Denhof coat of arms

Polish and German 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.

History

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

Sources

Herbarz Polski - Polish Armorial 2009/2010 (Tadeusz Gajl) - Herb Denhof^{[permanent dead link]}
Denhoff (herb szlachecki), according to Polish site (June 19, 2011)
Dönhoff