Smaragd of Transylvania

Smaragd (II) from the kindred Smaragd (Hungarian: Smaragd nembeli (II.) Smaragd; died after 1223) was a Hungarian distinguished nobleman from the gens Smaragd, who held several positions during the reign of Andrew II of Hungary.

Smaragd
Judge royal
Reign	1205–1206
Predecessor	Julius I Kán
Successor	Marcellus Tétény
Died	after 1223
Noble family	gens Smaragd
Issue Smaragd III Aynard Gilét
Father	Smaragd I

Family

His father was ispán (comes) Smaragd I (d. after 1167). He moved to the Kingdom of Hungary from Champagne, France. Smaragd II had a brother, Egyed (or Giles). Together with him, Smaragd built the Premontre monastery church of Zsámbék around 1220.[1]

Smaragd had three children, one of them was Smaragd III, archbishop of Kalocsa. Aynard I served as ispán of Valkó County from 1244 to 1246, while Gilét I was count of the tárnoks ("comes udvornicorum"). Both of them belonged to the retinue of Queen Maria Laskarina, wife of Béla IV of Hungary.[2] They were the ancestors of the Ajnárdfi and Zsámboki (Gilétfi) noble families, respectively.[3][4]

Career

Smaragd served as judge royal (iudex curiae) between 1205 and 1206. Besides that he was the ispán of Szolnok County.[5] After that he was appointed voivode of Transylvania in 1206.[6][7] According to László Markó he also held that office until 1207.[3] Smaragd owned Szeghalom and Csökmő in 1208, according to a contemporary document.[1]

Between 1208 and 1209, he functioned as ispán of Bihar County.[8] He served as ispán of Szolnok County for the second time in 1213.[9] He was the ispán of Pozsony County from 1214 to 1222.[10] He participated in Andrew II's Fifth Crusade between 1217 and 1218.[3] Smaragd served as ispán of Bács County at the end of 1222.[11]

References

1. Balázs 2016, p. 43.
2. Balázs 2016, p. 44.
3. Markó 2006, p. 292.
4. Marek, Miroslav. "Zsámboki (Gilétfi) family tree". Genealogy.EU.
5. Zsoldos 2011, p. 28.
6. Engel 2001, p. 381.
7. Zsoldos 2011, p. 37.
8. Zsoldos 2011, p. 138.
9. Zsoldos 2011, p. 209.
10. Zsoldos 2011, p. 183.
11. Zsoldos 2011, p. 127.

Sources

• Balázs, Gergő (2016). "A Smaragd nemzetség története [The History of the Smaragd Clan]". Turul (in Hungarian). Magyar Heraldikai és Genealógiai Társaság. 89 (2): 41–53. ISSN 1216-7258.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Engel, Pál (2001). The Realm of St Stephen: A History of Medieval Hungary, 895–1526. I.B. Tauris Publishers. ISBN 1-86064-061-3.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• 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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• 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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)