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Count of Hermannstadt

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The Count of Hermannstadt, also Count of Sibiu or Count of Szeben[1] (Hungarian: szebeni ispán), was the head of the Transylvanian Saxons living in the wider region of Hermannstadt (now Sibiu in Romania) in the 13th and early 14th centuries.[2][3] The counts were royal officials, appointed and dismissed by the Kings of Hungary.

Origins

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Jurisdiction

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List of counts of Hermannstadt

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Thirteenth century

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Term Incumbent Monarch Notes Source
c. 1210 Joachim Türje Andrew II [4][5]
c. 1266 Dominic Csák Stephen V also Palatine of the King junior, Stephen V, and ispán of Bács County [4]
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Fourteenth century

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Term Incumbent Monarch Notes Source
c. 1323 Nicholas Telegdi Charles I [3]
1323-c. 1324 Thomas Szécsényi Charles I also Voivode of Transylvania [3]
c. 1329 Nicholas Brassói Charles I [3]

References

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  1. ^ Vásáry, István (24 March 2005). Cumans and Tatars: Oriental Military in the Pre-Ottoman Balkans, 1185–1365. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. p. 59. ISBN 978-0-521-83756-9.
  2. ^ Engel 2001, p. 114.
  3. ^ a b c d Engel 1996, p. 191.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Zsoldos 2011, p. 204.
  5. ^ Curta 2006, p. 385.

Sources

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  • Curta, Florin (2006). Southeastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 500–1250. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-89452-4.
  • Engel, Pál (1996). Magyarország világi archontológiája, 1301–1457, I [Secular Archontology of Hungary, 1301–1457, Volume I] (in Hungarian). História, MTA Történettudományi Intézete. ISBN 963-8312-44-0.
  • Engel, Pál (2001). The Realm of St Stephen: A History of Medieval Hungary, 895–1526. I.B. Tauris Publishers. ISBN 1-86064-061-3.
  • Zsoldos, Attila (2011). Magyarország világi archontológiája, 1000–1301 [Secular Archontology of Hungary, 1000–1301] (in Hungarian). História, MTA Történettudományi Intézete. ISBN 978-963-9627-38-3.