Korwin coat of arms

Korwin
Alternative name(s)Corvus, Corvinus, Corvin, Kruk, Bujno, Ślepowron odmiana (derivative) Korwin
Earliest mention1224 as Bujno or Ślepowron royal Grand Duke
1490 as Korwin proper
1526 in the Land of Cracow and Sandomiers
CitiesGłogów, former Duchy of Głogów now Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Zwoleń County former Duchy of Masovia now Masovian Voivodeship, Baisogala nowadays a small town in Lithuania
Families218 names

Korwin is a Polish coat of arms. It was used by several noble families in the times of the Kingdom of Poland and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and by the Russian Counts Korwin-Litwicki tracing their origin back to Empress Catherine the Great.

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