Vejte Csanád

Vejte from the kindred Csanád (Hungarian: Csanád nembeli Vejte; died after 1200) was a Hungarian lord, who served as Judge royal between 1199 and 1200, during the reign of Emeric, King of Hungary.[1]

Vejte Csanád
Judge royal
Reign1199–1200
PredecessorMika Ják
SuccessorAchilles
Diedafter 1200
Noble familygens Csanád
Spouse(s)unknown
Issue

Vejte (or Wetich) was born into the Csanád clan which originated from Csanád, who defeated provincial lord Ajtony, an enemy of Stephen I of Hungary in the early 11th century. Vejte had a son, Theodore, the Palatine of Hungary in 1222.[1]

He was first mentioned as ispán of Csanád County in 1199.[2] Beside the position of Judge royal, he also served as ispán of Nyitra County from 1199 to 1200.[3] After that he was the first known ispán of Krassó County in 1200.[4]

References

  1. Markó 2006, p. 276.
  2. Zsoldos 2011, p. 145.
  3. Zsoldos 2011, p. 174.
  4. Zsoldos 2011, p. 165.

Sources

  • (in Hungarian) Markó, László (2006). A magyar állam főméltóságai Szent Istvántól napjainkig – Életrajzi Lexikon ("The High Officers of the Hungarian State from Saint Stephen to the Present Days – A Biographical Encyclopedia") (2nd edition); Helikon Kiadó Kft., Budapest; ISBN 963-547-085-1
  • (in Hungarian) Zsoldos, Attila (2011). Magyarország világi archontológiája, 1000–1301 ("Secular Archontology of Hungary, 1000–1301"). História, MTA Történettudományi Intézete. Budapest. ISBN 978-963-9627-38-3
Vejte
Genus Csanád
Born: ?  Died: after 1200
Political offices
Preceded by
Mika Ják
Judge royal
1199–1200
Succeeded by
Achilles
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