Macarius (I) from the kindred Monoszló () was a Hungarian noble, the first known member of the ''gens'' Monoszló.

Career

His unidentified father, the ancestor of the kindred received the estate of Monoszló (today Podravska Moslavina,

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) in Križevci County in

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from

Béla III of Hungary Béla III (, , ; 114823 April 1196) was King of Hungary and King of Croatia, Croatia between 1172 and 1196. He was the second son of King Géza II of Hungary, Géza II and Géza's wife, Euphrosyne of Kiev. Around 1161, Géza granted Béla a du ...

. There he also granted the right of '' marturina'', a type of tax in Croatia which was collected in the then highly valued marten skins. Macarius was one of his four sons and the only one who is known by name. Macarius owned Szond,

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(today Sonta,

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) by 1196 and married a daughter of Peter Győr from the Szenterzsébet branch. He served as ''

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'' (head) of

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around from 1192 to 1193, during the late reign of Béla III. It is possible that he was identical with that Macarius, who held the dignity of vice-ban of Primorje in 1189. He had at least three sons from his marriage.

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became a prominent supporter of Duke Andrew and participated in his

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against King Emeric. Andrew II later made Thomas his

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in 1228. Nicholas I and Stephen I remained only landowners in the county without political significance, their branches became extinct by the 1250s.

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Macarius Macarius is a Latinization (literature), Latinized form of the old Greek given name Makários (Μακάριος), meaning "happy, fortunate, blessed"; compare the Latin Beatus (disambiguation), ''beatus'' and Felix (name) , ''felix''. Ancient Gree ...