Pousa from the kindred Bár-Kalán (; died between 1222 and 1255) was a Hungarian noble, who served as

Judge royal The judge royal, also justiciar,Rady 2000, p. 49. chief justiceSegeš 2002, p. 202. or Lord Chief JusticeFallenbüchl 1988, p. 145. (,Fallenbüchl 1988, p. 72. ,Zsoldos 2011, p. 26. , ), was the second-highest judge, preceded only by the Palati ...

for a short time in 1222, during the reign of

Andrew II of Hungary Andrew II (, , , ; 117721 September 1235), also known as Andrew of Jerusalem, was King of Hungary and King of Croatia, Croatia between 1205 and 1235. He ruled the Principality of Halych from 1188 until 1189/1190, and again between 1208/1209 and ...

. He belonged to the Sáp branch of the ''gens'' Bár-Kalán as the son of Nana I. Possibly he had two brothers, Peter and Gregory. Pousa married first to Elizabeth from the Győr kindred, a daughter of

Palatine A palatine or palatinus (Latin; : ''palatini''; cf. derivative spellings below) is a high-level official attached to imperial or royal courts in Europe since Roman Empire, Roman times.

Pat Győr. They had a son, Nana II (who married a daughter of Palatine

Mojs I Mojs, also Moys or Majos (died after 1233) was a Hungarian noble, who served as Palatine of Hungary between 1228 and 1231, during the reign of Andrew II. Career His father and family background is unknown. Mojs owned landholdings mostly in Som ...

), and two daughters, including Lucia, who married Vejte II, the son of Vejte I Csanád.Engel: ''Genealógia'' (Genus Bár-Kalán, Sáp branch) Pousa's second wife was an unidentified daughter of Héder II Héder. Their marriage produced a son, Walter. Historian Mór Wertner identified him a certain Pousa, who served as

Ban of Slavonia Ban of Slavonia (; ; ) sometimes also Ban of "Whole Slavonia" (; ; ), was the title of the governor of a territory part of the medieval Kingdom of Hungary and Croatia in union with Hungary, Kingdom of Croatia. From 1102, the title Ban (title), ...

in 1216. Soon he was replaced by his distant relative

Bánk Bár-Kalán Bánk of the Bár-Kalán clan (; died after 1222) was an influential nobility in the Kingdom of Hungary, nobleman in the Kingdom of Hungary in the first decades of the 13th century. He was Palatine of Hungary between 1212 and 1213, Judge royal fro ...

. As formerly he was a loyal supporter of King Emeric, his baronial league came to the fore, when the nobles forced Andrew II to issue the

Golden Bull of 1222 The Golden Bull of 1222 was a golden bull, or edict, issued by Andrew II of Hungary. King Andrew II was forced by his nobles to accept the Golden Bull (Aranybulla), which was one of the first examples of constitutional limits being placed on th ...

. He was elected Judge royal, beside that he also functioned 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. (, , and ),Kirschbaum 2007, p. 315. deriving from title of župan, ...

'' of Borsod and Csanád Counties. However soon Pousa and other Emeric-partisan lords had lost their influence, he was replaced by

Lawrence Atyusz Lawrence from the kindred Atyusz (; died after 1224) was a Hungarian noble, who served as Judge royal for a short time in 1222, during the reign of Andrew II of Hungary. He was born into the Atyusz kindred as the second son of Atyusz II. His old ...

as Judge royal and his career ended. Pousa died sometime between 1222 and 15 March 1255. Mór Wertner identified a certain Pous, who served as ''ispán'' of

Bihar County Bihar was an administrative county (Comitatus (Kingdom of Hungary), comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary and a county of the Eastern Hungarian Kingdom and Principality of Transylvania (1570–1711), Principality of Transylvania (since the 16th c ...

from 1223 to 1224, with him. In 1255, James and Lawrence Héder successfully recovered their sister's

dowry A dowry is a payment such as land, property, money, livestock, or a commercial asset that is paid by the bride's (woman's) family to the groom (man) or his family at the time of marriage. Dowry contrasts with the related concepts of bride price ...

– widow of Pousa – from the late Pousa's son, Nana.

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