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Báthory Family
The House of Báthory () was an old and powerful Hungarian nobility, Hungarian noble family of the Gutkeled clan. The family rose to significant influence in Central Europe during the Late Middle Ages, holding high military, administrative and ecclesiastical positions in the Kingdom of Hungary. In the early modern period, the family produced several Prince of Transylvania, Princes of Transylvania and one King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (Stephen Báthory). Origins The Báthory family belonged to the ''Gutkeled'', a clan of Kingdom of Hungary, Hungarian Kingdom nobles, which traced its descent to the Swabian brothers ''Gut'' and ''Kelad'', who immigrated into the Kingdom of Hungary from the castle ''Stof'' (probably Staufen, Germany, Staufen im Breisgau or Hohenstaufen in Württemberg) during the reign of Peter Urseolo of Hungary, King Peter (reigned 1038–1046), who himself was partly of Venice, Venetian descent.Simon Kezai, Lázló Veszprémy, Frank Schaer (ed.), ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
COA Báthory
COA or CoA may refer to: Organizations * Andorran Olympic Committee (Catalan: ''Comitè Olímpic Andorrà'') * Argentine Olympic Committee (Spanish: ''Comité Olímpico Argentino'') * Aruban Olympic Committee (Papiamento: ''Comité Olímpico Arubano'') * Canadian Osteopathic Association, a professional association of osteopathic physicians in Canada * Chicago Options Associates, an American company that specializes in trading options and futures contracts * Clowns of America International, an American organization that represents clowns * Committee of Administrators (CoA), oversaw the reform in 2017 of the Board of Control for Cricket in India * Council of Agriculture, agriculture-related institution in Taiwan * Council of Architecture, an Indian governmental organization that registers architects in the country * Community Oncology Alliance, an American non-profit that advocates for independent, community oncology providers and patients. * Continental Airlines, by ICAO airline ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Duke Of Lithuania
This is a list of Lithuanian monarchs who ruled Lithuania from its inception until the fall of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in 1795. The Lithuanian monarch bore the title of Grand duke, Grand Duke, with the exception of Mindaugas, who was crowned king in 1253. Other Lithuanian rulers, such as Vytautas the Great, also attempted to secure a royal coronation, but these efforts were unsuccessful.Nadveckė, Ineta (6 July 2019Trys Lietuvos karaliai: vienas tikras, vienas nelabai ir vienas beveik''Lithuanian National Radio and Television, LRT''. Until 1569, the Lithuanian monarchy was hereditary. In 1386, Grand Duke Jogaila was elected King of Poland. From that point onward, with some interruptions, the two states were united in a personal union, sharing a common ruler until 1569, when they were formally merged by the Union of Lublin to form the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. The monarch of this new state was elected in a free election by the entire nobility. From the Christianizat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Von Simolin
The von Simolin family is a noble family of Finnish origin. It descends from a burgher in Turku, whose Finnish surname Simola was changed to Swedish sounding Simolin by his son, who became a Lutheran pastor in Tallinn. History In earlier genealogical literature it was often stated that the family had its origins in Transylvania, now in Romania, connected with the Hungarian noble Báthory family. Brothers Carl Gustav von Simolin and Johann Matthias von Simolin were ennobled in Holy Roman Empire. The Simolin family possessed large estates in Prussia and Courland and members served the Russian Empresses Elizabeth and Catherine as diplomats. Court marshal Robert Freiherr (; male, abbreviated as ), (; his wife, abbreviated as , ) and (, his unmarried daughters and maiden aunts) are designations used as titles of nobility in the German-speaking areas of the Holy Roman Empire, the Austro-Hungarian Empire and in ... von Simolin (b.1851-d.1927) took the name Simolin-Bathor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Szabolcs County
Szabolcs was an administrative county (Comitatus (Kingdom of Hungary), comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now part of Hungary, except for three villages which are in the Zakarpattia Oblast of Ukraine. The capital of the county was Nyíregyháza. Geography In the late 19th and early 20th centuries Szabolcs county shared borders with the counties of Borsod County, Borsod, Zemplén County, Zemplén, Ung County, Ung, Bereg County, Bereg, Szatmár County, Szatmár, Bihar County, Bihar and Hajdú County, Hajdú. It was situated mostly south of the river Tisza. Its area was around 1910. Prior to the Hungarian administrative reforms of 1876 Szabolcs controlled some additional territory to the south-west giving it borders with Heves County, Heves and Külső-Szolnok and the Nagykunság (part of the Jászkunság from 1745), as well as a small section of border with Békés County (former), Békés. This territory largely became part of Hajdú when it was established i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nyírbátor
Nyírbátor () is a town in Szabolcs–Szatmár–Bereg County, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary. The town contains 15th and 16th century ecclesiastic and secular architectural heritage. Geography It covers an area of and has a population of 12,259 (2015). The town forms the largest and most important population centre of the southern Nyírség region of Hungary. History The first written record of the settlement dates from 1279. Its name is derived from the Old Turkish word 'batir', or Mongolian 'bator' (originally meaning a 'good hero' and corresponding to 'bátor' in modern Hungarian). At that time, the ancestors of the Báthory's, the Gutkeled clan, already owned the land. The town became the administrative centre of their estates and also the family burial site. The family owned the town until the death of Gabriel Báthory, Prince of Transylvania, in 1613. In 1549, the legates of King Ferdinand I and Isabella ceded Transylvania to the Kingdom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hodos Gutkeled
Hodos from the kindred Gutkeled (; died after 1291) was a Hungarian lord in the second half of the 13th century, who served as ''ispán'' of Zagreb County from 1270 to 1272. Family Hodos (or Hudus) was born into the Rakamaz branch of the influential and rich ''gens'' (clan) Gutkeled. His parentage is unknown. He had two brothers, Andrew "the Bald" – forefather of all branches of the powerful Báthory family – and Stephen. Hodos had two sons, Ladislaus and Lawrence. The former was ancestor of the Szakolyi (later Szokoli or Szokoly) noble family.Engel: ''Genealógia'' (Genus Gutkeled 1. Rakamaz branch, 2. Szakolyi family) Career Hodos entered the service of his distant relative Joachim Gutkeled, who served as Ban of Slavonia and was one of the most powerful barons of the realm in the 1270s. Under Joachim, he served as ''ispán'' of Zagreb County from 1270 to 1272. In this capacity, he handled mostly estate matters among the local nobility. Joachim donated the land Pseric to Hodo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ladislaus IV Of Hungary
Ladislaus IV (, , ; 5 August 1262 – 10 July 1290), also known as Ladislaus the Cuman, was King of Hungary and Croatia from 1272 to 1290. His mother, Elizabeth, was the daughter of a chieftain from the pagan Cumans who had settled in Hungary. At the age of seven, he married Elisabeth (or Isabella), a daughter of King Charles I of Sicily. Ladislaus was only 9 when a rebellious lord, Joachim Gutkeled, kidnapped and imprisoned him. Ladislaus was still a prisoner when his father Stephen V died on 6 August 1272. During his minority, many groupings of barons – primarily the Abas, Csáks, Kőszegis, and Gutkeleds – fought against each other for supreme power. Ladislaus was declared to be of age at an assembly of the prelates, barons, noblemen, and Cumans in 1277. He allied himself with Rudolf I of Germany against Ottokar II of Bohemia. His forces had a preeminent role in Rudolf's victory over Ottokar in the Battle on the Marchfeld on 26 August 1278. However, Ladislaus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venice
Venice ( ; ; , formerly ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 islands that are separated by expanses of open water and by canals; portions of the city are linked by 438 bridges. The islands are in the shallow Venetian Lagoon, an enclosed bay lying between the mouths of the Po River, Po and the Piave River, Piave rivers (more exactly between the Brenta (river), Brenta and the Sile (river), Sile). As of 2025, 249,466 people resided in greater Venice or the Comune of Venice, of whom about 51,000 live in the historical island city of Venice (''centro storico'') and the rest on the mainland (''terraferma''). Together with the cities of Padua, Italy, Padua and Treviso, Italy, Treviso, Venice is included in the Padua-Treviso-Venice Metropolitan Area (PATREVE), which is considered a statistical metropolitan area, with a total population of 2.6 million. The name is derived from the ancient Adr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Urseolo Of Hungary
Peter (; 1010 or 1011 – 1046, or late 1050s), known as Peter Orseolo or Peter the Venetian, was King of Hungary twice. He first succeeded his uncle, King Stephen I of Hungary, Stephen I, in 1038. His favoritism towards his foreign courtiers caused an uprising which ended with his 1041 deposition. Peter was restored in 1044 by Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor. He accepted the Emperor's suzerainty during his second reign, which ended in 1046 after a Vata pagan uprising, pagan uprising. Hungarian chronicles are unanimous that Peter was executed by order of his successor, Andrew I of Hungary, Andrew I, but the chronicler Cosmas of Prague's reference to his alleged marriage around 1055 suggests that he may also have survived his second deposition. Life Before 1038 Peter Orseolo was born in Venice, the only son of Doge of Venice, Doge Otto Orseolo. His mother Grimelda of Hungary, Grimelda was a sister of Stephen I of Hungary, Stephen I, the first King of Hungary; historian Gyula Kris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
