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Desiderius Hédervári
Desiderius Hédervári de Világosvár ( hu, világosvári Hédervári Dezső; killed 12 November 1330) was a Hungarian medieval nobleman and soldier, one of the first members of the prestigious Hédervári family. He held important positions in the queenly court since the 1320s. He sacrificed himself protecting King Charles I in the Battle of Posada. Career Early activity Desiderius descended from the Hédervár branch of the ''gens'' (clan) Héder, as the son of Denis (III) "the White-headed". He had two brothers, Nicholas (II) and Andrew, who died in 1330 and 1326, respectively.Engel: ''Genealógia'' (Genus Héder 1., Hédervár branch) Desiderius first appears in contemporary records in 1285, when acquired the village of Bodak, which laid in the area between Danube and Csiliz creek in Győr County (present-day Bodíky in Medzičiližie, a southern sub-region of Žitný ostrov in Slovakia). Since the early 1280s, the Héderváris' distant relative, the powerful Kőszegi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chronicon Pictum
The ''Chronicon Pictum'' (Latin for "illustrated chronicle", English: ''Illuminated Chronicle'' or ''Vienna Illuminated Chronicle'', hu, Képes Krónika, sk, Obrázková kronika, german: Illustrierte Chronik, also referred to as ''Chronica Hungarorum'', ''Chronicon Hungarie Pictum, Chronica Picta'' or ''Chronica de Gestis Hungarorum'') is a medieval illustrated chronicle from the Kingdom of Hungary from the 14th century. It represents the great international artistic style of the royal courts in the court of King Louis I of Hungary. The codex is a unique source of art, medieval and cultural history. The chronicle's full name is: ''Chronicon pictum, Marci de Kalt, Chronica de gestis Hungarorum'' (Illustrated Chronicle, Mark of Kalt's Chronicle About the Deeds of the great Hungarians). History of the chronicle The chronicle was written by Mark of Kalt ( la, Marci de Kalt, hu, Kálti Márk) in 1358, with the last of the illuminations being finished between 1370 and 1373. The c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pozsony County
Pozsony county was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now mostly part of Slovakia, while a small area belongs to Hungary. In 1969, the three villages that remained in Hungary were combined to form Dunasziget. Its name changed along with that of the city of Pressburg ( hu, Pozsony, today's Bratislava). Its names around 1900 were ''Pozsony vármegye'' in Hungarian, ''Prešpurská župa'' in Slovak and ''Preßburger Gespanschaft'' in German. Geography The county shared borders with the Austrian land of Lower Austria and the Hungarian counties Nyitra, Komárom, Győr and Moson. It was situated between the river Morava in the west, the river Danube in the south, and the river Váh ( hu, Vág) in the east. The southern part of the Little Carpathians divided the county into two. It also covered most of the island known today as Žitný ostrov (Hungarian: ''Csallóköz'') between the Danube and the Little Danube. Its area was 4,370&nb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zaránd County
Zaránd County ( hu, Zaránd vármegye, la, Comitatus Zarandiensis) was an administrative unit of the Kingdom of Hungary and the Principality of Transylvania from the middle ages until 1876. Located mainly in the Fehér-Körös/ Crișul Alb river valley, today its former territory lies mostly in Romania, with a small amount in south-eastern Hungary. In the 16th century Zaránd was part of the Eastern Hungarian Kingdom and later the Partium territories of the Principality of Transylvania. It returned to Habsburg Hungary in 1699. In 1744 most of the western territory of Zaránd County, including its capital Zaránd/ Zărand, was transferred to Arad County; Körösbánya/Baia de Criș became the capital of the new rump county. During a period of significant administrative reform in the Austrian Empire following the Revolutions of 1848 the traditional counties of Transylvania (including the Partium territories of Zaránd, Kraszna, Közép-Szolnok and Kővár) were abolished and re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. ( hu, ispán, la, comes or comes parochialis, and sk, župan)Kirschbaum 2007, p. 315. was the leader of a castle district (a fortress and the royal lands attached to it) 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. Heads of counties were often represented locally by their deputies, the vice-ispánsRady 2000, p. 41. ( hu, alispán,Nemes 1989, p. 21. la, viceco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borsa (genus)
Borsa may refer to: Places Greece * Borsas, a village in the municipal unit of Mykines, Argolis, Greece Norway * Børsa, a village in Skaun municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway * Børsa (municipality), a former municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway * Børsa Church, a church in Skaun municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway Romania * Borșa ( hu, Borsa), a town in Maramureș County *Borșa, Cluj, a commune in Cluj County, which includes Borșa-Cătun and Borșa-Crestaia villages *Borșa, a village in Săcădat Commune, Bihor County *Borșa, a village in Vlădeni Commune, Iași County * Borșa (river), a river in Cluj County Slovakia * Borša, a village in Slovakia * Hruba Borsa, a village and municipality in western Slovakia People * Andrea Borsa (born 1972), Italian football player * Andy Borsa (1944–2016), American politician * Emilio Borsa (1857–1931), Italian painter * James Borsa (c. 1260 – 1325/1332), lord in the Kingdom of Hungary *Roger Borsa (1060/1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Borsa
James Borsa the Bald ( hu, Borsa Kopasz Jakab; 12601325/1332), was an influential lord in the Kingdom of Hungary at the turn of the 13th and 14th centuries. He was Palatine between 1306 and 1314, Ban of Slavonia in 1298, and Master of the horse between 1284 and 1285. References Sources * * * * * Bans of Slavonia Palatines of Hungary Oligarchs of the Kingdom of Hungary James James is a common English language surname and given name: *James (name), the typically masculine first name James * James (surname), various people with the last name James James or James City may also refer to: People * King James (disambiguat ... 13th-century Hungarian people 14th-century Hungarian people Masters of the horse (Kingdom of Hungary) {{Romania-hist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous city and state. A landlocked country, Austria is bordered by Germany to the northwest, the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia to the northeast, Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west. The country occupies an area of and has a population of 9 million. Austria emerged from the remnants of the Eastern and Hungarian March at the end of the first millennium. Originally a margraviate of Bavaria, it developed into a duchy of the Holy Roman Empire in 1156 and was later made an archduchy in 1453. In the 16th century, Vienna began serving as the empire's administrative capital and Austria thus became the heartland of the Habsburg monarchy. After the dissolution of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burgenland
Burgenland (; hu, Őrvidék; hr, Gradišće; Austro-Bavarian: ''Burgnland;'' Slovene: ''Gradiščanska'') is the easternmost and least populous state of Austria. It consists of two statutory cities and seven rural districts, with a total of 171 municipalities. It is long from north to south but much narrower from west to east ( wide at Sieggraben). The region is part of the Centrope Project. Geography Burgenland is the third-smallest of Austria's nine states, or ''Bundesländer'', at . The highest point in the province is exactly on the border with Hungary, on the Geschriebenstein, above sea level. The highest point entirely within Burgenland is 879 metres above sea level; the lowest point (which is also the lowest point of Austria) at , is in the municipal area of Apetlon. Burgenland borders the Austrian state of Styria to the southwest, and the state of Lower Austria to the northwest. To the east it borders Hungary ( Vas County and Győr-Moson-Sopron County). In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sopron County
Sopron (German: ''Ödenburg'') was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now divided between Austria and Hungary. The capital of the county was Sopron. Geography Sopron county shared borders with the Austrian land Lower Austria and the Hungarian counties Moson, Győr, Veszprém and Vas. The Lake Neusiedl (Hungarian: ''Fertő tó'', German: ''Neusiedler See'') lay in the county. Its area was about 3,256 km2 around 1910. History The Sopron comitatus arose as one of the first comitati of the Kingdom of Hungary. In 1920, by the Treaty of Trianon the western part of the county became part of Austria, while the eastern part became a part of Hungary. In 1921, it was decided by referendum that the city of Sopron and eight surrounding settlements would join Hungary instead of Austria. In 1950, Sopron county merged with Győr-Moson county to form Győr-Sopron county, while a small part of Sopron county went to Vas county. The county w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Neusiedl
Lake Neusiedl (german: Neusiedler See), or Fertő ( hu, Fertő (tó); hr, Nežidersko jezero, Niuzaljsko jezero; sl, Nežidersko jezero; sk, Neziderské jazero; cs, Neziderské jezero) is the largest endorheic lake in Central Europe, straddling the Austrian– Hungarian border. The lake covers , of which is on the Austrian side and on the Hungarian side. The lake's drainage basin has an area of about . From north to south, the lake is about long, and it is between and wide from east to west. On average, the lake's surface is above the Adriatic Sea and the lake is no more than deep. Water level fluctuations In the past, rainfall and aridity caused significant floods (which in 1768 enlarged the lake to its maximum documented size of ) and significant decreases in the lake's level, although frequently there seemed to be no apparent connection with the weather situation. Stratigraphy shows that the lake bed has totally dried up at least 100 times since its formation ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rust, Burgenland
Rust (; hr, Rušta; hu, Ruszt) is a city in the Austrian state of Burgenland, located on the western shore of Lake Neusiedl near the border with Hungary. With only about 1,900 inhabitants, it is the country's smallest statutory city, as it was endowed with the rights of a royal free city by the Hungarian crown in 1681. As a ''Statutarstadt'', it also forms an administrative district (''Bezirk'') in its own right. The city is famous for its wines, especially for Beerenauslese, ice wine and - especially - ''Ruster Ausbruch''. History The settlement was first mentioned as ''Ceel'' in a 1317 deed issued by King Charles I of Hungary, its name derived from Hungarian ''szil'' for Elm, later translated into German ''Rüster'' or ''Rusten''. The present-day Hungarian name ''Ruszt'' is again a translation from the German term. Rust's citizens received market rights in 1470 and the privilege to mark the corks of their wine barrels with the famous 'R' brand in 1524. The a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schützen Am Gebirge
Schützen am Gebirge ( hu, Sérc, hr, Česno) is a municipality in the Eisenstadt-Umgebung district in the Austrian state of Burgenland. History The first written mention of Schützen am Gebirge was in 1211. Name ''Gebirge'' means 'mountain range'. Schützen is a German plural noun for marksmen A marksman is a person who is skilled in precision shooting using projectile weapons (in modern days most commonly an accurized scoped long gun such as designated marksman rifle or a sniper rifle) to shoot at high-value targets at longer-than .... The verb ''schützen'' is not related to this noun, but to ''schutz'', meaning 'to guard' or 'to protect'. Population References Cities and towns in Eisenstadt-Umgebung District {{Burgenland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
