Cooperation and conflicts Voivode of Transylvania



the mongols comprehensively plundered eastern territories of kingdom of hungary, including transylvania, during both invasion in 1241 , withdrawal following year. consolidation of province main task of lawrence of aba clan, appointed béla iv , held office 10 years 1242. 1 of successors, appointed béla iv, banus ernye of Ákos clan, dismissed in 1260 king s son, stephen had taken on transylvania title of duke. duke s action showed emerging tensions between father , son, rather conflicts between duke , banus.


the first years of reign of minor ladislaus iv characterized armed conflicts between parties of leading noble families. although roland borsa, voivode in 1282 , between 1284 , 1294, among nobles assisting king in consolidating royal power, himself became source of new conflicts. first prevented canons of gyulafehérvár chapter collecting income in 1289. next unlawfully compelled noblemen , saxon landowners in transylvania accommodate him , retinue. later borsa fought bishop of várad (oradea) , resisted king andrew iii besieged him in fortress of adorján (adrian) @ szalárd (sălard) 3 months in 1294.


borsa s successor ladislaus kán went further usurping royal prerogative during voivodeship between 1294 , 1315. arbitrarily assumed titles of count of bistritz, hermannstadt , székelys expand authority on saxon , székely communities exempted voivodal authority. set tax-collecting body, seemingly covering entire province. captured otto of bavaria, claimant hungarian throne , seized holy crown of hungary him in first half of 1307. handed royal diadem king charles in 1310, continued rule transylvania de facto independently until death in 1315. son of same name declared himself voivode, title used monarch when referring him in charter of august 12, 1315. dózsa debreceni, voivode king charles appointed in 1318, defeated rebellious minor lords, royal authority in transylvania restored thomas szécsényi in 1320s.


the next rebellion against royal power in transylvania broke out in 1467. irritated new tax king matthias corvinus had introduced, representatives of 3 nations concluded alliance against monarch , declared 3 incumbent voivodes (the brothers counts john , sigismund szentgyörgyi , berthold ellerbach) leaders. king put down revolt in week, did not sentence 3 voivodes, because active role in revolt never proven.








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