Denhof coat of arms

Denhof
Details
Battle cry	-
Alternative names	Dzik
Earliest mention	unknown
Towns	none
Families	Berens, Bieret, Biront, Denhof, Denhoff, Doenhoff, Donhoff, Dönhoff, Dobszewicz

Denhof is a Polish coat of arms. It was used by several szlachta families in the times of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Dönhoff (German) or Denhoff (Polish) (sometimes also Denhof or Doenhoff) was a Livonian German noble family, a branch of which moved to the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in the 16th century and became recognized as a Polish noble (szlachta) there.

Blazon

Argent a boar's head caboshed sable armed of the field. Crest: issuant out of a crest coronet or a demi-boar sable armed argent pierced by two spears saltire-wise points in chief also argent. Mantled sable doubled argent.

Notable bearers

Notable bearers of this coat of arms include:

• Ernst Magnus Dönhoff (1581-1642), voivode of Parnawa (1640-1642)
• Kasper Dönhoff (1587-1645), voivode of Dorpat (1627-1634)
• Alexander von Dönhoff (1683-1742), Prussian Lieutenant-General
• Sophie von Dönhoff (1768-1838), morganatic spouse of Frederick William II of Prussia
• August Heinrich Hermann von Dönhoff (1797-1874), Prussian diplomat
• Marion Dönhoff (1909-2002), a German journalist

See also

• Polish heraldry
• Heraldry

Sources

• Herbarz Polski - Polish Armorial 2009/2010 (Tadeusz Gajl) - Herb Denhof
• Denhoff (herb szlachecki), according to Polish site (June 19, 2011)
• Dönhoff