Nicholas (I) Vásári ( hu, Vásári (I.) Miklós; died between 1320 and 1333) was a Hungarian nobleman at the turn of the 13th and 14th centuries, who served as

Vice-voivode of Transylvania The vice-voivode of Transylvania ( hu, erdélyi alvajda; la, vicevoyvada) was the deputy of the voivode of Transylvania in the Kingdom of Hungary. The office first appeared in contemporary sources in 1221. From the early 15th century, the voivodes ...

from 1319 to 1320.

Life

His father was Roland Szügyi, a landowner in

Nógrád County Nógrád ( hu, Nógrád megye, ; sk, Novohradská župa) is a counties of Hungary, county ( hu, megye) of Hungary. It sits on the northern edge of Hungary and borders Slovakia. Description Nógrád county lies in northern Hungary. It shares bor ...

, who is mentioned by a single source in 1255.Engel: ''Genealógia'' (Vásári 1. Rupolújvári) Roland later moved to Vásári in

Bihar County Bihar was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary and a county of the Eastern Hungarian Kingdom and Principality of Transylvania (since the 16th century, when it was under the rule of the Princes of Transylvania). Most of ...

. Nicholas first appears in contemporary records in March 1295 alongside his two brothers Gregory (fl. 1295–1327) and Lawrence (fl. 1295), when they were involved in a lawsuit over the determination of boundaries of their inherited land Vásári, and reached an agreement with their neighbor ''comes'' Peter Ajkai. His early life and possible involvement in the clashes of the so-called feudal anarchy following the extinction of the

Árpád dynasty The Árpád dynasty, consisted of the members of the royal House of Árpád (), also known as Árpáds ( hu, Árpádok, hr, Arpadovići). They were the ruling dynasty of the Principality of Hungary in the 9th and 10th centuries and of the Kingd ...

is uncertain. He became a ''

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'' of the powerful military leader

Dózsa Debreceni Dózsa Debreceni, or Dózsa of Debrecen (died in 1322 or 1323), was an influential lord in the Kingdom of Hungary in the early 14th century. He was Palatine in 1322, and Voivode of Transylvania between 1318 and 1321. He was one of the staunchest ...

, an important and loyal soldier of

Charles I of Hungary Charles I, also known as Charles Robert ( hu, Károly Róbert; hr, Karlo Robert; sk, Karol Róbert; 128816 July 1342) was King of Hungary and Croatia from 1308 to his death. He was a member of the Capetian House of Anjou and the only son of ...

. After defeating the rebellious Borsa clan, Debreceni became lord of Bihar, Vásári's homeland. It is presumable he entered to his service thereafter. Vásári was appointed vice-voivode of Transylvania sometimes around August 1319, when his lord functioned as voivode of the province. Vásári held his dignity at least until 1 March 1320. He was replaced by Achilles Torockói by May 1321. Nicholas I Vásári married an unidentified sister of

Csanád Telegdi Csanád Telegdi ( hu, Telegdi Csanád; died 1349) was a Hungarian prelate in the first half of the 14th century. He served as Bishop of Eger from 1322 to 1330, then Archbishop of Esztergom from 1330 until his death. Descending from an old Hungaria ...

, the

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from 1330 to 1349. Their marriage produced several children: his namesake son,

Nicholas II Nicholas II or Nikolai II Alexandrovich Romanov; spelled in pre-revolutionary script. ( 186817 July 1918), known in the Russian Orthodox Church as Saint Nicholas the Passion-Bearer,. was the last Emperor of Russia, King of Congress Pola ...

himself was also an archbishop of Esztergom. His second son, John was a courtly knight in 1344, while

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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

Somogy County Somogy ( hu, Somogy megye, ; hr, Šomođska županija; sl, Šomodska županija, german: Komitat Schomodei) is an administrative county (comitatus or ''megye'') in present Hungary, and also in the former Kingdom of Hungary. Somogy County lies ...

in 1371, but some sources also refer to him as

Ban of Croatia Ban of Croatia ( hr, Hrvatski ban) was the title of local rulers or office holders and after 1102, viceroys of Croatia. From the earliest periods of the Croatian state, some provinces were ruled by bans as a ruler's representative (viceroy) an ...

in 1367. Nicholas' youngest son

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was ''ispán'' of

Aranyos Seat Aranyos seat ( hu, Aranyosszék; la, Sedes Aurata; ro, Scaunul Arieșului)Attila M. Szabó: Historical and Administrative Toponymy of Transylvania, the Banat and Partium. Miercurea-Ciuc, 2003, pp. II/1079-80. was the seat (territorial administrat ...

in 1344. Vásári also had two unidentified daughters, who married Stephen Vajdai and Ladislaus N, respectively. Nicholas Vásári, Sr. died sometimes between 1320 and 1333.

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