back to lords of Malachowo, surnamed 'Malachowski' de Malachowo Malachowski,
lords in Malachowo, Co. Gniezno,
of the clan Swieboda-Gryf

Prof. Dworzaczek says:
"Malachowski of clan Gryf
The Malachowski of clan Gryf took their name from Malachowo Szemborowice in Co. Gniezno. The by-names they used were "Koziel", "Kozielek" and "Zygmuncik". Later they were also heirs in Malachowo Zlych Miesic and in Malachowo Wierzbiecic. Their genealogy, which can be reconstructed in an unbroken line only since the end of the XV-th century might suggest that it is only then that they settled in Malachowo, but already in 1424 we can see Mikolaj Kozielek (Caszyelek) de Malachowo, who was sued by Siechna de Czeluscin (G. 3 k. 233).
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clan Swieboda-Gryf coat-of-arms in the Polish section
of the XV-century armorial of the Golden Fleece (Toison d'Or).

a knight bearing clan Swieboda-Gryf arms,
clearly based on the Toison d'Or armorial (above).

clan Swieboda-Gryf coat-of-arms - seal of Peter de Branice, Treaty of Torun, 19 Oct. 1466

a knight bearing clan Swieboda-Gryf arms but, unfortunately, mirror-reversed.
A combat scene is perhaps the best to show how inaccurate such an error is.

Clan Swieboda-Gryf arms in the offer of
one of the very few good Polish heraldic artists on the internet.

the Swieboda de Malachowo Malachowski listed among clan Swieboda-Gryf families,
the historical introduction is not entirely correct but the images are quite good.

de Malachowo Malachowski family, of clan Gryf, mentioned in the classical Niesiecki's Peerage
(the note is longer than shown here, but still very short, and it deals mostly with a line near
Krakow. Apparently Niesiecki's South-Eastern perspective missed the lines in other regions).

general Kazimierz de Malachowo Malachowski, clan Swieboda-Gryf
- the most famous member of the famiily,
chief commander of the Polish Army for a while in 1831.
An article on his 1803 campaign in Haiti (also mentioned here).
Battle of Raszyn, 1809, where, still a Colonel,
he commanded the 1st Infantry Regiment.
The General's famous conversation with Mickiewicz - mentioned here.
Wyspianski wrote a play where the General appears.
his tomb in Chantilly, France

Two 1762 uniforms in the "Husaren Regiment von Malachowski" -
a cavalry unit commanded by a member of the Prussian line of the family.
The Germans mistranslated "de Malachowo Malachowski, clan Gryf"
as "Malachow von Malachowski" or even "von Malachowski und Griffa"!.

"Trompeter vom Regiment v. Malachowski (Nr. 7), Reste im Husaren-Regiment Nr. 4,
in der Reichswehr: 1. Eskadron Reiter-Regiment Nr. 11"
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Pawel-Jozef Malachowski mentioned in Oeuvres de Frederic le Grand,
"de Malachowo Malachowski" is here wrongly shortened to "de Malachowski".

Unfortunately for the German branch of the family, having started with providing
Prussia with a long line of professional high-ranking military officers ended with
blemishing the de Malachowo Malachowski name with producing a Nazi officer.
A longer biography and a photo.


Prof. Dworzaczek also says:
(...)"
"One line of the Gryfita Malachowski moved in the XVIII century to Malopolska and later, living in Russian [Moscovian] and Halician Podolia came to significant wealth."
(...)"

one of the few Swieboda de Malachowo Malachowski family houses in Krakow,
clan Swieboda-Gryf coat-of-arms over the door but hardly visible on the photo.

Soter Jaksa-Malachowski - a painter - some of his paintings.

Ricardo Malachowski - an architect - some of his buildings,
and the Palacio de Gobierno in Lima, Peru, completed by his father Ricardo.
Another view of the palace and a "visita virtual" therein.

one of his descendants - Maya Malachowski Bajak, a photographer.

Some de Malachowo Malachowski family members (clan Swieboda-Gryf)
who were landowners in the Tarnopol Palatinate in 1930.

Izabella de Malachowo Malachowska, clan Swieboda-Gryf
and her descendants in a nobility database on the internet,
unfortunately decorated with an extremely ugly and inaccurate
image of the Swieboda de Malachowo Malachowski coat-of-arms.
Izabela in another, better, database, with the same ugly arms.

Ryszard Jaksa-Malachowski - v-President of the Civil Aviation Office,
one of his articles.

Medyn and Skoryki - two of the de Malachowo Malachowski estates in the Ukraine,
between the two villages you can see Waclaw de Malachowo Malachowski's manor.

Aleksander Malachowski, of clan Swieboda-Gryf - teacher, journalist,
writer, politician, member of Parliament, president of the Polish Red Cross.

he's interviewing Janusz Przymanowski (a Polish vintage TV film sample on Youtube).

Krystyna Malachowska - a Solidarity activist.

a foundation for disabled children, led by Rev. Krzysztof "Donkey" Malachowski,
a longer article on the Foundation, in Polish.

"Doctor" - a short story by Lukasz Malachowski, a Russian translation from Polish.

Sawa Malachowski - a film-maker.

Olaf Malachowski - a multi-artist :-).

Kaj Malachowski - a copywriter.


Clan Gryf with emphasis on its south-eastern branches.

Prince Jaksa - one of the earliest and most influential members of clan Swieboda-Gryf,
but NOT a direct male-line ancestor of the Swieboda-Gryf de Malachowo family,
although the family was officially styled "Jaksa of Malachowo Malachowski, clan Gryf"
in the XIX-th century, as many other families of the clan, also not descending
from the Prince, who most probably left no surviving male-line descendants.

Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
- their first monastery in Europe founded in Miechow by Prince Jaksa.

Chelm - given to the Order of Holy Sepulchre by Mikora, Jaksa's close kin,
also here, here and here.

Norbertine nuns in Krakow's Zwierzyniec founded by Prince Jaksa in 1162.

Cistercian abbey in Jedrzejow (Brzeznica) founded by the clan Swieboda-Gryf.

a film on Jedrzejow county, the abbey (clan Swieboda-Gryf),
castle Sobkow (clan Brochwicz), Naglowice manor (clan Oksza),
the Przypkowski museum (clan Radwan) and the narrow-gauge railway.
The county coat-of-arms is derived from the clan Swieboda-Gryf coat-of-arms.

Benedictine nuns in Staniatki, also founded by the clan Swieboda-Gryf.

the shrine in Ludzmierz founded in 1234 by Teodor Gryfita, Palatine of Krakow.

Cistercian abbey in Szczyrzyc founded by the same Teodor Gryfita (Swiebodzic).

Kielce cathedral founded in 1171 by Gedeon Gryfita (Swiebodzic), Bishop of Krakow.

salt mines in Bochnia donated by clan Swieboda-Gryf to the monasteries they founded.

Andrzej Gryfita (1239 – 1244) listed among the Bishops of Plock.

Klemens de Ruszcza - distinguished member of the clan.


Rev. Sebastian Grabowiecki - poet, diplomat, Cistercian Abbot of Bledzew,
direct-line ancestor of Lukasz de Malachowo Malachowski.

Ignacy de Marchocice Marchocki
- father-in-law of Eligiusz and Meliton de Malachowo Malachowski.

Stanislaw Mrozowicki, called "Morozenko" - a Kozak leader,
and a female-line relative of the currently living Malachowski
of clan Swieboda-Gryf (lines of Medyn and of Stryjowka).

general Kazimierz Pulaski - father of American cavalry
and a female-line relative of the currently living lords
Malachowski (lines of Medyn and of Stryjowka).

Pawel Edmund Strzelecki - explorer and geologist,
and a female-line relative of the currently living
lords de Malachowo Malachowski of Hnilice.