Piotr of Klecia also known as Peter Ivanovich, or Peter of Goraj, was a 14th-century

knight A knight is a person granted an honorary title of knighthood by a head of state (including the Pope) or representative for service to the monarch, the church or the country, especially in a military capacity. Knighthood finds origins in the Gr ...

and courtier in

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.Stanisław Kazimierz Kossakowski, Monografie historyczno-genealogiczne niektórych rodzin polskich, Warszawa, 1872 When he moved to the court of

Casimir the Great Casimir III the Great ( pl, Kazimierz III Wielki; 30 April 1310 – 5 November 1370) reigned as the King of Poland from 1333 to 1370. He also later became King of Ruthenia in 1340, and fought to retain the title in the Galicia-Volhynia Wars. He w ...

, he established powerful

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family that would influence both state and church politics in

for the next two centuries. Born about 1320 Peter was the son of Gus of Goraj the Lord of Goraj. Peter had a son

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, to whom King

Louis I of Hungary Louis I, also Louis the Great ( hu, Nagy Lajos; hr, Ludovik Veliki; sk, Ľudovít Veľký) or Louis the Hungarian ( pl, Ludwik Węgierski; 5 March 132610 September 1382), was King of Hungary and Croatia from 1342 and King of Poland from 1370 ...

gave the

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s of Goraj, and

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on 26 July 1377. Peter also had a son, Ivan. In 1353 with his brothers Chodkiem and Ostaszkiem, Peter received from King

Casimir III the great Casimir III the Great ( pl, Kazimierz III Wielki; 30 April 1310 – 5 November 1370) reigned as the King of Poland from 1333 to 1370. He also later became King of Ruthenia in 1340, and fought to retain the title in the Galicia-Volhynia Wars. He w ...

a dozen villages including: Klecie, Czermno, Januszkowice, Glinik, and Bukowa,

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, and Kamienica Górna and Skurową.

Family

His descendants included: *

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(d. 1397) politician and

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of Kraków. *

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(d. 1413) Starosta of Vilnius and a judge in Kraków. * Zbigniew Oleśnicki * Dymitr of Sienna (d. 1465),

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and Priest in Skalbmierski, Canon of

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in 1452, and

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from 1454, and heir to estates at Rymanowa * Nicholas of Sienna (d. 1484), Canon of Kraków, a ''

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'' from 1448, Canon of Gniezno from 1455,

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from 1478. * Jan of Sienna and Oleska (died before 1477) Castellan of

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, ''Przemysl of the Chamber'' in 1439-1448, and

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. * Jakob of Sienna (1413-1480),

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, Bishop of

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. * Paul of Sienna (c. 1410-1444) the Royal Secretary (1439), royal courtier (1444) * Andrzej Sienieński (d. 1494) Chamberlain of Sandomierz * John Sienieński from Sienna and Oleska (d. between 1510-1513),

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. * Victor Sienieński (c.1463 - 31 March 1530) Castellan of

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* John Sienieński from Sienna and Gołogór (d. after 1526), Castellan of Kamieniec.

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