A bélteki Drágfiak és a királyi udvar kapcsolata a Hunyadiak korában
The family Drágfi of Beltiug (Béltek) and the Royal Court in the Hunyadys’ time (1424–1490)

Author(s): Richárd Horváth
Subject(s): Local History / Microhistory
Published by: Erdélyi Múzeum-Egyesület
Summary/Abstract: The present paper discusses the history of the family Drágfi of Beltiug between 1424–1490, although within the frames of a non-traditional family history for two reasons. On one hand, the author did not consider his mission to systematically explore land tenure history data. On the other hand, the paper focuses mainly on the role played by two generations (rather by Bartholomew than by Nicholas Drágfi) in the royal court. Nicholas Drágfi had built up an excellent connection with the court since his youth. His kindred, the Jakcs of Kusaly and the Bátoris of Ecsed were counted among the barons of the country by that time, which evidently supported his ascend. Although he did not reach any baronial position, he was a respected castle-owner notability of the Szabolcs, Sătmar (Szatmár) and Bereg region. Thus he established his son, Bartholomew’s career. The son was King Matthias Corvinus’s confidential secretary from 1467. In accordance with his family traditions, his role was primarily of military nature. Besides this, however, his role in the political and governmental decisions was regular, together with others who got into the royal milieu at the same time as Bartholomew did (i.e. Stephen Bátori, Paul Kinizsi). Bartholomew Drágfi was first and foremost a soldier, on whose opinion the king relied. Despite that prior to 1490 he was the king’s right hand man, he was “only” a second-line baron. He reached the peak of his power only after the decease of his most important supporter, King Matthias.

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