Aleksander Petrykowski
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Aleksander Petrykowski (d. 1672) was a Polish nobleman, starost of Nur and envoy to Crimea.
Kasper Niesiecki (d. 1744), a Polish heraldist, wrote his surname as Potrykowski.[1] This version was used by some authors.[2] Karol Szajnocha considered the version Potrykowski as the right one.[3] However modern historians used the version Petrykowski.[4] In biographical entires in the Polski słownik biograficzny Aleksander and his brother were described as Petrykowski (Potrykowski).[5][6]
Aleksander Petrykowski was a member of the noble family, which used Paprzyca as the coat of arm.[1]
He was son of Walerian Petrykowski.[5] His brother was Hieronim Petrykowski, later podkomorzy of Warsaw (podkomorzy warszawski) and member of parliament (sejm walny) of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.[5][6]
Aleksander Petrykowski was married to Helena Oleśnicka.[5] He left three children: son Jan and two daughters, Anna, wife of Krzysztof Jarzyna, and Teofila, wife of Bogusław Hulewicz.[5] Jan Petrykowski was later married to Lukrecja Radecka with whom got two children: son Adam and daughter Teofila.[1]