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{{wiktionary|Taczanowski}}
[[Image:Jastrzębiec herb.svg|thumb|150px|right|Family coat of arms: [[Jastrzębiec coat of arms|Jastrzębiec]].]]
[[Image:Taczanow Palace1.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Taczanow Palace, Poland (late 18th century; expansions in 1853-57 and 1922)]]
[[Image:Choryn.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Choryń Manor, Poland (late 18th century)]]
[[Image:Podrzecze Castle.JPG|thumb|upright=1.2|Podrzecze Castle, near Gostyń, Poland (nineteenth century)]]
[[Image:Taczanowski Hubert Powazki.jpg|thumb|Grave of [[Warsaw Uprising]] Home Army officer Hubert Taczanowski (1924–1944)]]
[[Image:Schloss Taczanowo Sammlung Duncker.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Palace Taczanowo around 1860, Edition by [[Alexander Duncker|Duncker]]]]
'''Taczanowski''' (Polish feminine: '''Taczanowska'''; plural: '''Taczanowscy''') is the surname of a Polish [[szlachta]] ([[nobility]]) family from [[Poznań]] bearing the [[Jastrzębiec coat of arms]] and the motto: ''Plus penser que dire''. They took their name from their estate Taczanów in the 15th century and by the 19th century were among the leading [[magnate]]s in [[Partitions of Poland|partitioned]]-Poland. Members of the family are historically significant religious, political, scientific, and military figures. The family was granted the title of [[count]] by King [[Friedrich Wilhelm IV]] of [[Prussia]] in 1857. The Austrian branch of the family, which spells the name [[Dassanowsky]], came to Vienna with the forces of King [[Jan III Sobieski|Jan Sobieski]] during the [[Battle of Vienna]] in 1683.

==Notable members==
* [[Jan Scibor Taczanowski]] (15th century–1468), voivode of [[Łęczyca]] c. 1437
* [[Andrzej Taczanowski]] (c. 1660–18th century), knight commander under King Sobieski during the Turkish Siege ([[Battle of Vienna]]) of 1683
* [[Rafael Taczanowski]] (18th century), head of the Jesuit Order in Poland
* [[Jan Taczanowski]] (1753–19th century), Lord High Steward of Trembowia (now known as [[Terebovlya]])
* [[Count Alfons Anton Felix von Taczanow-Taczanowski]] (1815–1867), member of the Prussian House of Lords
* [[Władysław Taczanowski]] (1819–1890), zoologist
* [[Wladislaw von Taczanowski]] (1825–1893), politician; Prussian parliamentary representative
* [[Edmund Taczanowski]] (1833–1879), general and Polish patriot; in Italy with Giuseppe Garibaldi
* [[Hubert Taczanowski]] (1960–2024), cinematographer

==Coat of arms==

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image:POL COA Taczanowski.svg|Coat of Arms of Count Alfons Taczanowski (1854)

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==See also==
* {{intitle|Taczanowski}}
* [[Dassanowsky]]

==Selected literature==
* ''Gothaisches Taschenbuch der gräflichen Häuser'', [[Perthes Verlag]], Gotha 1857–1870
* P.P. Paprocki, ''Herby Rycerstwa polskiego'', Kraków 1858
* ''Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Ritter- und Adelsgeschlechter'' (Brünner Taschenbuch), Brünn 1890
* [[Teodor Zychlinski]], ''Zlota Ksiega szlachty polskiej'', Poznań 1879–1908
* Stefan Graf von Szydlow-Szydlowski und Nikolaus R. von Pastinszky, ''Der polnische und litauische Hochadel'', Budapest 1944
* Simon Konarski, ''Armorial de la noblesse polonaise titrée'', Paris 1958
* Günther Berger, "Die Familie v. Dassanowsky: Die kaisertreue österreichische Linie des polnischen Grafenhauses Taczanowski zu Taczanow," ''Krone und Reich: Zeitschrift des Verbandes der Österreicher zur Wahrung der Geschichte Österreichs'', 1/2 1999, 13–15.
* ''[[Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels]]'', Adelslexikon Band XIV, Band 131 der Gesamtreihe, [[C. A. Starke Verlag]], Limburg (Lahn) 2003, {{ISSN|0435-2408}}.

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