Nicholas II of Transylvania

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Nicholas II
Voivode of Transylvania
Reign 1213
Predecessor Bertoldo de Merania
Successor Julius Kán
Died after 1213

Nicholas II (died after 1213; Hungarian : Miklós) was a Hungarian distinguished nobleman, who served as voivode of Transylvania in 1213, during the reign of Andrew II of Hungary. [1] [2] [3]

Hungarian language language spoken in and around Hungary

Hungarian is a Finno-Ugric language spoken in Hungary and parts of several neighbouring countries. It is the official language of Hungary and one of the 24 official languages of the European Union. Outside Hungary it is also spoken by communities of Hungarians in the countries that today make up Slovakia, western Ukraine (Subcarpathia), central and western Romania (Transylvania), northern Serbia (Vojvodina), northern Croatia and northern Slovenia. It is also spoken by Hungarian diaspora communities worldwide, especially in North America and Israel. Like Finnish and Estonian, Hungarian belongs to the Uralic language family. With 13 million speakers, it is the family's largest member by number of speakers.

Voivode of Transylvania the highest-ranking official in Transylvania within the Kingdom of Hungary from the 12th century to the 16th century

The Voivode of Transylvania was the highest-ranking official in Transylvania within the Kingdom of Hungary from the 12th century to the 16th century. Appointed by the monarchs, the voivodes – themselves also the heads or ispáns of Fehér County – were the superiors of the ispáns of all the other counties in the province.

Andrew II of Hungary King of Hungary

Andrew II, also known as Andrew of Jerusalem, was King of Hungary and Croatia between 1205 and 1235. He ruled the Principality of Halych from 1188 until 1189/1190, and again between 1208/1209 and 1210. He was the younger son of Béla III of Hungary, who entrusted him with the administration of the newly conquered Principality of Halych in 1188. Andrew's rule was unpopular, and the boyars expelled him. Béla III willed property and money to Andrew, obliging him to lead a crusade to the Holy Land. Instead, Andrew forced his elder brother, King Emeric of Hungary, to cede Croatia and Dalmatia as an appanage to him in 1197. The following year, Andrew occupied Hum.

Before his voivodeship, Nicholas II served as ispán (comes) of Csanád (1206), [4] Bihar (1207, 1209) [5] and Újvár Counties (1212). [6] Nicholas II maybe was the same person as Nicholas from the kindred Csák, who functioned as ispán of several counties in the coming decades. [7]

The ispán or count was the leader of a castle district in the Kingdom of Hungary from the early 11th century. Most of them were also heads of the basic administrative units of the kingdom, called counties, and from the 13th century the latter function became dominant. The ispáns were appointed and dismissed by either the monarchs or a high-ranking royal official responsible for the administration of a larger territorial unit within the kingdom. They fulfilled administrative, judicial and military functions in one or more counties.

Csanád County county of the Kingdom of Hungary

Csanád was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now in western Romania and southeastern Hungary. The capital of the county was Makó.

Bihar County county of the Kingdom of Hungary

Bihar was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary and a county of Partium. Its territory is now mostly in northwestern Romania, where it is administered as Bihor County, and a smaller part in eastern Hungary. The capital of the county was Nagyvárad.

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References

  1. ↑ Zsoldos 2011, p. 37.
  2. ↑ Engel 2001, p. 381.
  3. ↑ Markó 2006, p. 416.
  4. ↑ Zsoldos 2011, p. 146.
  5. ↑ Zsoldos 2011, p. 138.
  6. ↑ Zsoldos 2011, p. 217.
  7. ↑ Zsoldos 2011, p. 333.

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Political offices
Preceded by
Bertoldo de Merania 		Voivode of Transylvania
1213 		Succeeded by
Julius Kán
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