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
Egidius (II) from the kindred Monoszló ( hu, Monoszló nembeli (II.) Egyed; c. 1240 – March 1313) was a Hungarian powerful baron, who served as Master of the treasury from 1270 to 1272 and from 1274 to 1275. He was a loyal supporter of Stephen ...
, 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
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 ...
. Sometime before 1262, Mikod and Emeric were granted Szentmiklós in
Torda County Torda County (german: Komitat Torda,Fallenbüchl 1994, p. 153. hu, Torda vármegye, la, comitatus Thordensis) was a county in Transylvania between the 11th century and 1876.
History
Kingdom of Hungary
Counties (districts formed around royal for ...
along the river
Aranyos (Arieș) near
Torda (present-day Turda, Romania) by Béla IV. The relationship between Béla IV and Stephen became tense by the beginning of 1261, because the latter accused his father of planning to disinherit him. After a brief skirmish, Stephen forced his father to cede all the lands of 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 ...
to the east of the
Danube
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to him and adopted the title of junior king in 1262. Thereafter, the Kökényesradnót brothers were also oriented in Transylvania, establishing a wealth there and roughly abandoning their inherited possessions in
Transdanubia
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Administrative divisions Trad ...
, which laid in senior king Béla's domain. The wedding of Catherine Kökényesradnót and Egidius Monoszló also meant a political alliance among Duke Stephen's partisans.
Despite the division of the country, the relationship of Béla and Stephen remained tense, which escalated into a
civil war
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The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region, or to change government policies ...
by the end of 1264, when Béla IV invaded his son's realm in two fronts. According to a royal charter of
Ladislaus IV from July 1279, both Mikod and Emeric took an active part in the fighting, are the only known persons who were present in all battles along the Transylvanian front. Stephen's army – involving Mikod and Emeric – stopped the advance of the royalist Hungarian–
Cuman
The Cumans (or Kumans), also known as Polovtsians or Polovtsy (plural only, from the Russian exonym ), were a Turkic nomadic people comprising the western branch of the Cuman–Kipchak confederation. After the Mongol invasion (1237), many so ...
army at the
Fortress of Déva (Deva, present-day Romania), where the invaders suffered a heavy defeat. Simultaneously, Béla IV launched another attack against Stephen's province in Northeast Hungary, while the Cuman vanguard was followed by an army of greater significance led by
Lawrence, son of Kemény, which forced the younger king and his accompaniment to retreat to
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 cas ...
(Codlea, Romania) in the easternmost corner of Transylvania. Mikod and Emeric were among the few dozen defenders during the siege of Feketehalom at the turn of 1264 and 1265. After their victory in late January 1265, Stephen decided to march into the central parts of Hungary. Somewhere in the
Tiszántúl
Tiszántúl or Transtisza (literal meaning: "beyond Tisza") is a geographical region of which lies between the Tisza river, Hungary and the Apuseni Mountains, Romania, bordered by the Mureș (river), Maros (Mureș) river. Alongside Kiskunság, it i ...
around the second half of February 1265, Stephen's advancing army collided with another royal army commanded by
Ernye Ákos
Ernye from the kindred Ákos (''Erne''; hu, Ákos nembeli Ernye; died after January 1275) was a Hungarian baron and landowner. He is best known for saving the life of king Béla IV after the disastrous Battle of Mohi in 1241. He participated in v ...
, who sent a vanguard of Cuman warriors with its commander, chieftain Menk, which attacked the troops of Mikod and Emeric Kökényesradnót, which functioned as the vanguard for Stephen's army. The Kökényesradnót brothers routed the Cumans. Mikod and Emeric also participated in the subsequent main battle, where Stephen defeated Ernye's army. Subsequently, both of them took part in the decisive
Battle of Isaszeg in early March 1265, which resulted Stephen's victory and end of the brief civil war.
Following the civil war, Béla IV donated
Koppánd and Ivánkatelke (today Copand and Căptălan, respectively, Romania) along the river
Maros (Mureș) to Mikod and Emeric in 1269. Shortly after his ascension to the Hungarian throne in 1270, Stephen V confirmed the former land donations of his father and himself to the Kökényesradnót brothers in his royal charter. The document confirms that, beside the aforementioned settlements, Mikod and Emeric were the owners of
Jenő
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(today Fundătura, Romania) in
Doboka County (also a former donation from Stephen). Because of their loyal service and "heroic" involvement in the civil war, Mikod and Emeric were granted large-scale donations in Transylvania, altogether 13 known possessions in four counties, including two former royal fortresses by Stephen V. The brothers were granted surrounding estates and villages near Doboka Castle – today all belongs to
Doboka
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Demographics
Indian census, Dabaka had a popula ...
(Dăbâca, Romania) – and an uninhabited land
Lózsárd (Lujerdiu), in addition to another estates along the Aranyos river, Kerekegyház, Igrictelek and
Mészkő (Cheia) near Torda.
Emeric was referred to as cup-bearer of the court of Queen consort
Isabella
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and ''ispán'' of Bánya (Árkibánya) ispánate, which laid in the territory of
Nyitra County
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, in 1281. Both Mikod and Emeric were
patrons
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of the
Premonstratensian monastery of
Garáb in that year. Emeric died sometime in 1285 or 1286. In accordance with his will, Mikod and his nephew John (Emeric's son) divided their estates at Koppánd and Ivántelke in March 1286, and Mikod allowed his nephew to donate his late brother's portions to the
cathedral chapter of Transylvania for the latter's spiritual salvation in that year. According to a document from March 1288, their father Mikod I once willed his sons, Mikod II and Emeric obliging them to make a pilgrimage to the
Holy Land. Due to political circumstances and lack of wealth, the brothers could not fulfill this wish. In 1279 or 1280, papal legate
Philip,
Bishop of Fermo
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excused them from the oath in exchange for paying 50 silver marks for one of the churches. This vow has also not been fulfilled until Emeric's death.
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Emeric
Emerich, Emeric, Emerick and Emerik are given names and surnames. They may refer to:
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* Saint Emeric of Hungary (c. 1007–1031), son of King Stephen I of Hungary
* Emeric, King of Hungary (1174–1204)
* Emeric Kökénye ...