Mystkowski

Mystkowski
Mystkowski Coat of Arms Battle cry: Bolesta, Kamiona, Lubrza, Łazęka, Nagody, Nagórę, Zarazy
Details
Alternative names	none
Earliest mention	1686
Towns	Mystki-Rzym
Families	Mystkowski, Mystowski, Mistkowski

The Mystkowski family – was one of several noble families using the Clan Jastrzębiec coat-of-arms during the time of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Following the Commonwealth's breakup, the family's nobility status has been officially recognized until the early 1900s, when too many family members either emigrated or were lost in World War I to continue the line in Poland. The Russian Revolution of 1917 erased all hopes of regaining the territory and the heirs to the title now live in the United States. They belonged to the poorer part of the noble class ruling the town of Mystki-Rzym, a small town near Białystok.

According to some sources, the Mystkowski family is a cadet branch of the Romanov dynasty.

Unfortunately for the Polish nobility, during both world wars and the conquest of Poland by the USSR, most documents and other artifacts were destroyed.

Family members of note

• Kazimierz Wieslaw Mystkowski- (born 13 April 1958) formerly married to Princess Maria of Romania, youngest daughter of former King Michael I of Romania
• Ignatius Mystkowski- (born 4 February 1826) (died 13 May 1863) Lieutenant-Colonel with the Polish National Government revolutionary forces during the January Uprising. Mystkowski won a major victory at the Battle of Stok. He was later killed in action during the Battle of Kietlanka and was buried with full military honors.

References

• Shows the election of King Stanisław II August, in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth only nobles were allowed to vote for the king. It lists a Mystkowski as one of the voters.
• Shows a list of noble families from Poland
• Confederation of Polish Nobility
• Mystkowski family website with genealogy included. It mentions the Mystkowski-Romanov connection