Mikołaj Błociszewski (Nicholas de Błociszewo) (d. 1419) - a court knight and the deputy of King Jogaila (Władysław Jagiełło) for negotiations with the

Teutonic Knights The Order of Brothers of the German House of Saint Mary in Jerusalem, commonly known as the Teutonic Order, is a Catholic religious institution founded as a military society in Acre, Kingdom of Jerusalem. It was formed to aid Christians on ...

. He was Castellan of Sanok (1401–1415), Judge of Poznań (1415–1419) and Lord of

Greater Poland Greater Poland, often known by its Polish name Wielkopolska (; german: Großpolen, sv, Storpolen, la, Polonia Maior), is a historical region of west-central Poland. Its chief and largest city is Poznań followed by Kalisz, the oldest city ...

. Błociszewski was born in one of his family's ancestral villages, which, among others, included

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, today in the

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Błociszewo Błociszewo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Śrem, within Śrem County __NOTOC__ Śrem County ( pl, powiat śremski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Greater Poland Voivodeship, west-c ...

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and Rąbiń in Kościan County,

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. Mikołaj was a son of Świętomir Błociszewski de Błociszewo of the Clan Ostoja. He married Dorota, a daughter of Dominik Jeżewski. Together with his brother Jan, he originally owned estates of Błociszewo, Brodnica and Grabianowa. In 1408, he received permission from

Wojciech Jastrzębiec Wojciech of Jastrzębiec (c. 1362–1436) was a Polish mediaeval politician and religious leader. A bishop of Cracow and Poznań, he also held prominent posts at the court of the king Władysław II of Poland. Initially a chancellor to king ...

, the

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, to build a church in Błociszewo, although the ownership of the estate of had been lately passed on to his elder brother Jan. Their sister was probably Formosa de Rąbin, who at the turn of the 15th century, sued for payment for her part of the inheritance. Mikołaj Błociszewski received nomination for

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Sanok Sanok (in full the Royal Free City of Sanok — pl, Królewskie Wolne Miasto Sanok, rue, Санок, ''Sanok'', ua, Cянік, ''Sianik'', la, Sanocum, yi, סאניק, ''Sonik'') is a town in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship of south-eastern ...

in 1401 and was in charge of the Sanok castellany until 1415, when he became Judge of Poznań and

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(Wielmoża Wielkopolski). Błociszewski was delegated by the Polish King Jagiełło to negotiate a peace treaty with the

, and with Emperor Sigismund von Luxemburg (

Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund of Luxembourg (15 February 1368 – 9 December 1437) was a monarch as King of Hungary and Croatia ('' jure uxoris'') from 1387, King of Germany from 1410, King of Bohemia from 1419, and Holy Roman Emperor from 1433 until his death ...

), who mediated between the conflicted parties. On the Polish side Mikołaj Błociszewski was joined by

Mikołaj Bydgoski Mikołaj is the Polish cognate of given name Nicholas, used both as a given name and a surname. It may refer to people: In Polish (or Polish-Lithuanian) nobility: * Mikołaj Firlej (died 1526), Polish nobleman, Hetman, diplomat, and expert of sout ...

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and Hungarian baron, also of the Ostoja clan. On behalf of Emperor Sigismund, the negotiations where led by

Stibor of Stiboricz Stibor of Stiboricz of Ostoja (also written in English as Scibor or Czibor; pl, Ścibor ze Ściborzyc, hu, Stiborici Stibor, ro, Știbor de Știborici, sk, Stibor zo Stiboríc; c. 1348 – February 1414) was an aristocrat of Polish origi ...

of the Ostoja clan as well. The failure of negotiations led to the war with the Teutonic Knights, which culminated at the

Battle of Grunwald The Battle of Grunwald, Battle of Žalgiris or First Battle of Tannenberg was fought on 15 July 1410 during the Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War. The alliance of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, led respe ...

(1410).Sroka, Stanisław A. : Ścibor ze Ściborzyc. Rys biograficzny. In: Polska i jej sąsiedzi w późnym średniowieczu. Kraków, Towarzystwo Naukowe "Societas Vistulana" 2000, p. 139-158

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* Kasper Niesiecki, ''Herbarz polski Kaspra Niesieckiego'', part 2, page 307 * Translation from article in polish - title: Mikołaj Błociszewski * Severyn Uruski, ''Rodzina. Herbarz szlachty polskiej'', part 1, page 254 * Hungarian Aristocracy (Magyar Arisztokrácia) - http://ferenczygen.tripod.com/ * Polska Akademia Nauk, "Polski Slownik Biograficzny" (Polish Biographical Dictionary), Kraków from 1935 - Mikołaj Błociszewski * Sroka, Stanislaw A. : Scibor ze Sciborzyc. Rys biograficzny. In: Polska i jej sasiedzi w póznym sredniowieczu. Kraków, Towarzystwo Naukowe "Societas Vistulana" 2000, p. 139-158

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