Banate of Severin

Banate of Severin Banate of Szörény Szörényi bánság Banatul Severinului Северинска бановина
banate of the Kingdom of Hungary
← 13th century–16th century →   →
Banate of Severin, late 13th century
History
•	Established	13th century
•	Disestablished	16th century
Today part of		Romania

Map of the Banate of Severin

The Banate of Severin (Hungarian: Szörényi bánság / Szörénység / Bánság Olténia / Szörényvidék; Romanian: Banatul Severinului / Banatul de Severin; Latin: Banatus Zewrinensis; Bulgarian: Severinsko banstvo / Северинско банство); Serbian: Severinska banovina / Северинска бановина) was a political, military and administrative unit with a special role in initially anti-Bulgarian, laterly anti-Ottoman defensive system of the medieval Kingdom of Hungary. It was founded by Prince Béla in 1228.

History

The Banate of Severin included areas of eastern Banat and western Oltenia. It was led by a ban, and the capital was at Turnu Severin (Hungarian: Szörényvár). The Banate of Severin was disputed initially between Bulgaria and Hungary, laterly between Wallachia and the Kingdom of Hungary.

After the 1526 Battle of Mohács, the Banate of Severin was divided. South-eastern part (eastwards from Vârciorova) came under the jurisdiction of Wallachian princes and in the north-western parta (westwards from Orșova, inclusive) was gradually reorganized into the Banate of Lugoj and Caransebeș.

List of the Gouvernators ("Bans") of Severin

1. 1226–1232 Buzád
2. 1233 Lucas
3. 1243 Stephen
4. 1247–1254 John
5. 1255 Pósa Csák
6. 1257–1261 Stephen
7. 1262 Stephen
8. 1263 Lawrence
9. 1268 Ugrin
10. 1268 Alexander
11. 1269 Lawrence
12. 1270 Ponit
13. 1270–1271 Lawrence
14. 1271–1272 Paul
15. 1272 Lawrence
16. 1272 Albert
17. 1273 Paul
18. 1273 Lawrence
19. 1274 Paul
20. 1274–1275 Ugrin
21. 1275 Micu
22. 1275 Paul
23. 1275 Reinauld
24. 1276–1279 Michael
25. 1277–1278 Paul
26. 1279 Laurențiu
27. 1280–1283 Timotei
28. 1284–1286 Mako
29. 1287–1289 Rafael
30. 1290–1293 Laurențiu
31. 1294–1296 Solymosi Posa
32. 1297–1299 Ladislaus Rátholti
33. 1299–1308 Andrei Tárnok
34. 1309–1314 vacant
35. 1314–1318 Dominic Cernea
36. 1319–1323 Ladislau Rátholti
37. 1323–1329 Daniel Szécsi
38. 1324 Paul
39. 1330–1335 vacant
40. 1341 Szécsi Denis
41. 1342–1349 Losonci
42. 1350–1355 Nicolae Szécsi
43. 1355–1359 Lațcu Denis
44. 1359–1387 vacant
45. 1387 Ladislau
46. 1387–1388 Ștefan
47. 1388–1390 Ioan Kaplan
48. 1390–1391 Nicolae Perényi
49. 1392 Gerebenci Szemere
50. 1392–1393 Ditrău Bebek
51. 1393–1408 vacant
52. 1408–1409 Pipo of Ozora
53. 1409 vacant
54. 1419 Sigismund Losonci
55. 1428 Emeric Marcali
56. 1430–1435 Nicolae Redwitz
57. 1429–1435 vacant
58. 1435 Ladislau Jakubek
59. 1436–1439 Francisc Tallóczi
60. 1439–1445 John Hunyadi
61. 1445–1446 Blaziu
62. 1447–1454 Miklós
63. 1449 Vasile de Cerna (vice-ban)
64. 1452–1454 Petru
65. 1455-57 vacant
66. 1458 Vlad şi Grigore Bethlen
67. 1459–1460 vacant
68. 1460 Ladislau Doczi
69. 1462–1463 Nicolae
70. 1464–1466 vacant
71. 1466 Pongrácz János (Ioan Pongracz)
72. 1467 vacant
73. 1467 Ştefan şi Mihai de Mâtnic
74. 1468–1471 vacant
75. 1471–1478 Emeric Hédervári
76. 1478 Ioan Dominic Bethlen
77. 1478 vacant
78. 1479 Ambrozie şi George Szenthelsebethi
79. 1479 Bartolomeu Pathócsy
80. 1480–1483 Francisc Haraszti
81. 1483–1489 Francisc Haraszti şi Andrei Szokoly
82. 1490 Emeric Ozora
83. 1491 Pipo şi Andei Dánfy
84. 1491–1492 Francisc Haraszti
85. 1492–1494 George şi Filip Balassa de Ciula
86. 1495–1502 Petru Măcicaş
87. 1503 Barnaba Bela
88. 1503 Ioan Gărlişte
89. 1504–1508 Ioan şi Bela Gârlişte;
90. 1508–1513 Mihai şi Barnaba
91. 1514 Ioan
92. 1515–1516 Nicolae
93. 1517–1518 vacant
94. 1519 Béla Barnabás
95. 1520–1521 Nicolae Gârlişte
96. 1522–1524 Ioan Kállay

References

• George Popoviciu, Istoria românilor bănățeni, Lugoj, 1904
• Patriciu D., Istoria Banatului Severin, Tipografia Diecezană, Caransebeș, 1899.
• Hațegan I., Cavalerii teutoni în Banatul Severinului (1429–1435), "Tibiscus-istorie" V, Muzeul Banatului, Timișoara, 1978, pp. 191–196.
• Frigyes Pesty, A szörény vármegyei hajdani oláh kerületek, Budapest, 1876.
• Frigyes Pesty, A Szörényi Bánság és Szörény vármegye története, Budapest, 1877.
• Fine, John Van Antwerp Jr. (1994). The Late Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the Ottoman Conquest. The University of Michigan Press.
• http://www.agero-stuttgart.de/REVISTA-AGERO/ISTORIE/Patriciu%20Dragalina%20de%20Tiberiu%20Ciobanu.htm Tiberiu Ciobanu, Istoriografia românească privitoare la Banatul medieval.
• Călătorie în Banatul de Severin de Adrian Andrei Rusu
• http://mek.niif.hu/02100/02114/html/316.html Histoire de la Transylvanie
• http://lexikon.katolikus.hu/S/Sz%C3%B6r%C3%A9nyi%20b%C3%A1ns%C3%A1g.html Szörényi bánság, Lista Banilor de Severin

External links

• Map