Gniewosz z Dalewic

Gniewosz z Dalewic (died after 1410; lit. Gniewosz of Dalewice) of a family using Kościesza Coat of Arms was a Polish knight and a courtier of King Władysław Jagiełło and Queen Jadwiga of Poland. A Chamberlain of Kraków, along with Władysław Opolczyk, he was the main partisan of William of Austria (originally betrothed to Jadwiga), and opposed Jadwiga's marriage to Jagiełło. After it eventually happened in 1378, he tried to prevent it from being consummated. However, as soon as Jadwiga turned 12, Jagiełło reached Kraków and the marriage became valid. Gniewosz started an intrigue and spread gossip that, despite the marriage, Jadwiga was having an affair with William. Tried for his words by a Sejm tribunal in Wiślica, Gniewosz was sentenced to "barking-off" of his lies. The penalty, common in mediaeval Poland, forced Gniewosz to publicly prone under the table and announce that "what I told about the queen was a dogly lie" and bark several times. [cite book |title=Dzieje Polski podług ostatnich badań |last=Szujski |first=Józef |year=1862 |publisher=Nakł. Karola Wilda |pages=p. 288-289 |url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=j50tAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA288&dq=%22Gniewosz+z+Dalewic%22&num=100&ie=ISO-8859-1#PPA288,M1 |language=Polish]

Despite the verdict, Gniewosz continued his career at the court even after Jadwiga's death. In 1406 he became the Steward of the Crown, castellan of Sandomierz and a starost of Lwów. In 1410 he commanded the Strzegomia banner during the battle of Grunwald. [cite book |title=Mowia, wieki: magazyn historyczny |author=Polskie Towarzystwo Historyczne, Polska Ministerstwo Edukacji Narodowej|publisher=Państwowe Zakłady Wydawn. Szkolnych] |pages=p.5 |url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=JwpFAAAAIAAJ&q=%22Gniewosz+z+Dalewic%22+%2Bgrunwald&dq=%22Gniewosz+z+Dalewic%22+%2Bgrunwald&num=100&ie=ISO-8859-1&pgis=1 |language=Polish]

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