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UBRY

BLAZON OF ARMS: Gules, a sword praper, the point in base, placed in pale

and between two staples adosse argent.

Interpretation: Gules (red) symbolizes Magnanimity and Military Fortitude:

Argent (white), Peace and Sincerity.

CRESC: Issuing from a crowned helmet, five ostrich plumes praper.

UBRY was the surname borne by a noble Polisch family who was a sept of the great clan Cholewa. The ancestral seat of this house was located in the district af Plock, where their existence was documented since 1496. A branch of this house settled in Prusia and Galicia Spain, where in 1782 and 1825 they obtained confirmation of their noble status. Thera is record of a tombstonedating from1638,which belonged to Jedrzej Ubry z Mogilnicy, who was the canon of Poznaň, Plack and Pultusa. A descendant of this house, Jakob Ubry, held the position of secretary of King Wladyslaw IV. Later, he was appointed standard-bearer of Dobrzyn. Two other members of this family. Michael and Waleryan Ubry, were signatories for the district of Gostyn, at the election of King Jan III. Johann Ubry was registered amongst the aristocracy of Galicia in 1782.

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