The Skrzyński family, owners of a large manorial property in Strzyżów from the late 18th into the 19th century

Abstract

The Strzyżów estate, comprising the town of Strzyżów and the surrounding area along with the nearby villages, in 1787 was acquired by the Sk rzyński family, bearers of Zaremba coat of arms. The circumstances leading to their assumption of authority over the area have not yet been investigated by researchers, and there are many errors and inaccuracies in the literature related to this subject. The article aims to describe the situation leading to the acquisition of the Strzyżów estate from Duke Józef Radziwiłł, and to explain the details of the ownership inheritance in the 19th century by three successive representatives of the family line established by Ignacy Skrzyński, the starost of Dołhe. The sources of information include court records collected in „Tabula Krajowa” files in Lviv, and in Forum Nobilium in Tarnów, and deposited in the archives in Lviv and Kraków.