Zbigniew of Brzezia

This article is about Polish person from Middle Ages. The political advisor of Polish origin from 20th century was Zbigniew Brzezinski.

Zadora coat of arms

Zbigniew of Brzezia (or Zbigniew Lanckoroński) (ca. 1360 – ca. 1425) was a notable Polish knight and nobleman of Clan Zadora.

Zbigniew served as Marshal of the Crown from 1399 to 1425 and starost of Kraków from 1409 to 1410. He was a diplomat and a close co-worker of King Władysław II Jagiełło. He was several times an envoy to King of Hungary and Germany Sigismund of Luxembourg. During the Battle of Grunwald in 1410 he commanded the banner of the Marshal of the Crown.

References

"Zbigniew z Brzezia". Internetowa encyklopedia PWN (in Polish). Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN. Retrieved 2008-01-17.
"Zbigniew z Brzezia". WIEM Encyklopedia (in Polish). Retrieved 2008-01-17.

Grand Marshals of the Crown
(Marszałek wielki koronny)

Pełka Kościelec
Jan Kolczek of Zakrzów
Przedbor of Brzezia
Jan of Tarnów
Przedbor of Brzezia
Mikołaj of Bogoria
Dymitr of Goraj
Zbigniew of Brzezia
Wawrzyniec Zaremba of Kalinów
Jan Głowacz of Oleśnica
Mikołaj Lackoroński of Brzezia
Jan Rytwiański
Rafał Jarosławski
Piotr Kmita of Wiśnicz
Stanisław Chodecki
Piotr Kmita Sobieński
Jan Mielecki
Jan Firlej
Andrzej Opaliński
Stanisław Przyjemski
Mikołaj Zebrzydowski
Zygmunt Myszkowski
Mikołaj Wolski
Łukasz Opaliński
Jerzy Sebastian Lubomirski
John III Sobieski
Stanisław Herakliusz Lubomirski
Józef Karol Lubomirski
Kazimierz Ludwik Bieliński
Józef Mniszech
Franciszek Bieliński
Stanisław Lubomirski
Michał Jerzy Mniszech
Fryderyk Józef Moszyński

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