Zawisza Czerwony
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- This article is about the medieval knight "Zawisza the Red", not to be confused with Zawisza Czarny or others named Zawisza.
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Zawisza Czerwony aka Zawisza Oleśnicki (died 1433; "Zawisza the Red" aka "Zawisza of Oleśnica") was a Polish mediaeval knight and member of Poland's royal administration. A lower judge at Sandomierz, for his services to Queen Jadwiga he was awarded a large estate in Sącz, which he sold to the town council for the establishment of a hospital.