In 1200 Sebes is Székely, not German: the Sebes Székelys hold the land on the Sebes river by Gyulafehérvár until Andrew II gives it to the Saxons in 1224 and moves them to the east, where they become the Sepsi Székelys.
The German Mühlbach is later.
Who holds it
- Name
- King Emeric; the Székelys of Sebes live here
- Title
- Lord of Sebes
- Since
- Not pinned
- Confidence
- medium
The Andreanum (1224) gives the Saxons the 'terra Siculorum terrae Sebus'; Makkai: Székelys lived at Szászsebes before 1224; en.wikipedia (History of the Székely people): an early 12th-century cemetery at Szászsebes; Mühlbach as a German town is later.
Lord in 1200
The king; the Székely community.
How things stand that morning
A Székely settlement in Fehér county.
Communities
The Sebes Székelys; an early 12th-century cemetery.
Fairs and markets
None recorded for 1200.
Militia
Székely light horse.
Walls and castle
None recorded.
Trade and crafts
Farming and herding.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: The 1224 grant names the Székely land here.
Primary sources for Transylvania (voivode Legforus)
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.
- 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
- 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
Sources and studies
- L. Makkai, The Székelys in Transylvania, History of Transylvania I
- History of the Székely people, en.wikipedia
- L. Makkai, Saxon Settlement and the Reorganization of the Southern Border Defences, History of Transylvania I
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