Zawisza the Black

Zawisza the Black
Knight
Zawisza the Black in a detail of Jan Matejko's Battle of Grunwald
Coat of arms
Bornc. 1379
Stary Garbów, Kingdom of Poland
Died12 June 1428
Golubac, Serbian Despotate
WifeBarbara
MemorialsGolubac fortress

Zawisza the Black of Garbów, of Sulima coat of arms (c. 1379 12 June 1428), was a Polish knight and nobleman who served as a commander and diplomat under Polish king Władysław II Jagiełło and Hungarian-Bohemian king Sigismund of Luxembourg. During his life, he was regarded as a model of knightly virtues and was renowned for winning multiple tournaments.