, Bujno etc)
Lech Wałęsa (1990-1995) -
personal armsAleksander Kwaśniewski (1995-2005) - ?
Lech Kaczyński (2005-2010) - polish nobility coat of arms
PomianBronisław Komorowski (2010- ) originally polish nobility coat of arms
Dołęga, but as the result of a mistake or usurpation of the nineteenth century been approved by the (Austrian Empire) medieval title of Count of another family of the same name Komorowski with
Korczak Coat of ArmsCaution! According to the rules of Polish heraldry (as in many countries in central Europe), the same arms, with no variations (undifferenced), have all members of the family. In addition, the same coat of arms is often used by many (even hundreds!) Families unrelated to each other. This is probably stored in arms the memory of forgotten kinship from the preheraldic times. Therefore, do not ask for consanguinity Jaruzelski and Moscicki, or Wojciechowski and Raczynski on the basis that they used the same coat of arms!