Документи о угарским поседима деспота Ђурђа датим у залог Јовану Хуњадију 1444. године
The Documents оn Hungarian Estates оf Despot Đurađ Branković Mortgaged to Janos Hunyadi in 1444

Summary/Abstract: This paper presents a critical edition of two Hungarian charters from the State Archives of Hungary (Magyar Országos Levéltár), issued by the judge royal Peter Szentgyörgyi and Bazini in 1506. These charters contain copies of charters issued by the Székesfehervár chapter in 1445, on the occasion of the introducing János Hunyadi in the possession of the castles Munkács (Mukačeve in Ukraine) and Érsomlyó (Vršac in Serbia), and the towns of Szatmár, Németi, Nagybánya (Satu Mare and Baia Mare in Romania), Debrecen and Böszörmény (today Hajdúböszörmény in Hungary), together with villages and praedia (uninhabited lands) belonging to them. Hungarian king Zsigmond (1387-1437) had donated the majority of these estates to Serbian despot Stefan Lazarević (1389-1427) in 1411. Munkács had become the property of the despot about 1422/3, while Érsomlyó was in despot’s hands before 1431. His successor despot Đurađ Branković (1427-1456) mortgaged these estates to János Hunyadi in 1444/1445, as compensation for military help in the so–called „long campaign“ against the Ottomans (1443-1444). Excluding Vršac, the Serbian ruler had never been able to take back these estates, which became property of the Hunyadi family. King Matthias Corvinus (1458-1490) deprived the Branković family of Vršac and all other possessions in Hungary in the time of Ottoman occupation of Serbia (1458-1459).

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