Stibor of Stiboricz of Ostoja coat of arms (Polish: Ścibor ze Ściborzyc, Hungarian: Stiborici Stibor), (cca. 1348 – February 1414), also Stibor, was an aristocrat, of Polish origin, in the Kingdom of Hungary. He was a close friend of King Sigismund of Hungary who appointed him to several offices during his reign. Stibor was the Voivode of Transylvania (1395-1401, 1409-1414). He styled himself "Lord of the whole Váh", referring to his 10 castles a...
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Stibor of Stiboricz of Ostoja coat of arms (Polish: Ścibor ze Ściborzyc, Hungarian: Stiborici Stibor), (cca. 1348 – February 1414), also Stibor, was an aristocrat, of Polish origin, in the Kingdom of Hungary. He was a close friend of King Sigismund of Hungary who appointed him to several offices during his reign. Stibor was the Voivode of Transylvania (1395-1401, 1409-1414). He styled himself "Lord of the whole Váh", referring to his 10 castles around the river.
Stibor descended from a Polish noble family whose possession were located around Bydgoszcz in Greater Poland; his father was called Mościc. He arrived to the Kingdom of Hungary during the reign of King Louis I who was also King of Poland (1370-1382). Following the king's death (10 September 1382), the Dowager Queen Elisabeth, who governed the two kingdoms in the name of his daughters, made Stibor the governor of Kuyavia and Łęczyca in Poland in 1383. Around this time, Stibor became the close friend of Margrave Sigismund of...
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