Ugrin Csák
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- This is article about medieval ruler of Upper Syrmia. For other persons with name Ugrin Csák, see Ugrin Csák (disambiguation)
Ugrin Csák (died in 1311) was an early 14th century ruler of Upper Syrmia. In the beginning of the 14th century, the Kingdom of Hungary fell into civil war over Hungarian throne, and the central power in the Kingdom collapsed. Following this collapse, many local oligarchs assumed regal rights for themselves and ruled over large territories as de facto independent rulers, with their own private armies, administration and juristical systems.
One of these local oligarhs was Ugrin Csák, who ruled over present-day regions of Syrmia, Slavonia, and Bačka, while his residences were in Ilok and Slavonska Požega. Territory over which Ugrin Csák ruled is known as Upper Syrmia, while neighbouring region of Lower Syrmia was ruled by another ruler, Stefan Dragutin. After Ugrin Csák died, in 1311, his lands were joined to the territory held by the Hungarian king Charles I (Robert). This extension of the territory under his jurisdiction, helped to Hungarian king to defeat other local oligarchs.
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- Peter Rokai, Zoltan Đere, Tibor Pal, Aleksandar Kasaš, Istorija Mađara, Beograd, 2002.
