page_title: Knight
section_title: Notable knights
hierarchical_section_title: Knight / Notable knights
caption_attribution_description: Stibor of Stiboricz
context_page_description: A knight is a person granted an honorary title of knighthood by a head of state or representative for service to the monarch, the church or the country, especially in a military capacity.
  The background of knighthood can be traced back to the Greek hippeis and Roman eques of classical antiquity.
  In the Early Middle Ages in Europe, knighthood was conferred upon mounted warriors. During the High Middle Ages, knighthood was considered a class of lower nobility. By the Late Middle Ages, the rank had become associated with the ideals of chivalry, a code of conduct for the perfect courtly Christian warrior. Often, a knight was a vassal who served as an elite fighter, a bodyguard or a mercenary for a lord, with payment in the form of land holdings. The lords trusted the knights, who were skilled in battle on horseback. Knighthood in the Middle Ages was closely linked with horsemanship from its origins in the 12th century until its final flowering as a fashion among the high nobility in the Duchy of Burgundy in the 15th century. This linkage is reflected in the etymology of chivalry, cavalier and related terms.
context_section_description: Adrian von Bubenberg
  Andrew Moray
  Baldwin of Boulogne
  Balian of Ibelin
  Bertrand du Guesclin
  Bohemond I of Antioch
  El Cid
  Francis Drake
  Francisco Pizarro
  Franz von Sickingen
  Gerard Thom
  Geoffroi de Charny
  Godfrey of Bouillon
  Götz von Berlichingen
  Henry Percy (Hotspur)
  Heinrich von Bulow (Grotekop)
  Heinrich von Winkelried
  Hernán Cortés
  Hugues de Payens
  Jean III d'Aa of Gruuthuse
  Jean Le Maingre
  Joanot Martorell
  John Hawkwood
  Philip Riedesel zu Camberg
  Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard
  Raymond IV of Toulouse
  Roger Bigod
  Roger Mortimer
  Ruggero di Lauria
  Simon de Montfort, the Elder
  Simon V de Montfort
  Stibor of Stiboricz
  Suero de Quiñones
  William Clito
  William Marshal
  William Wallace
  Zawisza Czarny
caption: Late painting of Stibor of Stiboricz
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