Laurențiu Man was a
Hungarian noble of Romanian origin who was in the service of
Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor
Leopold I (Leopold Ignaz Joseph Balthasar Franz Felician; hu, I. Lipót; 9 June 1640 – 5 May 1705) was Holy Roman Emperor, King of Hungary, Croatia, and Bohemia. The second son of Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor, by his first wife, Maria An ...
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Laurențiu Man entered in the service of the
Habsburgs
The House of Habsburg (), alternatively spelled Hapsburg in Englishgerman: Haus Habsburg, ; es, Casa de Habsburgo; hu, Habsburg család, it, Casa di Asburgo, nl, Huis van Habsburg, pl, dom Habsburgów, pt, Casa de Habsburgo, la, Domus Hab ...
which gradually imposed their rule on the
Principality of Transylvania and
Varat Eyalet in the late of the 17th century. As a reward for his loyalty to the Habsburgs, Laurențiu Man was
ennobled by the Emperor
Leopold I on December 7, 1699 in
Vienna. The diploma was signed by the Emperor
Leopold I, the chancellor of Transylvania
Sámuel Kálnoky
Sámuel Kálnoky (1640–1706) was a member of Kálnoky family who served as the chancellor of Transylvania.
Sámuel Kálnoky became the first chancellor of Transylvania in Vienna and received the rank of count by the Habsburgs
The House of ...
, and Andreas Szentkereszty (1662–1736). The Diploma of ennoblement was composed, written, and read by Matte Benignissime. Man Noble's house was located in
Badatson, just outside the capital of
Krasna County
Kraszna county ( Hungarian: ''Kraszna vármegye'') was a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary along the river Kraszna, its territory is now in north-western Romania
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Szilágysomlyó. In addition to the aristocratic title of nobility for himself and his descendants, Laurențiu Man was also granted tax exemption for himself and his descendants in perpetuity.
Diploma nobiliara a familiei Maniu
Laurențiu Man had one son Ilie (married to Nagy Virà gsi) and three grandsons: loan, Mihail, and Petru. Ioan Maniu
Ioan Maniu (; 10 September 1833 – 4 November 1895) was a Transylvanian Romanian lawyer, politician and journalist.
Biography
Maniu was born in 1833 in Szilágybadacsony, Kingdom of Hungary, now the village of Bădăcin, in Pericei commune, SÄ ...
(1833–1895) was one of his descendants.
References
Bibliography
* Petri Mór
Petri Mór (11 July 1863 – 2 March 1945) was a teacher, school inspector, and author in Transylvania.
His masterwork is ''Szilágy vármegye monographiája'' (I-IV, Budapest, 1901–1904).
Works
* Szilágy vármegye monographiája ...
: Szilágy vármegye monographiája III.: Szilágy vármegye községeinek története (A-K). udapest Szilágy vármegye közönsége. 1902. 41–47. o.
* Dionisie Stoica, Ioan P. Lazăr, "Schița monografică a Sălagiului", Șimleu Silvaniei, 1908.
External links
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Badacson
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History of Transylvania (1683–1848)
Romanian Greek-Catholics
17th-century Austrian people
18th-century Austrian people
People from Sălaj County
Hungarian nobility
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