Abraham from the kindred Tétény (; died after 1239) was a Hungarian noble in the first half of the 13th century, who administered

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during the reign of

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Career

Abraham was born into the ''gens'' (clan) Tétény as the third son of Marcellus I (or Ambrose). His elder brothers were

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and Peter I, both of them were influential barons in the court of Andrew II. Additionally, Fabian and

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were also the brothers of him.Engel: ''Genealógia'' (Genus Tétény, Pekri branch) Croatian historian Antun Nekić considered that Abraham was the son of Marcellus II and not his brother. The brothers possessed lands in

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. Marcellus and Abraham were involved in a lawsuit over the land Toplica (present-day a borough of

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) near their ancient area Peker or Pukur (present-day

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) along the namesake river in 1232. They lost the case. Abraham was referred to as ''

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'' of

Vas County Vas (, ; ; or ; ) is an administrative county (Counties of Hungary, comitatus or ''vármegye'') of Hungary. It was also one of the counties of the former Kingdom of Hungary. It is part of the Centrope Project. Geography Vas County lies in weste ...

in 1233. He administered

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in 1235, but lost the office when

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ascended the Hungarian throne in that year. The Tétény kindred became disgraced thereafter and Béla IV confiscated their "unlawful inheritances", including Abraham's possessions. Abraham handed over his all purchased estates beyond the river

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– Daróc (present-day Vardarac, Croatia), Ködmen, Rücs (Ručevo) and Donát in

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– to

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, the

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and Béla's brother, thus he was able to retain his portion in the inherited lordship of Peker. His right of ownership over the estate was confirmed by Coloman in 1237. Two years later, Coloman donated Abraham's former lands to his confidant File Miskolc. Abraham undertook a guarantee for the quality of the lands. Abraham died without issue sometime after 1239. His unidentified widow, bequeathed her

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, the estate Peker to the Dominican nunnery at

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, which she probably entered. This was paid by Peter's descendants in amount of 40

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in 1286 after a lengthy dispute.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Teteny, Abraham 13th-century Hungarian people

Abraham Abraham (originally Abram) is the common Hebrews, Hebrew Patriarchs (Bible), patriarch of the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In Judaism, he is the founding father who began the Covenant (biblical), covenanta ...