Polish, Russian, German and Austrian
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Boy Dreaming of Noble Knights in Shining Armour
Painted by the Prominent Russian Artist Sergei Panasenko (Mikhalkin)
The Odyssey of the Royal Surname Gulgowski
Authored and Researched by Their Highnesses
Commodore Prof. Dr. Paul W. Margrave Gulgowski-Doliwa, GCEG, GCMS, GCDA, RCST, etc.
and
Dame Heide Anna Maria Margravine Gulgowski-Doliwa, GBQT, GCMS, GCDA, RCST, GOEG, etc. © 2000.
Font of Honor: The Imperial Nguyen Dynasty of Vietnam
Font of Honor: The Imperial Nguyen Dynasty of Vietnam
TRANSLATION
of the Nobility Registration Certificate Issued by
the Portuguese Royal College of Nobility (RCPN)
(The Official Coat-of-Arms of
the Portuguese Royal College of Nobility)
REGISTRATION
The Portuguese Royal College of Nobility, empowered by its statutes,
institutional by-laws and in accordance with the deliberations conducted
on 19 February in the Year of our Lord Jesus Christ 2011,
H.H. The Marquise Heide Anna Maria Gulgowski-Notthof-Doliwa
is confirmed in her Coat-of-Arms:
(Coat-of-Arms)
(Lisonja Authorization)
And as legal evidence of this registry, we have issued this document
to Her Highness The Marquise Heide Anna Maria Gulgowski-Doliwa,
who stands from now on registered in Book #1 of the Civil Registry
of the Noble Registry of the Portuguese Royal College of Nobility
under the number 2018 on pages 129 through 131.
Granted in the city of Guimaraes, Seat of the Portuguese Royal College of Nobility,
on 2 July in the Year of our Lord Jesus Christ 2011.
Printed and Embossed: Official RCPN Seal
Singned: President and Secretary General
Translated by the Marquise Natalia Gulgowski-Mondragon
and her unnamed Brazilian friend in Houston, Texas, 14 Dec. 2011
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 photographFirst 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 Prof. 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)
Doliwa Coat of Arms in red.
The Gulgowski Coat of Arms - Lesser Version,
painted by Natalie Yegorova.
Natalie is the Principal Heraldic Artist of the
Russian College of Heraldry.
The Gulgowski Coat of Arms - Greater Version,
painted by Natalie Yegorova.
Natalie is the Principal Heraldic
Artist of the
Russian College of Heraldry.
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.
Doliwa Knight von
Lyskomski
Doliwa [variation] Knight von Botz
Marienburg Fortress in Malbork,
Poland
Banner of
the Teutonic Order of Knights
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, Gulkovski, 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.
General Gul'govskii's Russian Coat of
Arms
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.
DEVELOPMENTS OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS HAVE RESULTED IN THE USA-BASED SENIOR GULGOWSKIS BEING RECOGNIZED BY SEVERAL HISTORICALLY ACCLAIMED AND ACKNOWLEDGED IMPERIAL / ROYAL DYNASTIES AS DUKES AND MARGRAVES, RESPECTIVELY. Proof thereof is readily observable during the study of this treaties in its entirety.
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.
The Coat of Arms of H. H. Chev. Commodore Prof. Dr. Paul W. Margrave Gulgowski-Doliwa
can be seen
HERE
The Coat of Arms of H. H. Chev. Lt. Colonel Paul W. Margrave Gulgowski-Doliwa II
can be seen
HERE
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