Piotr of Klecia


Piotr of Klecia also known as Peter Ivanovich, or Peter of Goraj, was a 14th-century knight and courtisan in Poland. When he moved to the court of Casimir the Great, he established powerful szlachta family that would influence both state and church politics in Poland for the next two centuries.
Born about 1320 Peter was the son of Gus of Goraj the Lord of Goraj. Peter had a son Dmitry, to whom King Louis I of Hungary gave the villages of Goraj, and Turobin on 26 July 1377. Peter also had a son, Ivan.
In 1353 with his brothers Chodkiem and Ostaszkiem, Peter received from King Casimir III the great a dozen villages including: Klecie, Czermno, Januszkowice, Glinik, and Bukowa, Smarżowa, and Kamienica Górna and Skurową.

Family

His descendants included: