This page is the mirror of the initial webpage designed
by Dame Margaret Sypniewska, herbu Odrowaz, B.F.A.
posted on http://www.angelfire.com/mi4/polcrt/Gulgowski1.html
The Odyssey of the Royal Surname
Gulgowski
Co-written and researched by Commodore Dr. Paul
W. Margrave Gulgowski-Doliwa, GCMS, GCDA, RCST, etc.
and
Dame Heide Anna
Maria Margravine Gulgowski-Doliwa, GCMS, GCDA, RCST, etc. © 2000.
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The Award Brevets of the Order of the Eagle of Georgia and the Seamless Tunic of Our Lord Jesus Christ are provided as a solid indication that the Imperial Nguyen Dynasty of Vietnam is a respected entity in Royal European circles.
After being awarded Vietnamese Imperial noble titles, the participants of the Solemn Vietnamese Imperial Investiture Ceremony gather for the obligatory remembrance photograph First row, from left to right: The Respected Caodai Venerable Hau Tuoc Hien Tai Nguyen Thanh Liem, GCDA; Marquise Nguyen Phuc Dong Than Ingalls, GCDA, Chancellor of the Imperial Nguyen Dynasty; H.I.H. Prince Regent Kien Hoa Nguyen Phuc Buu Chanh; H.I.H. Princess Phan Lien and Heide Anna Maria Margravine Gulgowski-Doliwa, GCDA. Second row, from left to right: Commander Larry Baron Perkins, CDA; Commodore Dr. Paul W. Margrave Gulgowski-Doliwa, GCDA; Aviation Captain Dr. James Baron Michaels, DDS, CDA.
Ever since I gained full independence of my thought processes, I was preoccupied with the generations that preceded me. The more advanced in age I became, the greater emerged my insatiable desire to know everything about my ancestors. This desire consumed especially the past 20 years of my life with the greatest intensity. With the fall of the Iron Curtain, access to the archives of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Poland became at long last possible, yielding an immense amount of helpful information and historical facts.
I take great pride in stating that the study of my ancestors, you, the visitor, are about to embark upon, has by and large been established by myself with the immense and invaluable assistance of my dear wife, Dame Heide Anna Maria Margravine Gulgowski-Doliwa.
However at this time, I shall not be remiss to also express my deep and heartfelt appreciation to the Kolegium Heraldyczno - Genealogiczne of Wroclaw, Poland, for successfully researching and, to that end, confirming the genealogy of my highly esteemed ancestors.
Today, we know just how little we
knew about our own noble Austrian, Hungarian, Polish, Prussian, Russian and
Silesian ancestry, when we first undertook the Herculean effort to get better
acquainted with our forefathers and -mothers. Over the last ten-plus years, we
have rectified this most regrettable discrepancy. It was indeed an odyssey,
which by definition is long, arduous and travels in unanticipated, crooked
lines.
To begin with, the surname Gulgowski is not a very common name in Poland or
elsewhere in the world. Of the total count of 128 individuals, the majority of
48 reside in Gdansk County, 25 in Bydgoszcz, 7 in Poznan, 6 in Bielski, 5 in
Lodz, 5 in the United States of America, 6 in the Federal Republic of Germany,
1 in Great Britain, 1 in Sweden and 1 in France. (51)
Our visit to Marienburg Fortress in
Marlbork, Poland, ascertained with absolute clarity that knights of the Doliwa
Battle Clan fought, despite all controversy, on the side of the Teutonic Order.
Theories and myths contrary to this established fact may finally be set
straight. Original wall paintings within this massive, gothic red-brick castle,
clearly prove that Doliwa knights, at one time or another, definitely fought
alongside knights of the Teutonic Order and were accorded postions of
responsibility at higher echelons in the Order. They were: Doliwa Knight von
Lyskomski and Doliwa [variation] Knight von Botz.
RELATED LINKS:
[Malbork
Castle[listing all the Grand Masters of the Teutonic Knights]|Teutonic Knights]
For the benefit of our readers, we have decided to list the synopsis first
and not last, which would have been the logical progression, because we did not
wish the suspense of waiting for the final result be too long and drawn out.
I. Synopsis:
The astute reader of this treatise will
hopefully respect the guarded and tightly constrained quality of this writing.
If objective, any justified critique hereto is welcome and will be utilized in
any future improvement of this genealogical study.
We strongly maintain that the spelling of our last name appearing, completely
or partially, in church books, on maps and in the cited literature, i.e.
Glogowski, Glugowski, Glogovac, Gol~gowski, Golgowski, Gólgowski, Gul’kovskii,
Gulkowski or Gulgowski does not in the slightest jeopardize our claim to
the Szlachta history of our ancestors.
To alleviate any possible reservations in this regard, we can cite the name
situation of the noble Pomeranian family of Wentoch, who, at various points of
their history were known as Vandoch, Wantoch, Wotoch and Woytoch. And how about
the Wrycz family, just staying in the “W” category, they went on to be called
Czapiewski, Wrycza, then Fritzen, Frischen, Ruetzen, Ritz, and finally Rutz. And
so, as may be appreciated, hesitation in this area of concern would totally be
without foundation or justification.
Our findings are presented under:
Fortunately, the transformation of our
surname has not made as many twisting turns as that of many other noble families
nor has its evolution necessarily followed the chronological sequence indicated
above and its linguistic developments have probably started much earlier than
1660, as mentioned in the Polska Encyklopedia Szlachecka. (46) In the
“battle of the names,” Gulgowski versus other variants of the same name, even in
modern times, will probably never be over.
| Webmaster's Notes:
 This Polish Doliwa Arms is from Herby Rodow Polskich [Polish Coats of Arms] as printed by Orbis Books Ltd, London, 1990. These same colors are described in Armorial General by J.B. Riestrap, Vol. I A-K, 2003, p. 548. As you can see this is like the "red" Doliwa, except for the colors. Dame Margaret Sypniewska, herbu Odrowaz, B.F.A. |
In essence, the following references, beyond any reasonable doubt, associate
the noble surname Gulgowski with the Szlachta Clan of Doliwa. (5) (12) (20) (21)
(31) (40) (45) (53) (59) (61) (62)
[to see these titles, click on "IV.
Resources Used" above]
Beyond that, references (8) (12) (71 A) (72 A) (73 A) (74 A) and (75) clearly prove beyond the shadow of a doubt that the Royal Surname Gulgowski was listed and respected among the Counts, Dukes, and Princes of The Holy Roman Empire.
Despite any reservation anyone could possibly voice in this regard, on a higher plateau, our ancestors would be proud and delighted to recognize in us people, who have worked and lived by their values and ethical standards and to have maintained in everyday life the noble traditions of their legacy. At a minimum, they will thank us for having unearthed the long-forgotten beginnings of their name and thus have rescued their identity from becoming oblivious in the centuries of the past.
Mankind acquires at birth, through heredity, a biological constitution, which we must consider firm and unalterable. Consequently, our ancestors have entitled us to be proud of what we are today.
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