Adalékok Inczédi Pál működéséhez I. Apafi Mihály fejedelemségének idején
Additional Information for the Courtly, Governmental and Political Function of Pál Inczédi under the Reign of Mihály Apafi I.

Summary/Abstract: Despite the fact that Pál Inczédi was one of the outstanding members in the Principality of Transylvania at the end of 17th century, his career is lesser known in Historical Sciences. He started his early career in the princely court as a valet of prince, Mihály Apafi I. Not much after that, he moved up in the courtly hierarchy, he served the princess, Anna Bornemissza as a secretary (secretarius). Subsequently – certainly, by means of the princely couple’s trust – he won one of the most important positions in the princely court, he started working as a butler (thesaurarius aulici). Besides the courtly service, Inczédi attained prominent functions in the fiscal management too. Initially, he was granted the office to operate the Saxon’s tenth as a supremus decimator, after that he gained one of the most important functions (praefectus) in the economic administration. Moreover, he had other political roles, which denotes his outstanding influence. On one hand, he worked in the legal domain as an assessor and elected judge, on the other hand, he bode continuously in the princely court at the end of Apafi-era and there he organised the top level of the government. The aim of this paper is to present the above-mentioned details of Pál Inczédi’s career in the princely court and in the central government of the Transylvanian Principality under the Apafi-era stage by stage. Moreover, my intention was to identify the duties connected to his titles and to provide a review for his allotted donation, which he received for his services.

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