Zsófia Bosnyák

Coat of arms represents one of generally known external identification marks of the noblesse. The Coat of arms award was associated with many privileges and it also reflected the privileged status of an armiger. Coats of arms represent palpable historical sources with art and graphical narrative value. Heraldic figures on the coats of arms werenęt chosen randomly but almost always they had a hidden or metaphoric meaning. External features of the coat of arms reflected the aristocratic status of the bearers and their societal status was then easily identifiable. If an armiger was awarded with a prize, it was usually illustrated together with the applicable coat of arms. The Bosniakęs coat of arms describes the coat of arms awarding deed of Caesar Ferdinand I. von Habsburg, dated 27th August, 1544 and issued to Mark Bosniak de Radniak, whose grandson was Tomáš Bosniak, father of Žofia Bosniaková. Tomáš Bosniak was promoted to baron status on December 10, 1609 with the predicate „de Magyarbél.“ Marek Bosniak acquired the coat of arms for many military merits in the fights against the Ottoman Empire soldiers. In the coat of arms award deed, the royal Office described in detail, and explained and substantiated particular coat of arms figures to Mark Bosniak. Husband of Žofia Bosniaková, František Vešeléni, came from an elite noble family from Novohrad. The Vešeléni family coat of arms had passed an interesting heraldic development. A sea dog was illustrated on the original family coat of arms (it might be also an otter) that was chained to a tree trunk. Further stage of the family coat of arms development is represented by a crowned sea lion sometimes replaced by a crowned griffin. The last development stage replaced the main figure with a cow-fish. Caesar  Ferdinand III. promoted František Vešeléni and his sons Adam and Ladislav to counts on April 23, 1646. František became a Hungarian palatine in 1655 and in 1662 he acquired a prestigious Order of the Golden Fleece with order No. 453.