Mojs (I) from the kindred Ákos (also Moys, Majs or Majos; ; died after 1299) was a Hungarian baron at the end of the 13th century, who served as

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in 1291.

Family

His name derived from the

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variant (Moyses) of the

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. Mojs was born into the Ernye branch of the ''gens'' (clan) Ákos as the son of

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(

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from 1270 to 1272 and

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in 1272), he had also two younger brothers, John and Ákos. Mojs' uncle was

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Ernye Ákos Ernye from the kindred Ákos (''Erne''; ; died after January 1275) was a Hungarian baron and landowner. He is best known for saving the life of king Béla IV after the disastrous Battle of Mohi in 1241. He participated in various military campaign ...

, thus he was also a cousin of the oligarch

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. Mojs I had at least three children from his unidentified wife;

Mojs II Mojs, also Moys, Majs or Majos (died September/December 1280) was a powerful Hungarian baron in the 13th century, who held various positions in the royal court since the early 1250s. He retained his influence until his death, owing to his marriag ...

who made an alliance with oligarch James Borsa and the sons of the late

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in 1315 and caused a rebellion against

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; ''magister'' Ellős who died before 1329 and a daughter who married to Andrew Sárpataki.Engel: ''Genealógia'' (Genus Ákos 3., Erne branch)

Career

He was first mentioned by contemporary records in 1278, when he and his brothers donated the estate of Dicsőszentmárton (today Târnăveni, Romania) to their ''familiaris'', a certain Paul for his faithful service, in exchange for 50

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. He functioned as ''

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'' of Ung County in 1284. According to a non-authentic charter issued in 1289, he held the position of

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from 1287 to 1288. Although that diploma is definitely a forgery, should be considered that there is no information on

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's second voivodeship (1284–1294) for the period between the summer of 1285 and 1288. If Mojs I actually held the office then he was also ''ispán'' of

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in the same period. On the instruction of

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and the archiepiscopal synod, Árbóc (a

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maternal relative of King

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) and Mojs I were arrested and held in captivity by

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, the

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in 1288, because Lodomer mistakenly thought that they had planned to go the

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as the envoys of Ladislaus IV whose relationship was severely burdened with the

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. They were released soon. By 1291, Mojs I was appointed

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. He appeared in the dignity (as the first known office-holder since 1228, when Bogomer Ludány held the office) on 12 March 1291, when King

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confirmed his predecessor Ladislaus' land donations to the

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. He was succeeded by Peter Bő in the position by June 1294. Mojs Ákos briefly served as Master of the treasury from around October to December 1291, succeeding the rebellious

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. Mojs was replaced by Dominic Rátót still in that year. He was among the barons of

in 1296. He served as Master of the treasury for Queen Agnes of Austria from 1298 to 1299.

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