The Count of Hermannstadt, also Count of Sibiu or Count of Szeben[1] (Hungarian: szebeni ispán), was the head of the Transylvanian Saxons living in the wider region of Hermannstadt (now Sibiu in Romania) in the 13th and early 14th centuries.[2][3] The counts were royal officials, appointed and dismissed by the Kings of Hungary.

Origins


Jurisdiction

List of the Counts of Hermannstadt

Thirteenth century

Term Incumbent Monarch Notes Source
c. 1210 Joachim Türje Andrew II [4][5]
c. 1266 Dominic Csák Stephen V also Palatine of the King junior, Stephen V, and ispán of Bács County [4]
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Fourteenth century

Term Incumbent Monarch Notes Source
c. 1323 Nicholas Telegdi Charles I [3]
1323-c. 1324 Thomas Szécsényi Charles I also Voivode of Transylvania [3]
c. 1329 Nicholas Brassói Charles I [3]

References

  1. ↑ Vásáry, István (24 March 2005). Cumans and Tatars: Oriental Military in the Pre-Ottoman Balkans, 1185–1365. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. p. 59. ISBN 978-0-521-83756-9.
  2. ↑ Engel 2001, p. 114.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Engel 1996, p. 191.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Zsoldos 2011, p. 204.
  5. ↑ Curta 2006, p. 385.

Sources

  • Curta, Florin (2006). Southeastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 500–1250. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-89452-4.
  • Engel, Pál (1996). Magyarország világi archontológiája, 1301–1457, I [Secular Archontology of Hungary, 1301–1457, Volume I] (in Hungarian). História, MTA Történettudományi Intézete. ISBN 963-8312-44-0.
  • Engel, Pál (2001). The Realm of St Stephen: A History of Medieval Hungary, 895–1526. I.B. Tauris Publishers. ISBN 1-86064-061-3.
  • Zsoldos, Attila (2011). Magyarország világi archontológiája, 1000–1301 [Secular Archontology of Hungary, 1000–1301] (in Hungarian). História, MTA Történettudományi Intézete. ISBN 978-963-9627-38-3.


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