Members of the order are referred to in the statutes as barons (barones, occasionally socii). They were mostly Sigismund's political allies and supporters, who were at first largely confined to the political factions of Stefan Lazarević, Nicholas II Garay, and Hermann II of Celje, including such magnates as Stibor of Stiboricz and Pippo Spano.[1] The initial group of inductees for Sigismund's Order numbered 21 men,[2] which extended to about 24[7] in 1418.