Filippo Buondelmonti degli Scolari, known as Pippo Spano, was an Italian magnate, general, strategist and confidant of King Sigismund of Hungary, born in the Republic of Florence. The personal friend of Sigismund and member of the Order of the Dragon, he was buried in the Székesfehérvár Basilica beside the Hungarian kings.
Fresco by Andrea del Castagno (c. 1450)
Pippo in Dóm square Szeged
Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor
Sigismund of Luxembourg was Holy Roman Emperor from 1433 until his death in 1437. He was elected King of Germany in 1410, and was also King of Bohemia from 1419, as well as prince-elector of Brandenburg. As the husband of Mary, Queen of Hungary, he was also King of Hungary and Croatia from 1387. He was the last male member of the House of Luxembourg.
Portrait of Sigismund of Luxemburg attributed to Pisanello, c. 1433
Sigismund's first wife, Queen Mary of Hungary (Chronica Hungarorum, 1488)
King Sigismund of Hungary (Chronica Hungarorum, 1488)
Campaign of King Sigismund of Hungary against the rebellious House of Horvat in 1387 (Chronica Hungarorum, 1488)