Korwin coat of arms
| Korwin | |
|---|---|
| Details | |
| Battle cry | no battle-cry |
| Alternative names | Corvus, Corvinus, Corvin, Kruk, Bujno, Ślepowron odmiana (derivative) Korwin |
| Earliest mention | 1224 as Bujno or Ślepowron royal Grand Duke 1490 as Korwin proper 1526 in the Land of Cracow and Sandomiers |
| Towns | Głogów, former Duchy of Głogów now Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Zwoleń County former Duchy of Masovia now Masovian Voivodeship, Baisogala nowadays a small town in Lithuania |
| Families | 218 surnames available on Tadeusz Gajl’s Polish Heraldry 2009/2010.Korwin |
Korwin is a Polish coat of arms. It was used by several szlachta families in the times of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and by the Russian Counts Korwin-Litwicki tracing their origin back to Empress Catherine the Great.