Oligarch (Kingdom of Hungary)

The provinces ruled by the "oligarchs" (powerful lords) in the early 14th century

An oligarch or provincial lord (Hungarian: tartományúr) was a powerful lord who administered huge contiguous territories through usurping royal prerogatives in the Kingdom of Hungary in the late 13th and the early 14th centuries.^[1][2] The term petty king used to be used as well.

List of oligarchs

Interregnum (1301–1310)

• Amadeus Aba (Northeast Hungary)
• Stephen Ákos (Borsod)
• Stephen Babonić (Lower Slavonia)
• James Borsa (Transtisia)
• Matthew Csák (Northwest Hungary)
• Ugrin Csák (Upper Syrmia)
• Dujam Frankopan (Primorje)
• Ladislaus Kán (Transylvania)
• Henry Kőszegi (Southern Transdanubia and Upper Slavonia)
• Ivan Kőszegi (Western Transdanubia)
• Stephen Dragutin Nemanjić (Lower Syrmia)
• Nicholas Pok (Szamosköz)
• Dominic Rátót (Nógrád)
• Paul Šubić (Croatia and Bosnia)
• Theodore Vejtehi (Severin)

References

1. Engel 2001, pp. 124–126.
2. Kontler 1999, p. 84.

Sources

• Engel, Pál (2001). The Realm of St Stephen: A History of Medieval Hungary, 895–1526. I.B. Tauris Publishers. ISBN 1-86064-061-3.
• Kontler, László (1999). Millennium in Central Europe: A History of Hungary. Atlantisz Publishing House. ISBN 963-9165-37-9.