Ampud, also Ampod ( la, Ampudinus; died after 1199) was a baron in the
Kingdom of Hungary
The Kingdom of Hungary was a monarchy in Central Europe that existed for nearly a millennium, from the Middle Ages into the 20th century. The Principality of Hungary emerged as a Christian kingdom upon the coronation of the first king Stephen ...
in the late 12th century, who served as ''
ispán
The ispánRady 2000, p. 19.''Stephen Werbőczy: The Customary Law of the Renowned Kingdom of Hungary in Three Parts (1517)'', p. 450. or countEngel 2001, p. 40.Curta 2006, p. 355. ( hu, ispán, la, comes or comes parochialis, and sk, župan)Kirs ...
'' of
Szolnok County in 1199.
Career
Ampud was born into an influential noble family, which possessed landholdings in
Slavonia
Slavonia (; hr, Slavonija) is, with Dalmatia, Croatia proper, and Istria, one of the four historical regions of Croatia. Taking up the east of the country, it roughly corresponds with five Croatian counties: Brod-Posavina, Osijek-Baranja ...
along the
river. His namesake father was
Ampud
Ampud, also Ampod, Apod or Ompud ( la, Ompudinus; died 1186) was a powerful aristocrat in the Kingdom of Hungary in the second half of the 12th century. He was Ban of Slavonia between 1163 or 1164 and 1171 or 1174, and Palatine of Hungary from aro ...
, an illustrious military leader in the 1160–1170s. Ampud II served as ''ispán'' of Szolnok County in 1199, during the reign of
Emeric, King of Hungary
Emeric, also known as Henry or Imre ( hu, Imre, hr, Emerik, sk, Imrich; 117430 November 1204), was King of Hungary and Croatia between 1196 and 1204. In 1184, his father, Béla III of Hungary, ordered that he be crowned king, and appointed him ...
. He succeeded
Peter, son of Töre
Peter, son of Töre ( hu, Töre fia Péter; executed in 1213) was a Hungarian lord, who served as judge royal in 1198, during the reign of King Emeric.
Peter led a group of Hungarian magnates, who assassinated Queen Gertrude on 28 September 121 ...
in this position. Ampud was replaced as ''ispán'' by
Tiburtius Rosd
Tiburtius (I) from the kindred Rosd (also known as Tiburtius the Great; hu, Rosd nembeli (I.) "Nagy" Tiborc; died after 1222) was a Hungarian distinguished nobleman at the turn of the 12th and 13th centuries, who served as ''ispán'' (head) of v ...
still in that year.
It is plausible Ampud and his wife belonged to the accompaniment of Duke
Andrew
Andrew is the English form of a given name common in many countries. In the 1990s, it was among the top ten most popular names given to boys in List of countries where English is an official language, English-speaking countries. "Andrew" is freq ...
in
Croatia
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and
Dalmatia
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, who ruled the province beyond the river Drava as a ''
de facto
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'' sovereign monarch and
constantly rebelled against his elder brother King Emeric throughout the latter's reign. Ampud either died or lost influence, after the monarch defeated Andrew's army near
Lake Balaton
Lake Balaton () is a freshwater lake in the Transdanubian region of Hungary. It is the largest lake in Central Europe, and one of the region's foremost tourist destinations. The Zala River provides the largest inflow of water to the lake, and th ...
in the summer of 1199.
Family
Ampud married an unidentified daughter of Count
Berthold III of Andechs,
Margrave of Istria
The March of Istria (or Margraviate of Istria ) was originally a Carolingian frontier march covering the Istrian peninsula and surrounding territory conquered by Charlemagne's son Pepin of Italy in 789. After 1364, it was the name of the Istria ...
sometime before 1186. There is only one source for their marriage: Count Berthold wrote a letter to Rupert von Neuburg-Falkenstein, the abbot of
Tegernsee
Tegernsee is a town in the Miesbach district of Bavaria, Germany. It is located on the shore of Lake Tegernsee, which is 747 m (2,451 ft) above sea level. A spa town, it is surrounded by an alpine landscape of Upper Bavaria, and has an e ...
at an unknown time that "send one of his horses to his daughter, who has already been married with the son of ''dux'' Ompudinus
mpud I and on occasion he will pay for it". As Rupert died in 1186, the exchange of letters certainly took place before this year. With this marriage, Ampud has gained an illustrious kinship. Duke Andrew's wife,
Gertrude of Merania
Gertrude of Merania ( 1185 – 28 September 1213) was Queen of Hungary as the first wife of Andrew II from 1205 until her assassination. She was regent during her husband's absence.
Life
She was the daughter of the Bavarian Count Berthold IV ...
was the niece of Ampud's unidentified spouse.
Ampud and his wife had three sons. The eldest one
Denis was one of the most important courtiers of Andrew II of Hungary and was the developer of his economic policy in the 1210–1220s.
Michael
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People
* Michael (given name), a given name
* Michael (surname), including a list of people with the surname Michael
Given name "Michael"
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belonged to the rival baronial group centered around Duke
Béla
Béla may refer to:
* Béla (crater), an elongated lunar crater
* Béla (given name), a common Hungarian male given name
See also
* Bela (disambiguation)
* Belá (disambiguation)
* Bělá (disambiguation) Bělá, derived from ''bílá'' (''whit ...
in the 1220s, while
Lawrence
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* Lawrence Technological University, a university in Southfield, Michigan, United States
* Lawrence University, a liberal arts university in Appleton, Wisconsin, United States
Preparator ...
, who held ispánates in
Zagreb County
Zagreb County ( hr, Zagrebačka županija) is a county in Northern Croatia. It surrounds, but does not contain, the nation's capital Zagreb, which is a separate territorial unit. For that reason, the county is often nicknamed "Zagreb ring" ( hr, z ...
,
Slavonia
Slavonia (; hr, Slavonija) is, with Dalmatia, Croatia proper, and Istria, one of the four historical regions of Croatia. Taking up the east of the country, it roughly corresponds with five Croatian counties: Brod-Posavina, Osijek-Baranja ...
around the same period, in the service of Duke
Coloman Coloman, es, Colomán (german: Koloman (also Slovak, Czech, Croatian), it, Colomanno, ca, Colomà; hu, Kálmán)
The Germanic origin name Coloman used by Germans since the 9th century.
* Coloman, King of Hungary
* Coloman of Galicia-Lodomeria ...
.
Notes
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12th-century Hungarian people
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