The Mielzynski family originally of Lithuania

Lithuania

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n and Polish

Poland

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 stock in the first millennium, were a noble family within Poland from the 13th century into the 20th. Part of the Nowina

Nowina

Nowina may refer to:* the Nowina coat of arms*Nowina, Lower Silesian Voivodeship *Nowina, Czarnków-Trzcianka County in Greater Poland Voivodeship *Nowina, Piła County in Greater Poland Voivodeship...

clan, the Mielzynski's were players in politics, the arts and military endeavours. Their wealth included palaces like Pawłowice and Iwno

Iwno, Greater Poland Voivodeship

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. As magnates and members of the szlachta

Szlachta

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, their dynastic connections to the Royal Houses of Europe were extensive, including lineages to the kings of France and modern Spain.

Mielzynski of Nowina

Nowina

Nowina may refer to:* the Nowina coat of arms*Nowina, Lower Silesian Voivodeship *Nowina, Czarnków-Trzcianka County in Greater Poland Voivodeship *Nowina, Piła County in Greater Poland Voivodeship...

. Maximilian, Antoni, Jan (sons of Andrzej by his wife Anna-Petronella Bninska), (1738–1799) obtained the hereditary title of Count

Count

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 from Kaiser

Kaiser

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 Frederick William II of Prussia

Frederick William II of Prussia

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 on 19 September 1786. His two children, Stanislaw and Mikolaj, appear in the 1824 list of persons authorised to bear the title of Count in the Kingdom of Poland. Josef (son of Maceij by his wife Seweryna Lipska), (1765–1824) obtained the hereditary title of Count from Kaiser Frederick William III of Prussia

Frederick William III of Prussia

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on 12 July 1817 (L.P. 20 January 1818).