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Zawisza Czarny was a famous Polish knight, winner of many tournaments, a symbol of a knight and a model of all knightly virtues. His father was Biernat from Garbów, mother is unknown. His nickname certainly comes from his appearance and not like later believed from a black armor. He was apparently dark haired and had a dark complexion.
The family village, Garbów, is in the vicinity of Sandomierz. The masters of Garbów used the coat of arms Sulima. It was a black eagle with the yellow background and underneath three stones on a red field.
150px Sulima Coat of Arms
In 1410 he took part in the battle of Grunwald against the Teutonic Order, after the battle he proposed a peace treaty between the Polish King Jagiello and the Hungarian King Sigismund of Luxembourg (the 1411 treaty of Lubowla ). In 1412Events End of the reign of Emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan. Emperor Shoko ascends to the throne of Japan. John II, King of Castile declared Valladolid laws that restricted the social rights, mostly, of Jews. Among many other resrictions the laws forced Jews t he accompanied King Jagiello to the monarchs’ meeting in BudaBuda is a historical city in Hungary on the West bank of the Danube. It was the capital of Hungary from 1361 to 1541 when it was captured by the Ottoman Empire. In 1686 it was captured by Austria. Buda was united with Obuda and Pest in 1873 to form Budape (presently part of BudapestSee Budapest (band) for the british melancholic post-grunge band. Danube in foreground, looking south from Margit Bridge Budapest (pronounced BOO-dah-pesht, X-SAMPA: /budapESt/), the capital city of Hungary and the country's principal political, industria, HungaryThe Republic of Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe, bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia. It is known locally as the Country of the Magyars or Magyarorszag''. Magyar Koztarsasag ( In Detail) ( Full s) where he participated also in a big knight tournament .
Zawisza married around 1410 to 1420Events May 21 Treaty of Troyes. With the Burgundian faction dominant in France, King Charles VI of France acknowledges Henry V of England as his heir and as virtual ruler of most of France. May 25 Henry the Navigator is appointed governor of the Order of Barbara Rozen daughter of Piotr Rozen, coat of arms Gryf. Piotr Rozen built a castle in Roznów and gave it as dowry to Zawisza. In 1414 Zawisza led the Polish delegation to the sobor in Constance.
In 1416 he went with Sigismund the King of Germany and Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire to Aragon where he participated in a tournament in Perpignan. He defeated there the famous knight John of Aragon . In 1417 he became the subprefect ( starosta ) of Kruszwica. In 1419 he went to Sigismund again, as a deputy of King Jagiello, to ask for the hand of Ofka, the widow of Sigismund’s brother Wenceslaus King of Bohemia. He stayed with Sigismund who was fighting the Husites . After Sigismund’s defeat at Kutna Hora, Zawisza was captured by the Czechs but released soon for a high ransom. In 1420 he became the subprefect (starosta) of Spisz.
In 1423 on occasion of the coronation of Sonka, Jagiello’s fourth wife, Zawisza gives a feast in Kraków for the Kings of Rome, Poland and Denmark ( Eric) and for the Masovian and Silesian princes as well as for Louis of Bavaria and others.
He left probably with the King Sigismund to fight the Turks and in 1428 during the battle of Golubac on the Danube ( Serbia) he was captured by the Turks and probably murdered. After his death he was praised by the great Polish 15th century historian, Jan Dlugosz, by the poet and Cannon of Kraków, Adam Swinka and by the King Sigismund of Luxembourg.
Zawisza became for many Poles one of the most popular folks heroes thank to his exceptional bravery and proverbial reliability and loyalty. Famous is the Polish saying: "Polegaj jak na Zawiszy" (Rely on him like on Zawisza).
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