The Győr kindred is one of Emeric's mainstays.
Archbishop Saul of Kalocsa is the king's pillar among the bishops, and for his loyalty Emeric gave back to the kindred the estate of Lébény by the Hanság marsh, which Béla III had taken in the early 1170s. Pat, ispán of Moson from about 1199, and his brothers Csépán, Maurus and Alexander are young men on the rise: Csépán and Pat will both be palatines under Andrew (1206-1212), who needs Emeric's experienced lords. Sometime after 1199 the brothers founded the Benedictine abbey of St James at Lébény (confirmed 1208), endowed with Bán in the north and Sásony (Winden) by the Neusiedl lake, which Alexander had received for service in war.
The kindred are patrons of Zselicszentjakab abbey in Somogy.
Who he is
- Name
- The brothers Pat (Poth), Csépán, Maurus and Alexander, with their kinsman Saul, archbishop of Kalocsa
- Title
- Kindred (nemzetség) of Győr
- Since
- Pat and Csépán first appear about 1199
- Born
- Not known
- Family
- A kindred of German origin by most accounts, descended from a knight Győr of the eleventh century; Otto of the kindred founded Zselicszentjakab abbey in 1061 and was palatine. Saul (fl. 1183-1202) was chancellor (1188), bishop of Csanád and since 1192 archbishop of Kalocsa (Church map).
- Confidence
- medium
English Wikipedia, Győr (genus) and Pat Győr, after Zsoldos and Karácsonyi.
Overlord
King Emeric
What it holds
- Lébény by the Hanság (regained from Emeric for Saul's loyalty)
- Sásony (Winden am See), Alexander's (date of grant not pinned)
- Bán (Bánovce nad Bebravou) in the north, Alexander's (hno's ground)
- The patronage of Zselicszentjakab abbey in Somogy
- Pat's office: the county of Moson (Ispánság of Moson)
How it was acquired
Ancestral; Lébény restored by Emeric; Bán and Sásony by royal grant for war service.
Allies and rivals
Emeric, the palatine Mika and the king's party.
How things stand that morning
In favour; Pat holds Moson for the king.
Wealth
Estates in Moson, Somogy and the north; later (1208-1209) grants in Moson, Zala and Baranya.
Military
The kindred's retinue; Pat's command of Moson's castle warriors.
Threats
- A change of king
Places of note
- Lébény: The kindred's seat; St James's abbey founded after 1199.
- Sásony (Winden am See): Alexander's grant, later given to Lébény abbey.
- Zselicszentjakab abbey: Founded 1061 by Otto of the kindred.
Where the sources disagree
- The abbey of Lébény is dated only 'sometime after 1199' (confirmed 1208): whether it exists on 1 January 1200 is not pinned.
Evidence: Members and offices from Zsoldos via Wikipedia; Lébény's restoration and the abbey are dated only roughly.
On the map: Only the seat is drawn; the other estates are points.
Primary sources for Hungary
Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.
- Chronicle of Alberic of Trois-Fontaines, Alberic of Trois-Fontaines (about 1227 to 1241, at the Cistercian abbey of Trois-Fontaines in Champagne). The widest net of any Latin chronicle for 1200, compiled from dozens of sources, many now lost. Read online
- The Austrian and Salzburg annals (kept in the 12th and 13th centuries, with continuations to the late 13th century). A family of monastic annals from Austria, Styria and Salzburg, printed together. Read online
- The Hypatian Chronicle (the Kievan Chronicle compiled about 1200 at the Vydubichi monastery; the Galician-Volhynian Chronicle in the 13th century). The southern record. Read online
- History of the bishops of Salona and Split, by Thomas the Archdeacon, Thomas of Split (about 1266). Written two generations later by a Split churchman born about 1200. Read online
- History of the doges of Venice (about 1229, with a continuation). The earliest surviving Venetian narrative close to the events. Read online
- The Deeds of the Hungarians, by the Anonymous Notary of King Béla, Anonymus (P. magister) (about 1200 to 1210, the date disputed). Not a record of events but a picture of the kingdom's nobility and geography as a courtier of about 1200 wished to see it: the clans and their lands, the castles and counties, the Vlachs, Cumans and other peoples of the Carpathian basin, all projected back onto the conquest. Read online
- The Book of Census of the Roman Church, Cencius Camerarius (Cencio Savelli, later Pope Honorius III) (1192, with later additions). The papal rent roll: every church, monastery, town and kingdom that owed a census to Rome in 1192, diocese by diocese, with the sums, followed by lists of papal lands and castles, the ceremonial Ordo and copies of charters. Read online
- The Registers of Pope Innocent III for 1199 to 1201, Innocent III and the papal chancery (22 February 1199 to 21 February 1201). The pope's outgoing letters for the year, in his chancery's own copy, touching nearly every realm in the atlas. Read online
4 more in the sources library for Poland, Hungary and the Adriatic.
Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.