Torda County

Torda County (German: Komitat Torda,[1] Hungarian: Torda vármegye,[1] Latin: comitatus Thordensis)[1] was a county in Transylvania between the 11th or 12th century and 1876.

History

Kingdom of Hungary

Counties (districts formed aroung royal fortresses) were the basic units of royal administration in the Kingdom of Hungary from the 11th century.[2] The fortress initially serving as the seat of Torda County was located at a distance of about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi)[3] from modern Torda (Turda, Romania) above the village Várfalva (Moldoveneşti) on the river Aranyos (Arieș).[4] A cemetery near the castle was used from the turn of the 10th and 11th centuries.[4]

The earliest royal charter mentioning the castle is from 1075,[5] but only its interpolated version has been preserved.[6] The earliest authentic charter referring to the same castle is dated to 1177.[7] Although the county itself was only first mentioned in 1227,[8] a reference in the charter of 1075 to taxes levied on salt at the castle implies the existence of a system of administration.[9] Reference to an unnamed[10] ispán of Torda was preserved in a charter from 1221.[3] The ispáns of Torda were appointed by the voivodes of Transylvania, the representative of the kings of Hungary in the province.[11]

List of ispáns

Fourteenth century

Term Incumbent Voivode of Transylvania Notes Source
c. 1310 Domokos, son of Marcell Járai Ladislaus (III) Kán [12]
c. 1312 Miklós, son of Péter Gerendi Ladislaus (III) Kán first rule [12]
c. 1326 Miklós, son of Péter Gerendi Thomas Szécsényi second rule [12]
c. 1335 Magister Jakab, son of István Thomas Szécsényi [12]
c. 1350 Marót, son of Péter Cine of Olaszi [13]
c. 1366 János Túri Denis Lackfi [13]

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Fallenbüchl 1994, p. 153.
  2. ↑ Engel 2001, pp. 40-41.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kristó 1988, p. 92.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Bóna 1994, p. 163.
  5. ↑ Curta 2006, p. 356.
  6. ↑ Kristó 2003, p. 91.
  7. ↑ Kristó 2003, pp. 91-92.
  8. ↑ Kristó 2003, p. 92.
  9. ↑ Curta 2006, pp. 251., 356.
  10. ↑ Zsoldos 2011, p. 273.
  11. ↑ Engel 1996, pp. 11., 246.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 Engel 1996, pp. 11., 251.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Engel 1996, pp. 12., 251.

References

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  • Curta, Florin (2006). Southeastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 500-1250. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-89452-4.
  • (Hungarian) Engel, Pál (1996). Magyarország világi archontológiája, 1301–1457, I. [=Secular Archontology of Hungary, 1301–1457, Volume I"]. História, MTA Történettudományi Intézete. Budapest. ISBN 963-8312-44-0.
  • Engel, Pál (2001). The Realm of St Stephen: A History of Medieval Hungary, 895-1526. I.B. Tauris Publishers. ISBN 1-86064-061-3.
  • (Hungarian) (German) Fallenbüchl, Zoltán (1994). Magyarország főispánjai, 1526–1848 - Die Obergespane Ungarns, 1526–1848 =Lord-lieutenants of counties in Hungary, 1526–1848
  • (Hungarian) Kristó, Gyula (1988). A vármegyék kialakulása Magyarországon [=Development of Counties in Hungary]. Magvető Kiadó. ISBN 963-14-1189-3.
  • Kristó, Gyula (2003). Early Transylvania (895-1324). Lucidus Kiadó. ISBN 963-9465-12-7.
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