Perpetual count

A perpetual count (Hungarian: örökös főispán, Latin: supremus et perpetuus comes)[1] was a head or an ispán of a county in the Kingdom of Hungary whose office was either hereditary or attached to the dignity of a prelate or of a great officer of the realm. The earliest examples of a perpetual ispánate are from the 12th century, but the institution flourished between the 15th and 18th centuries. Although all administrative functions of the office were abolished in 1870, the title itself was preserved until the general abolition of noble titles in Hungary in 1946.

List of perpetual ispánates

Ex officio ispánates

Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary
Archduke Joseph of Austria, palatine of Hungary, perpetual count of Pest and Pilis Counties
County Perpetual count Period Notes Source
Baranya Bishop of Pécs ?1777 [2]
Bács Archbishop of Kalocsa ?1776 [2]
Bihar Bishop of Várad 14661776 [2]
Esztergom Archbishop of Esztergom 12701300
13011881
granted to archbishop Philip of the Türje clan by King Stephen V
King Andrew III temporarily deprived the archbishop from the ispánate
castellans of the archbishops' castle at Esztergom sometimes styled themselves ispán
[2][3][4]
Fehér Voivode of Transylvania
Győr Bishop of Győr 14531783 [2][5]
Heves Bishop (from 1804 Archbishop) of Eger 14981840 [2]
Nyitra Bishop of Nyitra ?1777 [2][6]
Outer Szolnok Bishop (from 1804 Archbishop) of Eger 15691840 [2]
Pest Palatine ?1848 [2][7]
Pilis Castellan of the Visegrád Castle ?? [7]
Palatine 15691848 [2]
Požega/Pozsega Bishop of Bosznia 17531770 renounced of the title [8]
Veszprém Bishop of Veszprém 13131323
13921773
although King Charles I awarded the bishops with the ispánate, he seems to have failed to confirm this grant in 1323
the bishops perpetually held the office from 1392
[2][9]

Hereditary ispánates

Pálffy Palace at Pozsony
Pálffy Palace, Pressburg/Pozsony (now Bratislava, Slovakia)
County Family Period Notes Source
Abaúj Perényi 15701598
16431699
[10]
Csáky 17021764
Árva Thurzó 15851626 also perpetual ispáns of Szepes County [11]
Thököly 16661668
Bereg Schönborn 1740 last grant of a perpetual ispánate [12]
Beszterce Hunyadi 14521458 earliest example of a hereditary title in Hungary proper [13]
Hont Koháry 17111826 [14]
Komárom Nádasdy 1751 last grant of a perpetual ispánate [15]
Liptó Illésházy 15821838 also perpetual ispáns of Trencsén County [16]
Požega/Pozsega Keglevich 17071749 [17]
Pozsony Pálffy 1651 always a member of the family was appointed ispán from 1580 [18]
Sáros Rákóczi 16661711 always a member of the family was appointed ispán from 1622 [19]
Sopron Esterházy 1686 always a member of the family was appointed ispán from 1626 [20]
Szepes Szapolyai 14641528 [21][22]
Thurzó 15311635 also perpetual ispáns of Árva County [23]
Csáky 1638 [24]
Teočak Újlaki 1464? in Bosnia [25]
Trencsén Illésházy 16001838 also perpetual ispáns of Liptó County [26]
Turóc Révay 17121875 always a member of the family was appointed ispán from 1532 [27]
Valkó Draskovich 16931695 the county was dissolved in 1695 [28]
Varaždin/Varasd Erdődy 1570c. 1582 [29]
Erdődy 1687 always a member of the family was appointed ispán from 1607 [28]
Vass Batthyány 1728 [30]
Zala Althann 17211824 [31]

See also

Footnotes

  1. Nemes 1989, p. 81.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Fallenbüchl 1994, p. 9.
  3. Zsoldos 2011, p. 149.
  4. Engel 1996, p. 126.
  5. Engel 1996, p. 132.
  6. Engel 1996, p. 159.
  7. 1 2 Engel 1996, p. 163.
  8. Fallenbüchl 1994, pp. 11., 130.
  9. Engel 1996, p. 231.
  10. Fallenbüchl 1994, pp. 10., 99.
  11. Fallenbüchl 1994, pp. 10., 61.
  12. Fallenbüchl 1994, pp. 10., 66.
  13. Engel 2001, p. 293.
  14. Fallenbüchl 1994, pp. 10., 82.
  15. Fallenbüchl 1994, pp. 10., 83.
  16. Fallenbüchl 1994, pp. 10., 84.
  17. Fallenbüchl 1994, pp. 11., 129-130.
  18. Fallenbüchl 1994, pp. 10., 92-93.
  19. Fallenbüchl 1994, pp. 10., 93-94.
  20. Fallenbüchl 1994, pp. 10., 96.
  21. Engel 2001, p. 311.
  22. Fallenbüchl 1994, p. 99.
  23. Fallenbüchl 1994, pp. 9-10., 99.
  24. Fallenbüchl 1994, pp. 9., 99.
  25. Engel 2001, p. 312.
  26. Fallenbüchl 1994, pp. 10., 103.
  27. Fallenbüchl 1994, pp. 9., 104.
  28. 1 2 Fallenbüchl 1994, pp. 11., 132.
  29. Fallenbüchl 1994, p. 132.
  30. Fallenbüchl 1994, pp. 10., 107-108.
  31. Fallenbüchl 1994, pp. 10., 111.

References

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  • 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, 15261848 ("Lord-Lieutenants of Counties in Hungary, 15261848"). Argumentum Kiadó. ISBN 963-7719-81-4.
  • (Hungarian) Nemes, Lajos (1989). Entry örökös főispán in: Bán, Péter; Magyar történelmi fogalomtár, I. kötet: LZs [=Thesaurus of Terms of Hungarian History, Volume I: LZs]. Gondolat. ISBN 963-282-204-8.
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