Henry II Kőszegi

Henry (II) Kőszegi (Hungarian: Kőszegi (II.) Henrik, Croatian: Henrik III. Gisingovac, German: Heinrich III. von Güns; died between March and May 1310) was a Hungarian influential lord at the turn of the 13th and 14th centuries. He was a member of the powerful Kőszegi family. He extended his influence over Upper Slavonia since the 1280s, becoming one of the so-called "oligarchs", who ruled their dominion de facto independently of the monarch. After the extinction of the House of Árpád, he participated in the dynastic struggles. He drew Southern Transdanubia under his suzerainty by then.

Henry (II) Kőszegi
Master of the treasury
Reign1302–1305
PredecessorDominic Rátót
SuccessorNicholas Kőszegi
Bornc. 1255
DiedMarch/May 1310
Noble familyHouse of Kőszegi
Spouse(s)N Dárói
IssueJohn
Peter Herceg
a daughter
FatherHenry I
MotherHenry's second wife

He served as Ban of Slavonia three times (1290–1291, 1293, 1301–1310) and Master of the treasury (1302–1305). After his death, Charles I of Hungary defeated his sons and eliminated their province in 1316. Through his two sons, Henry Kőszegi was the progenitor of the Tamási and Herceg de Szekcső noble families.

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