Ugrin Csák
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Ugrin Csák (died in 1311) was a prominent Hungarian nobleman and oligarch in the early 14th century.
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[edit] Ugrin Csák as an oligarch
In the beginning of the 14th century, after the last King of Hungary from the House of Árpád on the male line died in 1301 a brief period of interregnum followed. Following this period, many Hungarian nobles assumed regal rights for themselves and gained power to the point of becoming oligarchs (powerful Hungarian barons) and extended their local jurisdiction and influence over large territories, with their own private armies, administration and juristical systems. Some of them felt strong enough not to accept the rule of Charles I of Hungary over them.
Ugrin Csák was one of these oligarchs, who ruled over parts of present-day regions of Syrmia (Szerémség), Slavonia (Szlavónia), and Bačka (Bácska), and later also over part of Banat. His residences were in Újlak (Ilok) and Pozsega (Požega). After Ugrin Csák died, in 1311, the territory under his control was owned directly by Charles I of Hungary. This extension of his personal territory, helped the king of Hungary to defeat other local oligarchs.
[edit] References
- Péter Rókai, Zoltan Gyere, Tibor Pál, Sándor Kaszás, Istorija Mađara, Beograd, 2002.
