Vlašim family


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The Vlašimi family was an old and prominent noble family in the Kingdom of Bohemia.

Coat of arms of the Vlašimi family

Its members were knights and nobles, with history going back to the end of the 13th century. It divided into family lines: Vlašimskou, Jankovskou, Jenšteinskou, Nemyčevsi and Úsovskou.

The family coat of arms features the sable eagle of house of Vlastislaviců on a shield and, in the middle of 14th century, two gules vulture heads on silver shield. In 1615, the two were combined into the coat of arms of Jankovský z Vlašimi.

  • Reference: Paprocki 1593

  • Coat of arms featuring a sable eagle.

  • Coat of arms featuring two gules vultures.

  • Combined coat of arms of Jankovský z Vlašimi.

  • "z Vlašimě", encyklopedie Seznam (in Czech), Ottova encyklopedie, 1908, retrieved 2008-06-02
  • Panstvo (in Czech), Genealogie české šlechty, 2007-03-01, retrieved 2008-06-02