Pousa from the kindred Bár-Kalán (Hungarian: Bár-Kalán nembeli Pósa; died between 1222 and 1255) was a Hungarian noble, who served as Judge royal for a short time in 1222, during the reign of Andrew II of Hungary.[1]

Pousa Bár-Kalán
Judge royal
Reign1222
PredecessorBánk Bár-Kalán
SuccessorLawrence Atyusz
Diedbetween 1222 and 1255
Noble familygens Bár-Kalán
Spouse(s)Elizabeth Győr
N Héder
Issue(1) Nana II
(1) Lucia
(1) a daughter
(2) Walter
(2) Katherius
FatherNana I

He belonged to the Sáp branch of the gens Bár-Kalán as the son of Nana I. Possibly he had two brothers, Peter and Gregory. Pousa married first to Elizabeth from the Győr kindred, a daughter of Palatine Pat Győr. They had a son, Nana II (who married a daughter of Palatine Mojs I), and two daughters, including Lucia, who married Vejte II, the son of Vejte I Csanád.[2] Pousa's second wife was an unidentified daughter of Héder II Héder. Their marriage produced a son, Walter.[3]

Historian Mór Wertner identified him a certain Pousa, who served as Ban of Slavonia in 1216. Soon he was replaced by his distant relative Bánk Bár-Kalán.[4] As formerly he was a loyal supporter of King Emeric, his baronial league came to the fore, when the nobles forced Andrew II to issue the Golden Bull of 1222.[3][5] He was elected Judge royal, beside that he also functioned as ispán of Borsod and Csanád Counties.[6] However soon Pousa and other Emeric-partisan lords had lost their influence, he was replaced by Lawrence Atyusz as Judge royal and his career ended. Pousa died sometime between 1222 and 15 March 1255.[3] Mór Wertner identified a certain Pous, who served as ispán of Bihar County from 1223 to 1224, with him.[6] In 1255, James and Lawrence Héder successfully recovered their sister's dowry – widow of Pousa – from the late Pousa's son, Nana.[7]

References edit

  1. ^ Zsoldos 2011, p. 29.
  2. ^ Engel: Genealógia (Genus Bár-Kalán, Sáp branch)
  3. ^ a b c Markó 2006, p. 270.
  4. ^ Zsoldos 2011, p. 43.
  5. ^ Karácsonyi 1901, p. 143.
  6. ^ a b Zsoldos 2011, p. 347.
  7. ^ Karácsonyi 1901, p. 159.

Sources edit

  • Karácsonyi, János (1901). A magyar nemzetségek a XIV. század közepéig. I. kötet [The Hungarian genera until the middle of the 14th century, Vol. 1] (in Hungarian). Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
  • Markó, László (2006). A magyar állam főméltóságai Szent Istvántól napjainkig: Életrajzi Lexikon [Great Officers of State in Hungary from King Saint Stephen to Our Days: A Biographical Encyclopedia] (in Hungarian). Helikon Kiadó. ISBN 963-208-970-7.
  • Zsoldos, Attila (2011). Magyarország világi archontológiája, 1000–1301 [Secular Archontology of Hungary, 1000–1301] (in Hungarian). História, MTA Történettudományi Intézete. ISBN 978-963-9627-38-3.
Pousa
Born:  ?  Died: between 1222 and 1255
Political offices
Preceded by Ban of Slavonia
1216
Succeeded by
Preceded by Judge royal
1222
Succeeded by