Héder (II) from the kindred Héder (; died after 1223) was a Hungarian lord in the first decades of the 13th century, 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

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 ...

in 1223.

Life

Héder (Hederic or Hedrich) was born into the Hédervár branch of the powerful ''gens'' (clan) Héder, as the son of Denis (I). His grandfather was

Héder Héder, also Hedrich, Heindrich and Henry (; died after 1164) was a German knight possibly from the Duchy of Swabia, who, alongside his brother Wolfer, settled down in the Kingdom of Hungary and became a member of the Hungarian nobility. Héder w ...

, namesake co-founder of the clan.Engel: ''Genealógia'' (Genus Héder 1., Hédervár branch) He had a brother Denis (II), progenitor of the prestigious Hédervári family. The name of Héder (II) first appears in contemporary records in 1210, when he is mentioned among the neighbors, when royal officials determined the borders of the estate Novák in Győr County. At that time, he possessed

Hédervár Hédervár is a village located in Győr-Moson-Sopron County, in northwestern Hungary. Description The village settled in the Szigetköz in Győr-Moson-Sopron country halfway along the road connecting Győr and Mosonmagyaróvár. Its emergence ...

. Sometime between 1221 and 1223, Héder was appointed ''ispán'' of Győr County, according to a royal charter issued in 1223. This is the last information about Héder. The next known office-holder Simon Nagymartoni is first mentioned in this capacity in 1232. From his unidentified wife, Héder had two sons, James I and Lawrence III, and a daughter, who married

Pousa Bár-Kalán Pousa from the kindred Bár-Kalán (; died between 1222 and 1255) was a Hungarian noble, who served as Judge royal for a short time in 1222, during the reign of Andrew II of Hungary. He belonged to the Sáp branch of the ''gens'' Bár-Kalán as ...

. In 1255, James and Lawrence 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 ...

from the late Pousa's son, Nana.

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