Jan of Tarnów (1367–1433) explained

Jan of Tarnów
House-Type:Szlachta
Noble Family:Tarnowski
Coa:Leliwa
Father:Jan of Tarnów
Mother:Katarzyna
Spouse-Type:Consort
Issue:Katarzyna Tarnowska
Jan Feliks Tarnowski
Jan Rafał Tarnowski
Jan Amor Młodszy Tarnowski
Jan Amor Starszy Tarnowski
Jan Gratus Tarnowski
Birth Date:c. 1367
Birth Place:Tarnów
Death Place:Tarnów

Jan of Tarnów (Polish: Jan z Tarnowa) (1367–1433) was a Polish nobleman (szlachcic).[1] [2]

Jan was owner of Tarnów and Wielowieś estates. He became dean of Kraków from September 27, 1398, to November 12, 1409, and voivode of Kraków Voivodeship in 1409.

Like his brother Spytek, Jan commanded one of the Leliwa clan banners at the Battle of Grunwald in 1410.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Szulakowska, Urszula . Renaissance and Baroque Art and Culture in the Eastern Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (1506-1696) . 2019-01-29 . Cambridge Scholars Publishing . 978-1-5275-2743-0 . 141 . en.
  2. Book: Niesiecki, Kaspar . Herbarz Polski ... powiekszony dodatkami z pozniejszych autorow, rekopismow, dowodow urzedowych i wydany przez Jana Nep. Bobrowicza. (Polnisches Wappenbuch, vermehrt mit Zugaben aus späteren Schriftstellern, Handschriften, amtlichen Urkunden.) . 1846 . Nakladem i drukiem Breitkopfa i Haertela . 128 . pl.