Smaragd
Źródło: Smaragd of Transylvania
| Poprzednik: | Sędzia królewski (1205-1206) |
Następca: |
| Kán I. Gyula | Tétény Marcell |
| Poprzednik: | Wojewoda Siedmiogrodu (1205-1206) |
Następca: |
| Benedek | Benedek |
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Smaragd (II) from the kindred 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.
His father was ispán (comes) Smaragd I (d. after 1167). He moved to the Kingdom of Hungary from Champagne, France. He had three children, including Smaragd III, archbishop of Kalocsa. He was the ancestor of the House of Zsámboki (Gilétfi).[1][2]
Smaragd served as judge royal (iudex curiae) between 1205 and 1206. Besides that he was the ispán of Szolnok County.[3] After that he was appointed voivode of Transylvania in 1206.[4][5] According to László Markó he also held that office until 1207.[1]
Between 1208 and 1209, he functioned as ispán of Bihar County.[6] He served as ispán of Szolnok County for the second time in 1213.[7] He was the ispán of Pozsony County from 1214 to 1222.[8] He participated in Andrew II's Fifth Crusade between 1217 and 1218.[1] Smaragd served as ispán of Bács County at the end of 1222.[9]
Sources
- Engel, Pál (2001). The Realm of St Stephen: A History of Medieval Hungary, 895-1526. I.B. Tauris Publishers. .
- (Po węgiersku) Markó, László (2006). A magyar állam főméltóságai Szent Istvántól napjainkig – Életrajzi Lexikon ("The High Officers of the Hungarian State from Saint Stephen to the Present Days – A Biographical Encyclopedia") (2nd edition); Helikon Kiadó Kft., Budapest; .
- (Po węgiersku) Zsoldos, Attila (2011). Magyarország világi archontológiája, 1000–1301 ("Secular Archontology of Hungary, 1000–1301"). História, MTA Történettudományi Intézete. Budapest.
