Oligarch (Kingdom of Hungary)
Appearance
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An oligarch or provincial lord (Hungarian: tartományúr) was a powerful lord who administered huge contiguous territories through usurping royal prerogatives in the Kingdom of Hungary in the late 13th and the early 14th centuries.[1][2] The term petty king used to be used as well.
List of oligarchs
[edit]Interregnum (1301–1310)
[edit]- Amadeus Aba (Northeast Hungary)
- Stephen Ákos (Borsod)
- Stephen Babonić (Lower Slavonia)
- James Borsa (Transtisia)
- Matthew Csák (Northwest Hungary)
- Ugrin Csák (Upper Syrmia)
- Dujam Frankopan (Primorje)
- Ladislaus Kán (Transylvania)
- Henry Kőszegi (Southern Transdanubia and Upper Slavonia)
- Ivan Kőszegi (Western Transdanubia)
- Stephen Dragutin Nemanjić (Lower Syrmia)
- Nicholas Pok (Szamosköz)
- Dominic Rátót (Nógrád)
- Paul Šubić (Croatia and Bosnia)
- Theodore Vejtehi (Severin)
References
[edit]- ^ Engel 2001, pp. 124–126.
- ^ Kontler 1999, p. 84.
Sources
[edit]- Engel, Pál (2001). The Realm of St Stephen: A History of Medieval Hungary, 895–1526. I.B. Tauris Publishers. ISBN 1-86064-061-3.
- Kontler, László (1999). Millennium in Central Europe: A History of Hungary. Atlantisz Publishing House. ISBN 963-9165-37-9.