to distribute reyal property began and within the course of Sigismund’s reignit considerably shrank, indeed. The internal, political position of Sigismund after his return from the pattle at Nikopel worsened by the invasion of the Moravian Margrave Pro- kop to Slovakia, at the beginning of the year 1397. This problem has not Jmoest any attention in older literature. The development ton in Bohemia was actually the overture to this invasion. ance with the Lords’ Union and with Prokop’s brother Jot, the enemies of Prokop and King Wenceslas IV was a very suitable pretence for Prokop to take advantage of the inner chaos in Hun- gary. @ Sigismund’s absence and soon after his return by the end of the year 1396. Prokop invaded North Slovakia probably at the turn of the years 1396 to 1397 along with the Polish Prince Ladislas. We learn about this event for the first time on January 30th, 1397, when Stephan Bishop of Gyér, Johann from Pastov, the country judge and Ladislas Bubek appealed to the KoSice burghers to stand on the side of the king in the fight against the Moravian Margrave Prokop and his allies.” In those days Prokop’s armies penetrated already as far as in Turiec and Liptov where they took hold of the castle of Lukava and were preparing to invade Spi.” Simultaneously they assured the burghers of KoSice to hold out, because the king would soon come and help them? Also the recording from the town chronicle of Banska Bystrica comes from those days. According to this recording the Bystrica citizens sent spies to find out what was the situation like in Liptov and Turiec in connection with Prokop’s invasion.‘ It seems that Prokop’s military action was only of temporal nature with no lasting consequences, as there are no other recordings about the stay of his armies in North Slovakia. King Sigismund, however, bestowed Peter, son of Ladislas from Liptovska Anna, the royal estate Bobrovtek excluded from the property of the Liptov Big Castle 31 ZSO 1, 4620; FCDH X, 2, p. 504. 2 According to the recording of a Spi8 priest Juraj (George) and other noblemen too, they heard that Procop and Ladislas“ ...comitatus Thuroch et Liptovie (!) proximis.., diebus hestiliter... invasissent et spoliassent ac castrum de Likwa ‘expugnassent... mune... in... terram Scepusiensem ... subintrare maluerunt...: