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Grab (ispán)
Grab (; died after 1094), was a Hungarian nobleman in the late 11th century, who served as ''ispán'' of Somogy County (former), Somogy County around 1087–1090. Career According to historian Mór Wertner, Grab was a member of the Tibold (genus), ''gens'' (clan) Tibold of Holy Roman Empire, German origin, which settled down in Hungary during the reign of Géza, Grand Prince of the Hungarians. Wertner considered that his name derived from the title "''Graf''". Grab was an influential member of the court of King Ladislaus I of Hungary during the last years of the latter's reign. By the late 1080s, he was elevated into the position of ''ispán'' of Somogy County, where the majority of his clan's landholdings laid. Grab was present when Ladislaus I founded the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Zagreb, Bishopric of Zagreb sometime between 1087 and 1090 (the Croatian historiography, however, put the date of the foundation to the year 1094, after Ladislaus' invasion of Kingdom of Croatia (9 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Somogy County (former)
Somogy was an administrative county (Comitatus (Kingdom of Hungary), comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory, which was slightly larger than that of present Somogy county, is now in south-western Hungary. The capital of the county was Kaposvár. Geography Somogy County shared borders with the Hungarian counties of Zala (former county), Zala, Veszprém County (former), Veszprém, Tolna County (former), Tolna, Baranya County (former), Baranya, Virovitica County, Verőce and Belovár-Körös (the latter two part of Croatia-Slavonia). It extended along the southern shore of Lake Balaton and encompassed the region south of the lake. The river Drava (Hungarian: Dráva) formed most of its southern border. Its area was 6530 km2 around 1910. History In the 10th century, the Hungarian Nyék tribe occupied the region around Lake Balaton, mainly the areas which are known today as Zala County, Zala and Somogy counties. Somogy County arose as one of the first comitatuses of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
