Alexander from the kindred Győr (; died 1207) was a Hungarian noble at the turn of the 12th and 13th centuries, who 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. (, , and ),Kirschbaum 2007, p. 315. deriving from title of župan, ...

'' of

Moson County Moson (German language, German: Wieselburg, Slovak language, Slovak: Mošon) was an administrative county (Comitatus (Kingdom of Hungary), comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary, situated mostly on the right (south) side of the Danube river. Its t ...

for a short time.

Life

Alexander was born into the Óvár branch of the ''gens'' (clan) Győr of German origin, as one of the five sons of Stephen I. His brothers were ban Maurus; prelate and chancellor

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, then

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; Csépán, a powerful baron and

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and Pat, who also held that position.Engel: ''Genealógia'' (Genus Győr 1., Óvár branch) A contemporary document preserved his nickname "Kubech". Sometimes after 1199, the Győr brothers founded a Benedictine monastery in their possession seat Lébény,

Győr County Győr county (in Hungarian: ''Győr (vár)megye'') was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary, situated mostly on the right (south) side of the Danube river. Its territory is now part of Hungary, except seven villages on t ...

. There they also built a Romanesque church, dedicated to Apostle

James the Greater James the Great (Koine Greek, Koinē Greek: Ἰάκωβος, romanized: ''Iákōbos''; Syriac language, Aramaic: ܝܥܩܘܒ, romanized: ''Yaʿqōḇ''; died AD 44) was one of the Apostles in the New Testament, Twelve Apostles of Jesus. Accordi ...

. Alexander was a faithful soldier of

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. When the royal army invaded Serbia then Bulgaria in 1201 or 1202, Alexander participated in the skirmish against Gubasel, who was possibly a Cuman chieftain of Bulgarian tsar

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. For his service, he was granted the estates of Bán (present-day Bánovce nad Bebravou,

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) and Sásony (present-day Winden am See,

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) by Emeric. Alexander donated both lands to the Lébény Abbey thereafter. He served as ''ispán'' of Moson County in 1207, but died soon, as his brother Pat succeeded him in that year. When King Andrew II confirmed the Győr brothers' donations to the Lébény Abbey in 1208, Alexander was already referred to as a deceased person.

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