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Emeric Kökényesradnót
Emeric from the kindred Kökényesradnót ( hu, Kökényesradnót nembeli Imre; died 1285 or 1286) was a Hungarian baron and soldier in the second half of the 13th century. Family Emeric was born into the ''gens'' (clan) Kökényesradnót,Engel: ''Genealógia'' (Genus Kökényesradnót 1., Dobokai branch) as the son of Mikod (I), whose activity is unknown. He also had an elder brother Mikod (II), whose political ambitions he supported for the rest of his life. Emeric had a son John, who died without descendants by the end of the 13th century. His daughter Catherine married Egidius Monoszló, an influential baron of the 1270s. Career By the early 1260s, both Mikod and Emeric Kökényesradnót were considered important partisans of Duke Stephen, King Béla's eldest son and heir, who administered his provinces in Styria, then Transylvania. Sometime before 1262, Mikod and Emeric were granted Szentmiklós in Torda County along the river Aranyos (Arieș) near Torda (present-day Tur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conrad Szák
Conrad (I) from the kindred Szák ( hu, Szák nembeli (I.) Konrád; died after 1269) was a Hungarian noble in the 13th century, who served as ''ispán'' of Győr County from 1264 to 1267. Family and career Conrad (I) was born into the ''gens'' (clan) Szák as the only known son of Albeus.Engel: ''Genealógia'' (Genus Szák, Várong branch) The kindred possessed lands in Central Transdanubia, primarily in Tolna and Komárom counties, centered around the namesake estate Szák. Conrad had two sons, John (I) and Conrad (II). The Várongi noble family, which became extinct in the first third of the 15th century, descended from John. Conrad is first mentioned by a royal charter of King Béla IV of Hungary in May 1240, when he already served as Cup-bearer of the Queen's Court. The document narrates that when Queen Maria Laskarina gave birth to Stephen, the firstborn son of the royal couple sometime around October 1239, Conrad hurried to the royal court in order to inform Béla IV of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feketehalom
Codlea (; german: Zeiden; Transylvanian Saxon dialect: ''Zäöeden''; hu, Feketehalom) is a city in Brașov County, Transylvania, Romania. History During the 13th century, the Teutonic Order built a fortress known as ''Schwarzburg'' ("black castle") near the "Măgura Codlei". The castle's name was first noted in 1265 and was rebuilt for the last time in 1432 by the craftsmen's guild that worked in the town. The city of Codlea is believed to have been also founded by Germans. The fortified church in the city is the largest in the Burzenland historic region. Codlea was well known for its flowers and was called the city of flowers. Name The Romanian name "Codlea" could be a derivation from the Latin *codella, diminutive from Latin coda ‘edge, rearward’ or it could be a derivation from the Slavic ''cotal'' ("kettle"), as the ''Măgura Codlei'' ("kettle hill") looks like a kettle. In Romanian, Măgura means 'big hill, mound, forest located on a high place'. The hill also provide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jus Patronatus
The right of patronage (in Latin ''jus patronatus'' or ''ius patronatus'') in Roman Catholic canon law is a set of rights and obligations of someone, known as the patron in connection with a gift of land (benefice). It is a grant made by the church out of gratitude towards a benefactor. Its counterpart in English law and in the Church of England is called an advowson. The right of patronage is designated in papal letters as ''"ius spirituali annexum"'' and is therefore subject to ecclesiastical legislation and jurisdiction as well as civil laws relating to the ownership of property. Background In the Eastern Catholic Churches, the founder of a church was permitted to nominate an administrator for the temporal goods and indicate to the bishop a cleric suitable for appointment. In the Latin Church, the Synod of Orange in 441 granted a right of "presentation" to a bishop who had built a church in another diocese and the Synod of Toledo in 655 gave a layman this privilege for ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nyitra County
Nyitra County ( hu, Nyitra vármegye; german: link=no, Neutraer Gespanschaft/Komitat Neutra; la, Comitatus Nitriensis; sk, Nitriansky komitát / Nitrianska stolica / Nitrianska župa) was an administrative county (Comitatus (Kingdom of Hungary), comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory lay in what is now western Slovakia. Geography Nyitra County shared borders with the Austrian land Moravia and Trencsén County, Turóc County, Bars County, Komárom County and Pozsony County. In its final phase, it was a strip of land between the Morava river, Central Europe, Morava river in the north and the town of Érsekújvár (present-day Nové Zámky) in the south, plus an outlier around the town of Privigye (present-day Prievidza). The river Vág (present-day Váh) flowed through the county. Its area was 5519 km2 around 1910. Capitals The capital of the county was the Nitra Castle ( hu, Nyitrai vár) and since the Late Middle Ages the town of Nyitra (present-day Nitra). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Of Sicily, Queen Of Hungary
Elisabeth of Sicily (1261–1303) was Queen of Hungary by marriage to Ladislaus IV of Hungary. Life She was the youngest child of Charles I of NaplesSteven Runciman, ''The Sicilian Vespers'', (Cambridge University Press, 2000), 138. and his first wife Beatrice of Provence. Elisabeth married Ladislaus IV of Hungary in 1270. They had no children. Ladislaus had neglected Elisabeth for the sake of his semi-pagan tribe, the Cumans; his mother Elizabeth was a member of the Cuman tribe. Ladislaus always wore Cuman dress and many of his friends were Cumans. Queen Ladislaus spent most of his marriage to Elisabeth chasing after the Cumans, encouraging them to come and live in Hungary. Ladislaus clearly preferred the society of the semi-heathen Cumans to that of the Christians; he wore, and made his court wear, Cuman dress; surrounded himself with Cuman concubines, and neglected and ill-used his ill-favoured Neapolitan consort. When they wanted to leave Hungary, Ladislaus used his forces ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mihai Viteazu, Cluj
Mihai Viteazu (archaic: ''Sânmihaiu''; hu, Szentmihály; german: Michelsdorf) is a commune in Cluj County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Cheia (''Mészkő''), Cornești (''Sinfalva''), and Mihai Viteazu. Mihai Viteazu village, which is named after the medieval ruler Michael the Brave (''Romanian'': Mihai Viteazu), was founded in 1925 by the merging of two villages, Sânmihaiu de Jos (''Alsószentmihály'') and Sânmihaiu de Sus (''Felsőszentmihály''). Those two, together with Cornești and Cheia, were first mentioned in documents in the 14th century, after the settlement of Székelys in the Aranyos Seat area. However, archaeologists unearthed traces of human dwellings from earlier periods, too. The commune covers an area of and has 5,423 inhabitants. The most interesting sight of the area is the Turda Gorge (''Cheile Turzii''). Demography At the 2002 census, 71.2% of the commune's inhabitants were Romanians, 27.4% Hungarians and 1.3% Roma. 66.6% ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cornești, Cluj
Cornești ( hu, Magyarszarvaskend; german: Hirschdorf) is a commune in Cluj County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of nine villages: Bârlea (''Ónok''), Cornești, Igriția (''Kisigrice''), Lujerdiu (''Lózsárd''), Morău (''Móró''), Stoiana (''Esztény''), Tiocu de Jos (''Alsótök''), Tiocu de Sus (''Felsőtök''), and Tioltiur (''Tötör''). The commune lies on the banks of the river Lujerdiu. It is located in the central-north part of the county, at a distance of from Gherla and from the county seat, Cluj-Napoca. Cornești borders the following communes: Bobâlna to the north, Dăbâca and Panticeu to the west, Iclod to the south, and Aluniș to the east. Demographics According to the census from 2002 there was a total population of 1,809 people living in this commune. Of this population, 83.80% are ethnic Romanians, 14.64% are ethnic Hungarians, and 1.54% ethnic Romani Romani may refer to: Ethnicities * Romani people, an ethnic group of Northern Indian or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dăbâca
Dăbâca ( hu, Doboka; german: Dobeschdorf) is a commune in Cluj County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Dăbâca, Luna de Jos (''Kendilóna''), and Pâglișa (''Poklostelke''). Geography The commune lies on the banks of the river Lonea. It is located in the central-north part of the county, at a distance of from Gherla and from the county seat, Cluj-Napoca. Dăbâca borders the following communes: Panticeu to the north, Cornești and Iclod to the east, Borșa and Bonțida to the south, and Vultureni to the west. The ruins of lie on Fortress Hill, at an altitude of ; the fortress once was the seat of Doboka County. Demographics According to the census from 2002 there was a total population of 1,804 people living in this commune. Of this population, 87.91% are ethnic Romanians, 7.53% are ethnic Hungarians, and 4.43% ethnic Romani Romani may refer to: Ethnicities * Romani people, an ethnic group of Northern Indian origin, living dispersed in Eur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doboka County
Doboka County was a county in Transylvania Transylvania ( ro, Ardeal or ; hu, Erdély; german: Siebenbürgen) is a historical and cultural region in Central Europe, encompassing central Romania. To the east and south its natural border is the Carpathian Mountains, and to the west the Ap ... between the 11th or 12th century and 1876. {{coord missing, Hungary Kingdom of Hungary counties in Transylvania ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iclod
Iclod ( hu, Nagyiklód; german: Grossikladen) is a commune in Cluj County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Fundătura (''Szamosjenő''), Iclod, Iclozel (''Kisiklód''), Livada (''Dengeleg'') and Orman (''Ormány''). Demographics According to the census from 2002 there was a total population of 4,420 people living in this commune. Of this population, 95.11% are ethnic Romanians, 2.55% are ethnic Hungarians and 2.26% ethnic Romani. Natives *Ioan Bob *Gheorghe Moceanu Gheorghe Moceanu (1838–1909) was a Transylvanian, later Romanian physical education teacher who laid the foundations for the discipline in his adopted country. Born in Orman, Cluj County, in Austrian-ruled Transylvania, he attended high s ... References ;General *''Atlasul localităților județului Cluj'' (Cluj County Localities Atlas), Suncart Publishing House, Cluj-Napoca, Communes in Cluj County Localities in Transylvania {{ClujCounty-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mureș (river)
The Mureș (; hu, Maros, ; sr, script=Cyrl, Мориш, Moriš) is a river in Eastern Europe. Its drainage basin covers an area of .Analysis of the Tisza River Basin 2007 IPCDR It originates in the Hășmașu Mare Range in the Eastern , |
Noșlac
Noșlac (german: Grosshaus; hu, Marosnagylak) is a commune located in Alba County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of six villages: Căptălan (''Maroskáptalan''), Copand (''Maroskoppánd''), Găbud (''Gábod''), Noșlac, Stâna de Mureș (''Maroscsúcs''), and Valea Ciuciului (''Zilahipatak''). Geography The commune lies on the Transylvanian Plateau, on the left bank of the river Mureș, close to where the river Fărău flows into the Mureș. Noșlac is located in the northeastern corner of Alba County, on the border with Cluj and Mureș counties. It is situated east of the town of Ocna Mureș and north of the county seat, Alba Iulia Alba Iulia (; german: Karlsburg or ''Carlsburg'', formerly ''Weißenburg''; hu, Gyulafehérvár; la, Apulum) is a city that serves as the seat of Alba County in the west-central part of Romania. Located on the Mureș River in the historica .... References Communes in Alba County Localities in Transylvania {{Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
