Gregory (II) from the kindred Monoszló (; died after 1256) was a Hungarian noble, who served as ''
ispán
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'' of
Krassó County in 1255.
Biography
Gregory II was born into the
''gens'' Monoszló as the son of
Thomas I Thomas I may refer to:
* Thomas I of Constantinople, Patriarch from 607 to 610
* Thomas I of Jerusalem, Patriarch until 821
* Thomas I of York (died in 1100)
* Thomas I, Count of Savoy (1178–1233)
* Thomas I d'Autremencourt (died ca. 1212), ...
, who functioned as ''ispán'' of Valkó County (1221) and
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), ...
(1228–1229). He also had a brother, Thomas II, the ancestor of the Csupor family, and at least four sisters, including Nabut, who married James from the
Héder clan.
He married an unidentified noblewoman from the
''gens'' Bő, and was father of three notable barons,
Egidius II,
Gregory III and prelate
Peter II.
Gregory was first mentioned by contemporary sources in 1237, when he shared his inherited property with Thomas II, possibly immediately after their father's death. Later, in 1244, he bought the village of Füzegy, near to Szond in
Bács County (
Vizić
Vizić () is a village located in the Bačka Palanka municipality, in the South Bačka District of Serbia, although it is not geographically located in Bačka, but in Syrmia. The village is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. The pop ...
and
Sonta
Sonta ( sr-cyr, Сонта) is a village located in the municipality of Apatin, West Bačka District, Vojvodina, Serbia. The village has a Croats, Croat ethnic majority and its population numbering 4,238 people (2011 census).
Name
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in
Serbia
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, respectively), but soon, in 1252, he had to sell that to the
Archdiocese of Kalocsa
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associated ...
due to its
right of pre-emption
A pre-emption right, right of pre-emption, or first option to buy is a contractual right to acquire certain property newly coming into existence before it can be offered to any other person or entity. It comes from the Latin verb ''emo, emere, emi, ...
. He served as ''ispán'' of Krassó County in 1255, during the reign of
Béla IV of Hungary
Béla IV (1206 – 3 May 1270) was King of Hungary and King of Croatia, Croatia between 1235 and 1270, and Duke of Styria from 1254 to 1258. As the oldest son of Andrew II of Hungary, King Andrew II, he was crowned upon the initiative of a group ...
. Earlier archontological and historical works identified him with that Gregory, who functioned as the first known
Judge of the Cumans The judge of the Cumans ( or ''kunbíró''; ) was a short-lived legal office, then an ''ex officio'' title in the Hungarian royal court, existed since the second half of the 13th century. In 1270, the Palatine of Hungary assumed the dignity and beca ...
in 1269. Historian Attila Zsoldos, however, notes, the last mention of Gregory II is from 1256, and there is no record of him about his role in the
1260s civil war. Contrary to Gregory II, his namesake son, Gregory III was a loyal supporter of
Duke Stephen, who ruled over the Cuman territories, and through his marriage, he also became brother-in-law of
Elizabeth the Cuman
Elizabeth the Cuman (1244–1290) was the Queen consort of Stephen V of Hungary. She was regent of Hungary during the minority of her son from 1272 to 1277.
The Cumans were the western tribes of the Cuman-Kipchak confederation.
Her people follo ...
, spouse of Stephen.
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13th-century Hungarian nobility
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