Pousa Bár-Kalán
Pousa from the kindred Bár-Kalán (Hungarian: Bár-Kalán nembeli Pósa; died between 1222 and 1255) was a Hungarian noble, who served as Judge royal for a short time in 1222, during the reign of Andrew II of Hungary.[1]
Pousa Bár-Kalán | |
|---|---|
| Judge royal | |
| Reign | 1222 |
| Predecessor | Bánk Bár-Kalán |
| Successor | Lawrence Atyusz |
| Died | between 1222 and 1255 |
| Noble family | gens Bár-Kalán |
| Spouse(s) | Elizabeth Győr N Héder |
| Issue | (1) Nana II (1) Lucia (1) a daughter (2) Walter |
| Father | Nana I |
He belonged to the Sáp branch of the gens Bár-Kalán as the son of Nana I. Possibly he had two brothers, Peter and Gregory. Pousa married first to Elizabeth from the Győr kindred, a daughter of Palatine Pat Győr. They had a son, Nana II (who married a daughter of Palatine Mojs I), and two daughters, including Lucia, who married Vejte II, the son of Vejte I Csanád.[2] Pousa's second wife was an unidentified daughter of Héder II Héder. Their marriage produced a son, Walter.[3]
Historian Mór Wertner identified him a certain Pousa, who served as Ban of Slavonia in 1216. Soon he was replaced by his distant relative Bánk Bár-Kalán.[4] As formerly he was a loyal supporter of King Emeric, his baronial league came to the fore, when the nobles forced Andrew II to issue the Golden Bull of 1222.[3] He was elected Judge royal, beside that he also functioned as ispán of Borsod and Csanád Counties.[5] However soon Pousa and other Emeric-partisan lords had lost their influence, he was replaced by Lawrence Atyusz as Judge royal and his career ended. Pousa died sometime between 1222 and 15 March 1255.[3]
References
- Zsoldos 2011, p. 29.
- Engel: Genealógia (Genus Bár-Kalán, Sáp branch)
- Markó 2006, p. 270.
- Zsoldos 2011, p. 43.
- Zsoldos 2011, p. 347.
Sources
- Markó, László (2006). A magyar állam főméltóságai Szent Istvántól napjainkig: Életrajzi Lexikon [Great Officers of State in Hungary from King Saint Stephen to Our Days: A Biographical Encyclopedia] (in Hungarian). Helikon Kiadó. ISBN 963-208-970-7.
- 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.