Ożarowscy herbu Rawicz – kariera na dworze Jagiellonów

• Authors: Agnieszka Nalewajek

Title variants

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Ożarowskis Coat of Arms Rawicz – Career in the Jagiellonian Court

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

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The article presents a career of the Ożarowski family coat of arms Rawicz in the Jagiellonian court. The information collected in the article concerns the representatives of the family Ożarowski connected with the court of the Jagiellonians. The source basis were the king’s receipts and documents. The career of the Ożarowskis has never been a separate subject of research before. Their career gained momentum in the first half of the 16th century. At that time a great career was made by Sylwester Ożarowski (died 1537), who in his youth served in the court of prince Sigismund I, and then became the young king’s valet. In 1510 he took the office of succamerarius in the court of king Sigismund I the Old, in which he remained until the last years of his life. Sylwester’s brother, Jan Ożarowski in the years 1501-1506 assumed the function of the king Aleksander Jagiellończyk’s chaplain, and then became a chaplain of the king Sigismund I. Janusz Ożarowski, the nephew of succamerarius Sylwester Ożarowski, also served in king Sigismund’s court. He gained a position and fortune thanks to which the family could advance in the course of the next centuries.

Keywords

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OŻAROWSKY; RAWICZ; JAGIELLONIAN EPOCH

• Publisher: Lublin Genealogical Society, Lublin, Poland
• Journal: Rocznik Lubelskiego Towarzystwa Genealogicznego
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 4
• Pages: 33-54

Contributors

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Agnieszka Nalewajek

• Instytut Historii Katolickiego Uniwersytetu Lubelskiego Jana Pawła II, Al. Racławickie 14, Lublin