Alexander Győr
Alexander from the kindred Győr (Hungarian: Győr nembeli Sándor; died 1207) was a Hungarian noble at the turn of the 12th and 13th centuries, who served as ispán of Moson County for a short time.
Alexander Győr | |
|---|---|
| Ispán of Moson | |
| Reign | 1207 |
| Predecessor | Pat Győr |
| Successor | Pat Győr |
| Died | 1207 |
| Noble family | gens Győr |
| Father | Stephen I |
Life
Alexander was born into the Óvár branch of the gens (clan) Győr of German origin, as one of the five sons of Stephen I. His brothers were ban Maurus; prelate and chancellor Saul, Bishop of Csanád, then Archbishop of Kalocsa; Csépán, a powerful baron and Palatine of Hungary and Pat, who also held that position.[1]
A contemporary document preserved his nickname "Kubech".[1] Sometimes after 1199, the Győr brothers founded a Benedictine monastery in their possession seat Lébény, Győr County. There they also built a Romanesque church, dedicated to Apostle James the Greater. Alexander was a faithful soldier of Emeric, King of Hungary. When the royal army invaded Serbia then Bulgaria in 1201 or 1202, Alexander participated in the skirmish against Gubasel, who was possibly a Cuman chieftain of Bulgarian tsar Kaloyan. For his service, he was granted the estates of Bán (present-day Bánovce nad Bebravou, Slovakia) and Sásony (present-day Winden am See, Austria) by Emeric. Alexander donated both lands to the Lébény Abbey thereafter.[2] He served as ispán of Moson County in 1207, but died soon, as his brother Pat succeeded him in that year.[3] When King Andrew II confirmed the Győr brothers' donations to the Lébény Abbey in 1208, Alexander was already referred to as a deceased person.[4]
References
- Engel: Genealógia (Genus Győr 1., Óvár branch)
- C. Tóth 2001, p. 56.
- Zsoldos 2011, p. 169.
- C. Tóth 2001, p. 57.
Sources
- C. Tóth, Norbert (2001). "A Győr-nemzetség az Árpád-korban [The Győr Kindred in the Age of Árpáds]". In Neumann, Tibor (ed.). Analecta Mediaevalia I. Tanulmányok a középkorról (in Hungarian). Argumentum Kiadó. p. 53–72. ISBN 963-446-174-3.
- Zsoldos, Attila (2011). Magyarország világi archontológiája, 1000–1301 [Secular Archontology of Hungary, 1000–1301] (in Hungarian). História, MTA Történettudományi Intézete. ISBN 978-963-9627-38-3.