Križevci county is the larger, eastern half of Slavonia: from the Kalnik hills and the castle of Križevci across the Bilogora to the Drava bank at Koprivnica and Virovitica, and east toward the Papuk.
It is a royal castle county, but much of it is kindred land: the Monoszló kindred hold Monoszló (Podravska Moslavina) on the Drava, granted by Béla III with the right to the marten tax there (Monoszló kindred), and the bishop of Zagreb holds Čazma and other estates (Church map). The ispán of 1199-1200 is not named in the sources used here.
Who he is
- Name
- Not pinned for 1199-1200
- Title
- Ispán (comes) of Križevci (Kőrös)
- Confidence
- low
Not named in the sources used for 1199-1200; the king's appointee (an Emeric partisan since summer 1199, per Zsoldos 2022 on the exile period). Upper Križevci is first named in 1193 under Béla III (English Wikipedia); the county is with Zagreb the core of Slavonia (Hrvatska enciklopedija).
Overlord
The king, through the ban
What it holds
- Križevci castle and its castle land.
- The royal castle of Kalnik on its ridge (first dated mention not pinned here).
- The Drava bank at Koprivnica, Đurđevac and Virovitica (no towns yet: Virovitica's privileges are 1234, Koprivnica's later).
- The Bilogora and the upper Česma and Ilova.
How it was acquired
Royal county; Upper Križevci named 1193.
Allies and rivals
Across the Drava lies Somogy (hut); to the east the Hungarian counties of Baranya, Valkó and Požega (hut, hpl, Požega).
How things stand that morning
Royal county under an unnamed ispán loyal to Emeric that winter (inferred); kindreds who backed Andrew (the Monoszló) hold land inside it.
Wealth
Marten tax, castle-folk dues, the Drava crossings, Kalnik wine, pigs and timber of the Bilogora.
Military
Križevci and Kalnik; castle warriors. No numbers recorded.
Threats
- Andrew's partisans among the kindreds.
Places of note
- Križevci: County castle.
- Kalnik castle: Royal hill castle above Križevci.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: First mention 1193; ispán and extent in 1200 not pinned.
On the map: Rough extent; the eastern line toward Hungarian Baranya and Požega is not fixed in the sources for 1200.
Primary sources for Croatia and Dalmatia
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.
- 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 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
- Charters of the kingdom of Croatia, Dalmatia and Slavonia, volume 2, 1101 to 1200 (documents of 1101 to 1200, edited 1904). The Croatian and Dalmatian charters to 1200: the acts of Duke Andrew as lord of Croatia and Dalmatia (1197 to 1204), the Hungarian kings' grants, the Templars and the bishops of Zagreb, Split, Zadar and Trogir, the communal statutes of the coastal towns, and the papal letters of 1200 to Emeric about Ban Kulin of Bosnia and heresy. Read online
- Hungarian royal charters: Fejér's Codex diplomaticus and Szentpétery's critical calendar of the Árpád kings (documents of the 11th to 13th centuries; Fejér published 1829 to 1844, Szentpétery vol. 1 in 1923). The documentary base for Hungary in 1200: King Emeric's grants to Pannonhalma, the bishops, the Templars and Hospitallers, Duke Andrew's acts in Croatia and Dalmatia, and the papal letters of 1200 to Emeric about his brother's rebellion and about heresy in Bosnia. Read online
- Documents on the older commercial and political history of the Republic of Venice, part 1, 814 to 1205 (documents of 814 to 1205, edited 1856). Venice's treaties and privileges in full text. Read online
Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.