Geregye (II) from the kindred Geregye ( hu, Geregye nembeli (II.) Geregye; died 1278) was a Hungarian noble, 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
Baranya County
Baranya ( hu, Baranya megye, ) is a county () in southern Hungary. It is part of the Southern Transdanubia statistical region and the historical Baranya region, which was a county (''comitatus'') in the Kingdom of Hungary dating back to the 11 ...
for a short time in 1275.
Life
He was born into the
''gens'' Geregye as the third son of
Judge royal
The judge royal, also justiciar,Rady 2000, p. 49. chief justiceSegeÅ¡ 2002, p. 202. or Lord Chief JusticeFallenbüchl 1988, p. 145. (german: Oberster Landesrichter,Fallenbüchl 1988, p. 72. hu, országbÃró,Zsoldos 2011, p. 26. sk, krajinskà ...
Paul Geregye
Paul from the kindred Geregye ( hu, Geregye nembeli Pál; ''c''. 1206 – 1270 or 1271) was an influential Hungarian baron following the Mongol invasion of 1241. He served as Judge royal twice during the reign of Béla IV of Hungary.
Family
Paul ...
and an unidentified granddaughter of
Palatine
A palatine or palatinus (in Latin; plural ''palatini''; cf. derivative spellings below) is a high-level official attached to imperial or royal courts in Europe since Roman times. Pat Győr
Pat (I) from the kindred Győr ( hu, Győr nembeli (I.) Pat; died after 1221) was a Hungarian influential lord at the turn of the 12th and 13th centuries, who served as Palatine of Hungary from 1209 until 1212.
Family
Pat (also Pot or Poth) was b ...
. Geregye had no any known descendants.
[Engel: ''Genealógia'' (Genus Geregye 1. Eth branch)]
When
Nicholas Geregye
Nicholas from the kindred Geregye ( hu, Geregye nembeli Miklós; died after 1279) was a Hungarian baron and landowner, member of the ''gens'' Geregye, who held several positions.
Family
He was the son of judge royal Paul (d. before 1271) and an ...
and his younger brothers, including Geregye II, tried to establish a dominion independently from the king in
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 Maros (Mureș) river. Alongside Kiskunság, it is a part of Gre ...
, King
Ladislaus IV, when declared to be of age, successfully defeated and eliminated their aspirations in 1277–1278, also capturing their fortress at
Adorján (now Adrian in Romania). Following this, Ladislaus IV held a "general assembly" for seven counties along the River
Tisza
The Tisza, Tysa or Tisa, is one of the major rivers of Central and Eastern Europe. Once, it was called "the most Hungarian river" because it flowed entirely within the Kingdom of Hungary. Today, it crosses several national borders.
The Tisza be ...
in early summer of 1278, where Geregye II was sentenced to death for
high treason
Treason is the crime of attacking a state authority to which one owes allegiance. This typically includes acts such as participating in a war against one's native country, attempting to overthrow its government, spying on its military, its diplo ...
and
decapitated
Decapitation or beheading is the total separation of the head from the body. Such an injury is invariably fatal to humans and most other animals, since it deprives the brain of oxygenated blood, while all other organs are deprived of the au ...
.
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People executed by Hungary by decapitation