A royal estate and court centre on the Bodrog with a community of privileged settlers (hospites).
In 1201 (later) Emeric will grant them freedom from every judge except the king and the palatine, the first such grant in the north-east; on 1 January 1200 they hold no charter. The castle traditionally called Saint Elizabeth's birthplace (1207) is Andrew II's work. In 1200 Patak is a royal village and court, not yet a town.
Who holds it
- Name
- King Emeric
- Title
- the king (royal demesne)
- Confidence
- high
Lord in 1200
King Emeric directly: a royal estate and court, with settlers (hospites) under the king's protection.
Charter
None on 1 January 1200; Emeric's privilege for the settlers is of 1201 (likely course).
Council
None pinned.
Communities
Settlers (hospites), probably including 'Latins' (Walloon and Italian settlers), not pinned for 1200.
Militia
None pinned.
Walls and castle
No castle yet (Andrew II's later).
Trade and crafts
Bodrog crossing and river traffic; royal estate dues.
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.
- 1201Emeric grants the settlers of Patak exemption from all judges except the king and the palatine.Depends on: Emeric's continued rule and favour Stopped by: a change of ruler or a grant of the estate away
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: The 1201 grant is well known; the 1200 state is inferred from it.
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.