Peter (I) from the kindred Tétény (; died after 1233) was a Hungarian noble in the first half of the 13th century, who administered

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during the reign of

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Family

Peter (I) was born into the ''gens'' (clan) Tétény as the son of Marcellus I (or Ambrose). His brothers were

Marcellus II Pope Marcellus II (; 6 May 1501 – 1 May 1555), born Marcello Cervini degli Spannocchi, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 10 April 1555 to his death, 22 days later. He succeeded Pope Julius III. Before his ...

, an influential baron in the court of Andrew II, Fabian,

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and

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. Of the five brothers, only Peter had descendants. Through his only known son Benedict, he was forefather of the noble Pekri family (also known as Pekry), which rose to prominence in the 16th century, during the

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.Engel: ''Genealógia'' (Genus Tétény, Pekri branch)

Career

Along with his brothers, Peter was a confidant of King Andrew II. In contemporary documents, he was usually styled as "''frater Marcelli''" or "''germanus Marcelli''", which reflects his brother Marcellus' influence in the royal court during that time. Peter is first referred to 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

Temes County County of Temes ( Hungarian: ''Temes'', Romanian: ''Timiș'', Serbian: ''Тамиш'' or ''Tamiš'', German: ''Temes'' or ''Temesch'') was an administrative county ( comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now in southwestern ...

in 1221. Whether Peter is identical with those namesake office-holders, who held ispánates in various parts of the kingdom in the 1220s, is unknown. Prior to 1228, Peter was involved in a lawsuit with the Vajk kindred over a possession called Keresztúr, which laid between Peker (or Pukur) and Toplica (present-day a borough of

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). During the trial, certain Arnold, son of Peterd and Leucus, son of Deschen were mentioned as Peter's relatives (possibly by his marriage). The court ruled against Peter in 1228. Peter served as count (head) of the court of Queen

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from 1229 to 1230. Beside that, he also administered

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(or Újvár) in 1230. According to a non-authentic charter, he held the latter position in 1232 too. He functioned as ''ispán'' of

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in 1233. In this capacity, he was among those barons of the realm, who swore to the

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– the agreement of Andrew II and the

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– in September 1233. Still in 1233, Peter was replaced as ''ispán'' by Sebes Hont-Pázmány. It is possible that neither Marcellus nor Peter outlived Andrew's death, which occurred in 1235.

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