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The family coat of arms.

Wysłouch is the name of a Lithuanian-Polish aristocratic family. It was first mentioned in 1385, when alongside with a number of Lithuanian noble clans it was admitted in the ranks of the Polish nobility. That fact implies that Wysłouch family was prominent even before that date, as only the most influential Lithuanian clans were knighted by the Poles. The Wysłouch family used the "Odyniec" arms.

Notable members

  • Zenon Kaziemierz Wysłouch (1727 - 1805), a member of the Great Sejm and a co-author of the Polish Constitution of May 3, 1791, the second oldest constitution in Europe.
  • Bolesław Wysłouch (1855 - 1937), a Polish senator, socialist and a co-establisher of the Polish People's Party "Piast".
  • Antoni Izydor Wysłouch (1864 - 1940), a member of the Polish parliament in the 1930's and a historian. In 1940 arrested and most likely executed.
  • Seweryna Wysłouch (nee Skarżyńska) (1869 - 1918), a well known fin de siecle poet and painter.
  • Seweryn Wysłouch (1900 - 1968), an influential historian and legal academic, in 1956-58 head of the School of Law and Administration of the University of Wrocław.