Az 1790–1848 közötti országgyűléseken megjelent köznemes főispánok prozopográfiai elemzése
The Prosopographic Analysis of Gentry-Born Lord-Lieutenants Attending National Assembliesbetween 1790 and 1848

Summary/Abstract: The study deploys the methodology of prosopography to examine gentry-born lord-lieutenants (the ispáns) attending national assemblies between 1790 and1848. This subject is particularly noteworthy because in the latter years of the Estate System gentry-born individuals began to hold fiduciary positions in the state administration which had formerly been filled by members of the aristocracy only. The emergence of the gentry among the lord-lieutenants of counties indicates the increasingly important role of gentry-born administrators, some loss of ground by the aristocracy, as well as the transformation of power politics in Vienna. The period between 1790 and 1848 can be divided according to the national assemblies into two shorter sub-periods, 1790–1812 and 1825–1848, and the attending lord-lieutenants were examined in two distinct groups, with a special emphasis on their family ties and careers in administration. As it emerged, while in the first period state-level positions were attained by those gentry-born lord-lieutenants who had acquired experience across a number of government offices, in the second period, the importance of county-level administration increased against that of previous governmental positions held: higher ranking officials of county administration (the vice-ispán and the notary) remained in their county and aspired for the administrative position of deputy lord-lieutenant and, ultimately, of lord-lieutenant. A closer examination of the family ties of gentry-born lords lieutenant revealed the eminence of a Protestant clan of Nógrád County officials who were able to hold on to positions across generations, as well as at least two groups of related Catholic officials, who maintained and strengthened their social and official status through marriages.

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