Fredro (Bończa)

The Fredro (plural: Fredrowie, feminine form: Miss Fredrówna, Mrs Fredrowa ) was a Polish noble family originated from Silesia or Moravia.

Bończa coat of arms of the Fredro family
Andrzej Maksymilian Fredro
Aleksander Fredro
Jan Fredro saving King Jan Olbracht on Bukovina, painting by Juliusz Kossak.

History

Firstly mentioned in 1407.[1] From the 15th until the 19th century their family nest was Pleszowice near Przemyśl.

Notable members
  • Aleksander Antoni Fredro
  • Aleksander Fredro
  • Andrzej Maksymilian Fredro
  • Edward Fredro
  • Jacek Fredro
  • Jan Fredro
  • Jan Aleksander Fredro
  • Jan Fredro
  • Jan Karol Fredro
  • Jan Maksymilian Fredro
  • Józef Fredro
  • Konstanty Fredro
  • Mikołaj Gabriel Fredro
  • Zygmunt Fredro

Coat of arms

The Fredro family used the Bończa coat of arms.

  • Comital coat of arms

Residences
  • Ruined Palace of Fredro in Wisznia
  • Monument of Aleksander Fredro (formerly in Lwów, today in Wrocław)
  • Tomb monument of Jan Fredro in the Cathedral of Przemyśl
  • Fredro Chapel in the Cathedral of Przemyśl
  • Epitafium of Aleksander Fredro in Rudky

Bibliography
  • Poczet szlachty galicyjskiéj i bukowińskiéj. s. 63
  • Jerzy Sewer Dunin-Borkowski (hrabia). Almanach błękitny: genealogia żyjących rodów polskich. 1908. s. 174.
  • Kwartalnik historyczny, Tom 19. Towarzystwo Historyczne (Lwów, Poland), (Polska Akademia Nauk) 1905
  • Witold Taszycki. Onomastica, Tomy 11-12
  • Kazimierz Rymut. Nazwiska Polaków. t. I, (zob. Frydrych)


  1. Przyboś, Kazimierz (1997). "Fredrowie herbu Bończa domus antiqui moris virtutrisque cultrix" (PDF). Rocznik Polskie Towarzystwa Historycznego. Seria Nova. 3 (14): 77.
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