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 | |
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Master of the treasury | |
Reign | 1302–1305 |
Predecessor | Dominic Rátót |
Successor | Nicholas Kőszegi |
Born | c. 1255 |
Died | March/May 1310 |
Noble family | House of Kőszegi |
Spouse(s) | N Dárói |
Issue | John Peter Herceg a daughter |
Father | Henry I |
Mother | Henry'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.