Csanád
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Csanád,[1][2] also Chanadinus,[3] or Cenad,[2] was the first head (comes) of Csanád County in the Kingdom of Hungary in the first decades of the 11th century.[4]
Csanád defeated and killed Ajtony who had ruled over the region now known as Banat (in Romania and Serbia).[3] Csanád County and its capital (Cenad, in Hungarian Csanád) were named after him.[4]
Life
The
Ahtum, whose residence was at “urbs Morisena” on the river Mureș,[2] controlled traffic along the river and taxed transport of salts from Transylvania to the heartland of Pannonia.[3] It was in relation to salt that Ahtum found himself in conflict with Stephen, the newly proclaimed king of Hungary.[3] According to the Long Life, Csanád had been loyal to Ahtum, but later switched sides and at the head of a large army sent by King Stephen I eventually defeated and killed Ahtum.[1] Csanád was subsequently given substantial grants of land in the newly conquered territories of his former lord.[1]
At urbs Morisena, which was given the name of Csanád,
Csanád was the ancestor of the genus Chanad/Sunad (Csanád kindred),[4] the site of whose main holdings in Arad, Csanád, Krassó and Temes counties demonstrated a quite remarkable continuity from the 11th to 14th centuries.[5]
See also
- Ahtum
- Stephen I of Hungary
References
- ^ a b c d e Curta, Florin. Transylvania around A.D. 1000.
- ^ a b c d e f Engel, Pál. The Realm of St Stephen: A History of Medieval Hungary, 895-1526.
- ^ a b c d e Curta, Florin (2006). Southeastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 500-1250.
- ^ a b c d e Kristó, Gyula (General Editor). Korai magyar történeti lexikon (9-14. század).
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Sources
- Curta, Florin: Transylvania around A.D. 1000; in: Urbańczyk, Przemysław (Editor): Europe around the year 1000; Wydawn. DiG, 2001; ISBN 978-83-7181-211-8
- Curta, Florin: Southeastern Europe in the Middle Ages - 500-1250; Cambridge University Press, 2006, Cambridge; ISBN 978-0-521-89452-4
- Engel, Pál: The Realm of St Stephen: A History of Medieval Hungary, 895-1526; I. B. Tauris, 2001, London&New York; ISBN 1-85043-977-X
- Georgescu, Vlad (Author) – Calinescu, Matei (Editor) – Bley-Vroman, Alexandra (Translator): The Romanians – A History; Ohio State University Press, 1991, Columbus; ISBN 0-8142-0511-9
- Kristó, Gyula (General Editor) - Engel, Pál - Makk, Ferenc (Editors): Korai Magyar történeti lexikon (9-14. század) /Encyclopedia of the Early Hungarian History (9th-14th centuries)/; Akadémiai Kiadó, 1994, Budapest; ISBN 963-05-6722-9(the entry “Csanád” was written by László Szegfű).
- Rady, Martyn: Nobility, Land and Service in Medieval Hungary; Palgrave (in association with School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London), 2000, New York; ISBN 0-333-80085-0
External links
- Original Latin text of the Gesta Hungarorum by P. Magister
- English text of the Gesta Hungarorum
- Latin writings and deeds of Saint Gerard of Csanád including the Legenda Maior on the events
- Legenda Maior of Saint Gerard in Hungarian Archived 2021-07-26 at the Wayback Machine