House of Dragoș (Drăgoșești) | |
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Founded | 1352: Dragoș, Voivode of Moldavia |
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The House of Dragoș, [1] also known as the House of Drăgoșești [2] ( Hungarian: Drágfy, Drágffy, Drágffi, Drágfi), was founded by Dragoș [3] [4] (also known as Dragoș Vodă [5] or Dragoș of Bedeu [6]), who was traditionally considered the first ruler [3] or prince of Moldavia and who was Voivode in Maramureș. [7]
Voivode Dragoş I de Bedő voivode of Máramaros Prince of Moldavia [8] and his successor son Szász de Béltek Prince of Moldavia, [9] [10] bore the blue (azure) escutcheon with the gold crescent, gold stars and gold arrow on their coat of arms. [9] Other notable scions of Dragoş I were Bartolomeu Drágfi of Béltek, Comes Perpetuus of Közép-Szolnok County (1479–1488), Voivode of Transylvania and Comes of the Székely people (1493–1499), [10] who had distinguished himself earlier as a royal knight of the Hungarian Royal Court defeating the Ottoman Turks at the Battle of Breadfield (1479) together with Pál Kinizsi, István Báthory, Vuk Branković and Basarab Laiotă cel Bătrân. [11] At the time of King Matthias Corvinus' death, Bartholomew Drágfi of Béltek was among the wealthiest landowners of the country, three castles, two manor houses, eight market towns and about 200 villages were in his property. [10] His estates in Közép-Szolnok and Szatmár counties included the castles of Kővár and Erdőd together with the large lordships surrounding them, and further, the castles of Sólyom and the castellum of Csehi. [10] Another important family member, among others, was John Drágfi of Béltek Comes of Temes County in 1525, who died 1526 in the Battle of Mohács. [11]
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House of Dragoș (Drăgoșești) | |
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Country | |
Founded | 1352: Dragoș, Voivode of Moldavia |
Titles |
The House of Dragoș, [1] also known as the House of Drăgoșești [2] ( Hungarian: Drágfy, Drágffy, Drágffi, Drágfi), was founded by Dragoș [3] [4] (also known as Dragoș Vodă [5] or Dragoș of Bedeu [6]), who was traditionally considered the first ruler [3] or prince of Moldavia and who was Voivode in Maramureș. [7]
Voivode Dragoş I de Bedő voivode of Máramaros Prince of Moldavia [8] and his successor son Szász de Béltek Prince of Moldavia, [9] [10] bore the blue (azure) escutcheon with the gold crescent, gold stars and gold arrow on their coat of arms. [9] Other notable scions of Dragoş I were Bartolomeu Drágfi of Béltek, Comes Perpetuus of Közép-Szolnok County (1479–1488), Voivode of Transylvania and Comes of the Székely people (1493–1499), [10] who had distinguished himself earlier as a royal knight of the Hungarian Royal Court defeating the Ottoman Turks at the Battle of Breadfield (1479) together with Pál Kinizsi, István Báthory, Vuk Branković and Basarab Laiotă cel Bătrân. [11] At the time of King Matthias Corvinus' death, Bartholomew Drágfi of Béltek was among the wealthiest landowners of the country, three castles, two manor houses, eight market towns and about 200 villages were in his property. [10] His estates in Közép-Szolnok and Szatmár counties included the castles of Kővár and Erdőd together with the large lordships surrounding them, and further, the castles of Sólyom and the castellum of Csehi. [10] Another important family member, among others, was John Drágfi of Béltek Comes of Temes County in 1525, who died 1526 in the Battle of Mohács. [11]
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (
link), 22.03.2015