The four counties between the Rába and the Danube carry the kingdom's main road from Vienna to Esztergom and Fehérvár.
Győr's castle stands where the Rába meets the Danube arm, with the bishop's cathedral inside it (Bishop Ugrin of the Csák kindred, Emeric's man; Church map); Pannonhalma abbey on its hill is in the county. Komárom's castle sits on the north bank at the meeting of the Váh and the Danube, and the county spans the river. Veszprém is both a royal castle and the bishop's see, the bishop crowning the queen; the Bakony forest north of it is royal, with Béla III's Cistercians at Zirc (1182).
Fejér is governed from Székesfehérvár, the coronation town, and runs east across the Mezőföld to the Danube. The Csák kindred holds the Vértes hills between Fejér and Komárom.
Who he is
- Name
- Not named for 1199-1200 in the sources checked
- Title
- Ispáns of Győr, Komárom, Veszprém and Fejér
- Since
- Not pinned
- Confidence
- low
No ispán of these counties is named for 1199 or 1200 in the Zsoldos-based lists consulted.
Overlord
King Emeric
What it holds
- Győr castle and county (with the eastern Szigetköz)
- Komárom castle and county on both banks of the Danube
- Veszprém castle and county (the Bakony royal forest held apart)
- Fejér county from Székesfehérvár (the ispán of Fehér, comes Albensis)
How it was acquired
Royal counties since the eleventh century.
Allies and rivals
The bishops of Győr and Veszprém share the castles of their sees; the Csák, the Győr kindred and the Pok hold estates inside the counties.
How things stand that morning
Held for Emeric; the ispáns' names are not recorded for that winter.
Wealth
The Danube traffic and fisheries, the Vienna road, the vineyards of the Balaton uplands, the salt and goods landed at the Danube ports.
Military
Earthwork castles at Győr and Komárom; Veszprém's castle on its rock; the walls and marshes of Fehérvár.
Threats
- None recorded that winter
Places of note
- Győr castle and cathedral: County castle and bishop's see.
- Komárom castle: County castle on the north bank at the Váh mouth.
- Veszprém castle: County castle and bishop's see.
- Pannonhalma abbey: Archabbey of St Martin (Church map); its abbot John joined Andrew's plot in 1199.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: Castles and bishoprics well known; ispáns of 1199-1200 not named in the sources checked.
On the map: Drawn on later county bounds.
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
- Zsoldos's archontology as given in the Wikipedia office lists (palatines, judges royal, bans, voivodes)
- Veszprém (English Wikipedia)
- Csák (genus) (English Wikipedia)
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.