Sędziwój Ostroróg
Sędziwój Ostroróg , Herb Nałęcz (* around 1375 , † 1441 in Hungary ), was voivode of Posen , Starost of Brześć Kujawski and General Starost of Greater Poland .
Life and meaning
Sędziwój Ostroróg was the son of the first known Ostroróg father, the castellan Dzierżysław Ostroróg . In October 1406 Sędziwój was appointed voivode of Poznan and remained so until his death, as was General Starost of Greater Poland. In the years 1426-1432 he also held the post of Starost of Brześć Kujawski.
He was one of the closest advisers to the Polish King Władysław II Jagiełło and his successor Władysław III. An established trust led to acceptance among the eight advisors that the king awarded against the Teutonic Order during the Great War . In the battle of Tannenberg he led his own squadron . He was at the head of Wielkopolska knighthood, which in November 1410 devastated the Polish-German border area of Pomerania . In 1413 he was in Horodło and took part in the decision of the Union of Horodło , which sealed the dynastic alliance of Poland-Lithuania . However, he not only served on the battlefield, but also in diplomacy . In 1420 he was a member of the embassy that represented Poland during the Polish-German trials in Wroclaw . In the same year he conducted the complex negotiations with the Margrave of Brandenburg Friedrich I , which led to the anti-German alliance. In 1438, together with the Kraków voivode Jan z Tęczyna, he commanded the unsuccessful expedition to put Prince Casimir on the Bohemian throne. In 1444 he took part in the royal parade Wladyslaw III. in Hungary. He died in Hungary in 1441.
His successor as voivode of Poznan was his son Stanisław Ostroróg and then his grandson Jan Ostroróg .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ostroróg, Sędziwój |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Voivode of Poznan, Starost of Brześć Kujawski and General Starost of Greater Poland |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1375 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1441 |
| Place of death | Hungary |