Smaragd of Transylvania

Smaragd
Judge royal
Reign1205–1206
PredecessorJulius I Kán
SuccessorMarcellus Tétény
Diedafter 1223
Noble familygens Smaragd
IssueSmaragd III
Aynard
Gilét I
FatherSmaragd I

Smaragd (II) from the kindred Smaragd (Hungarian: Smaragd nembeli (II.) Smaragd; died after 1223) was a Hungarian distinguished nobleman from the gens Smaragd, who held several positions during the reign of Andrew II of Hungary.

Family

His father was ispán (comes) Smaragd I (d. after 1167). He moved to the Kingdom of Hungary from Champagne, France. Smaragd II had a brother, Egidius (or Giles). Together with him, Smaragd built the Premontre monastery church of Zsámbék around 1220.[1] During the foundation, Smaragd donated his estates Szentkirály (within Esztergom), Marót, Perbál, Répás (today a borough of Sajópálfala), Szörény, Zsámbék, Ság, Seregélyes and Szerdahely to the monastery.[2] Egidius and Smaragd possibly also had another brother Paul.[1]

Smaragd had three children, one of them was Smaragd III, archbishop of Kalocsa. Aynard I served as ispán of Valkó County from 1244 to 1246, while Gilét I was count of the tárnoks ("comes udvornicorum"). Both of them belonged to the retinue of Queen Maria Laskarina, wife of Béla IV of Hungary.[3] They were the ancestors of the Ajnárdfi and Zsámboki (Gilétfi) noble families, respectively.[4][5]

Career

Smaragd served as judge royal (iudex curiae) between 1205 and 1206. Besides that he was the ispán of Szolnok County.[6] After that he was appointed voivode of Transylvania in 1206.[7][8] According to László Markó he also held that office until 1207.[4] Smaragd owned Szeghalom and Csökmő in 1208, according to a contemporary document.[1]

Between 1208 and 1209, he functioned as ispán of Bihar County.[9] He served as ispán of Szolnok County for the second time in 1213.[10] He was the ispán of Pozsony County from 1214 to 1222.[11] He participated in Andrew II's Fifth Crusade between 1217 and 1218.[4] Smaragd served as ispán of Bács County at the end of 1222.[12]

References

  1. ^ a b c Balázs 2016, p. 43.
  2. ^ Balázs 2016, p. 48.
  3. ^ Balázs 2016, p. 44.
  4. ^ a b c Markó 2006, p. 292.
  5. ^ Marek, Miroslav. "Zsámboki (Gilétfi) family tree". Genealogy.EU.
  6. ^ Zsoldos 2011, p. 28.
  7. ^ Engel 2001, p. 381.
  8. ^ Zsoldos 2011, p. 37.
  9. ^ Zsoldos 2011, p. 138.
  10. ^ Zsoldos 2011, p. 209.
  11. ^ Zsoldos 2011, p. 183.
  12. ^ Zsoldos 2011, p. 127.

Sources

  • Balázs, Gergő (2016). "A Smaragd nemzetség története [The History of the Smaragd Clan]". Turul (in Hungarian). 89 (2). Magyar Heraldikai és Genealógiai Társaság: 41–53. ISSN 1216-7258.
  • Engel, Pál (2001). The Realm of St Stephen: A History of Medieval Hungary, 895–1526. I.B. Tauris Publishers. ISBN 1-86064-061-3.
  • Markó, László (2006). A magyar állam főméltóságai Szent Istvántól napjainkig: Életrajzi Lexikon [Great Officers of State in Hungary from King Saint Stephen to Our Days: A Biographical Encyclopedia] (in Hungarian). Helikon Kiadó. ISBN 963-208-970-7.
  • 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.
Political offices
Preceded by Judge royal
1205–1206 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Voivode of Transylvania
1206 		Succeeded by