Spytek of Melsztyn
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Noble Family Szlachta The szlachta was a legally privileged noble class with origins in the Kingdom of Poland. It gained considerable institutional privileges during the 1333-1370 reign of Casimir the Great. In 1413, following a series of tentative personal unions between the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Kingdom of...	Tarnowski Tarnowski Tarnowski is the surname of a Polish szlachta family. Because Polish adjectives have different forms for the genders, Tarnowska is the form for a female family member.-History:...
Coat of Arms Polish heraldry Polish heraldry is a branch of heraldry focused on studying the development of coats of arms in the lands of historical Poland , as well as specifically-Polish traits of heraldry. The term is also used to refer to Polish heraldic system, as opposed to systems used elsewhere, notably in Western Europe...	Leliwa
Parents	Jan of Melsztyn Zofia of Książ
Consorts	Elizabeth Lackovic Elizabeth Lackovic Elizabeth Lacković was a Croatian-Hungarian noble lady of the Lacković family.Elizabeth was daughter of Emerik I Lacković, general starost of Ruthenia and Ban of Dalmatia and of Hungary....
Children	with Elizabeth Lackovic Jadwiga of Melsztyn Dorota of Melsztyn Katarzyna of Melsztyn Spytek of Melsztyn
Date of Birth	c. 1364
Place of Birth	?
Date of Death	August 12, 1399
Place of Death	Battle of the Vorskla River Battle of the Vorskla River The Battle of the Vorskla River was a great battle in the medieval history of Eastern Europe. It was fought on August 12, 1399, between the Tatars, under Edigu and Temur Qutlugh, and the armies of Tokhtamysh and Grand Duke Vytautas of Lithuania...

Spytek of Melsztyn was a Polish

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

 nobleman (szlachcic).

Spytek was owner of Melsztyn

Melsztyn

Melsztyn is a village on the left bank of the Dunajec river in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Zakliczyn, south-west of Tarnów, and east of the regional capital Kraków....

 estates. He served as Court Marshal

Marszalek

Marszałek was one of the highest officials in the Polish royal court since the 13th century and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania since the 15th century...

 since 1373, voivode of Kraków Voivodeship

Kraków Voivodeship

Kraków Voivodeship, refers to several historical Voivodeships of Poland in the surrounding regions, with the city of Kraków as its capital.- Kraków Voivodeship 1975-1998 :...

 since 1381, starosta of Biec since 1383 and Kraków

Kraków

Kraków also Krakow, or Cracow , is the second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in the Lesser Poland region, the city dates back to the 7th century. Kraków has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, cultural, and artistic life...

 since 1390.

He initiated the marriage of Queen Jadwiga of Poland

Jadwiga of Poland

Jadwiga was monarch of Poland from 1384 to her death. Her official title was 'king' rather than 'queen', reflecting that she was a sovereign in her own right and not merely a royal consort. She was a member of the Capetian House of Anjou, the daughter of King Louis I of Hungary and Elizabeth of...

 and Grand Duke of Lithuania - to become king of Poland - Władysław II Jagiełło. In 1391–1396 Spytek reclaimed the Land of Wieluń

Wielun

Wieluń is a city in central Poland with 24,347 inhabitants . Situated in the Łódź Voivodeship , it was previously in Sieradz Voivodeship .- History :...

 and Orzeszków

Orzeszków

Orzeszków may refer to the following places in Poland:*Orzeszków, Lower Silesian Voivodeship *Orzeszków, Gmina Uniejów in Łódź Voivodeship *Orzeszków, Gmina Wartkowice in Łódź Voivodeship...

from Prince Władysław Opolczyk. In 1395 the King gave Spytek a part of Podolia

Podolia

The region of Podolia is an historical region in the west-central and south-west portions of present-day Ukraine, corresponding to Khmelnytskyi Oblast and Vinnytsia Oblast. Northern Transnistria, in Moldova, is also a part of Podolia...

 as fief.

Spytek died in fight with Tatars in the Battle of the Vorskla River

Battle of the Vorskla River

The Battle of the Vorskla River was a great battle in the medieval history of Eastern Europe. It was fought on August 12, 1399, between the Tatars, under Edigu and Temur Qutlugh, and the armies of Tokhtamysh and Grand Duke Vytautas of Lithuania...

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