Vejte, judge royal

Who he is

Name

Vejte (Wetich, Vetuk) of the Csanád kindred

Title

Judge royal (országbíró, curialis comes); ispán of Csanád; ispán of Krassó (first known, 1200); ispán of Nyitra 1199-1200

Since

Judge royal 1199-1200, after Mika Ják; ispán of Csanád first on record in 1199

Born

not pinned

Family

Of the Csanád kindred (Csanád nemzetség), descended from Csanád, the commander who overthrew Ajtony for King Stephen and was made count of Marosvár. His wife is not named. Sons on later record: Theodore (palatine 1222), Vejte II (married Lucia, daughter of Pousa of the Bár-Kalán kindred) and Ladislaus (ispán of Csanád 1234); whether any is born by 1 January 1200 is not pinned. The Vejtei family descends from his line.

Confidence

high

English Wikipedia (Vejte Csanád), after Zsoldos.

Overlord

King Emeric.

What it holds

• The judge royal's office at the king's court.
• The county of Csanád (seat Marosvár, today Cenad), with its castle folk and the Maros crossing on the salt road: ispán on record 1199.
• The county of Krassó (seat Krassóvár, today Carașova): first known ispán in 1200; whether he already held it on 1 January 1200 is not pinned.
• The county of Nyitra in Upper Hungary, 1199-1200 (hno's area: not drawn here).

How it was acquired

By royal appointment, 1199.

Allies and rivals

The king's man, with the palatine Mika. Neighbour of the bishop of Csanád, John, also Emeric's man (campaign notes).

How things stand that morning

Judge royal and ispán of Csanád on 1 January 1200, serving Emeric; Krassó likely his, not pinned for the day.

Wealth

The ispán's share of the royal revenues of Csanád, including tolls on the Maros salt road; the judge royal's court fees; the kindred's estates.

Military

Leads the castle warriors of his counties. No numbers.

Threats

• Andrew's partisans in the south (Peter son of Töre's estates lie in Szerém).

What the year holds

What happened next, if nothing in play changes it. Each event carries what it depends on and what would stop it.

1. 1200 (not pinned)Named ispán of Krassó during 1200 and still judge royal; replaced as judge royal by Achilles in 1201.Depends on: Royal favour. Stopped by: A fall from favour or death.

Places of note

• Csanád (Marosvár): County castle and bishop's see on the Maros.
• Krassó castle (Krassóvár): County castle of Krassó in the Caraș gorge.

Where the sources disagree

Evidence: Offices from charters as arranged by Zsoldos; years only.

On the map: Outlines follow later medieval 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

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