Being a man of importance, he was personally sent for by king Sigismund. Zawisza's banner was guarding the retreating army. They had to retreat across the Danube, with only a few boats to ferry the troops over to safety. Sigismund's army was defeated by the Turkish forces. During that disastrous campaign he fought the Turks at the Siege of Golubac on the Danube in modern-day Serbia. In 1428, Zawisza, with his retinue as a commander of light horse banner of 500 horsemen, joined the forces of Sigismund in the king's war against the Ottoman Turks. In 1416 he participated in a tournament in Perpignan in which he defeated the well-known knight/king John II of Aragon. In 1412 he participated in the conference between Sigismund, and Tvrtko II of Bosnia at Buda, where he won the tournament held there, with 1500 knights present. In 1410 he took part in the Battle of Grunwald against the Teutonic Order. His nickname is due to his black hair and his custom-made, black armor, which is kept at the Jasna Góra Monastery. During his life, he was regarded as a model of knightly virtues and was renowned for winning multiple tournaments in Europe. He served as a soldier and diplomat under the Polish king Władysław II Jagiello and Hungarian-Bohemian king Sigismund of Luxembourg. Zawisza the Black of Garbów also known as "the Black Knight" or "First knight of Europe", was a Polish knight and nobleman.Knights Hospitaller, distinguished by their black mantles.
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