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 o ...

. He was Castellan of Sanok (1401–1415), Judge of Poznań (1415–1419) and Lord of Greater Poland. Błociszewski was born in one of his family's ancestral villages, which, among others, included

Brodnica Brodnica (german: Strasburg in Westpreußen or Strasburg an der Drewenz) is a town in northern Poland with 28,574 inhabitants . It is the seat of Brodnica County in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship. The nearby Brodnica Landscape Park, a pro ...

, today in the

Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, also known as Cuiavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship or simply Kujawsko-Pomorskie, or Kujawy-Pomerania Province ( pl, województwo kujawsko-pomorskie ) is one of the 16 voivodeships (provinces) into which Poland is divide ...

, Błociszewo in

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and

Rąbiń Rąbiń is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Krzywiń, within Kościan County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately north of Krzywiń, east of Kościan, and south of the regional capital Poz ...

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. Mikołaj was a son of Świętomir Błociszewski de Błociszewo of the

Clan Ostoja The Clan of Ostoja (old Polish: ''Ostoya'') was a powerful group of knights and lords in late-medieval Europe. The clan encompassed families in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (including present-day Belarus and Ukraine), Hungary and Upper Hu ...

. 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 J ...

, the

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Poznań Poznań () is a city on the River Warta in west-central Poland, within the Greater Poland region. The city is an important cultural and business centre, and one of Poland's most populous regions with many regional customs such as Saint Joh ...

, 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 Castellan of

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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of Greater Poland (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), who mediated between the conflicted parties. On the Polish side Mikołaj Błociszewski was joined by Mikołaj Bydgoski, Castellan of Bydgoszcz and Hungarian baron, also of the Ostoja clan. On behalf of Emperor Sigismund, the negotiations where led by Stibor of Stiboricz 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 respec ...

(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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