Zielonka History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

The surname Zielonka was first found in Novwina in Cracow, a province of Poland which lies centrally, bounded by Kielce, Lublin, Silesia and Lwow. The capitol city is Cracow, said to be the intellectual center of Poland.

The Zielonka family descend from an ancient house in Poland, of which Tomasz was colonel under Boleslaw the Brave, and his son Pawel under Boleslaw the Bold. Jakob, the cupbearer of Bralawski, traveled in his legacy to Turkey, where he concluded a peace treaty in 1634 - Wladyslaw commanded his own company to relieve Vienna. Jan, faithful to the cause of Stanislaw Leszczynski, shared his hardships and exile in France, where he also ended his life.

Tomasz, a man of rare holiness and great charity, a deeply pious man himself, he encouraged his household to enotah, leading them to prayer daily. He also showered generous gifts on the poor, not forgetting orphans and abandoned widows, whom he willingly took under his care. He retired in 1583, at the age of 36.

Grzeg Orz, voivode of Plock, signed the election of Sigismund III. Konstanty, Archbishop of Lviv, supported the cause of King Stanislaw Leszczynski, was brought to Warsaw and crowned him in the absence of the primate, after which he was taken prisoner by the Russian general Renne and taken to Moscow, where he died in 1709.

Fedor Zielinski, parish priest of the Stepanowiecki district in Ukraine, signed with other clergy a manifesto brought to the Kiev castle on December 22, 1768, against the persecution of Gonta M. 1