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House of Drugeth
CountryKingdom of Hungary
Foundedc. 1315
FounderFülöp (Philip), Palatine of Hungary
Final rulerZsigmond II (executed)
Titles
  • Count Drugeth de Homonna
Dissolution1684

The Drugeths were a noble family (of French origin) of the Kingdom of Hungary in the 14th to 17th centuries whose possessions were located in the northeastern parts of the kingdom. The ancestors of the family left Apulia (Southern Italy) for Hungary during the reign of King Charles I. Several members of the family held high offices in the first half of the 14th century and later, when the Drugeth estates were the largest in all of Hungary.[1] The family continued to be important until the male line died out in 1691.

Origin

The Drugeths (or Drugets) originated from the Kingdom of France. They belonged to the escort of Charles I of Anjou, who conquered the Kingdom of Sicily in 1266. In contemporary Italian records, they were referred to as "de Druget", "Rugeth", "Truget", "Drugetus" and "de Druetto", among others. 19th-century Hungarian historian József Hampel considered the Drugeths adopted their surname after a forename (Drugo, Druetto), and he assumed a relationship with the Merloto family of French origin due to the similarity of heraldic animals in their coats-of-arms.[2] Genealogist Mór Wertner refused the theory of their French origin, but archivist István Miskolczy, who conducted research in the State Archives of Naples, convincingly proved the early origin of the family in the 1930s.

The first known member of the family was Nicholas (Niccolò), who was among the courtiers of Charles in 1267. He was styled as royal doorkeeper in 1267 and 1270. He escorted the king to Rome around that time. His wife was Isabella, a scion of the de La Forest family of French origin. Nicholas and Isabella were granted fiefdoms in Melito di Napoli and Pascarola near the Angevins' hunting estate, Aversa on 5 October 1271.

Notable members of the family

The first member of the family establishing himself in the Kingdom of Hungary was Philip Druget (Template:Lang-hu) (c. 1288–1327) who accompanied the future King Charles I from the Kingdom of Naples to Hungary in 1300. He took part in the king's military campaigns against his opponents and the rebelling aristocrats. He led the king's armies, in 1317, against the rebellious Peter, son of Petenye (who possessed several castles in Zemplén county) and in 1320, against Matthew III Csák. He was the head (ispán) of the Counties Szepes (1315–1327), Abaúj (1317–1327), Gömör and Torna (1320–1327). Philipp was the Master of the Queen's Treasury (királynéi tárnokmester) between 1321 and 1327, when King Charles appointed him to Palatine (nádor); he hold the latter office until his death. King Charles granted him the possession of the Castles Barkó (Template:Lang-sk), Jeszenő (Template:Lang-sk), Lubló (Template:Lang-sk), Palocsa (Template:Lang-sk), Szokoly (Template:Lang-sk) and Terebes (Template:Lang-sk).

Nevickei Castle in modern-day Ukraine was the property of the Drugeth family.

Philip's brother, John Drugeth (Template:Lang-hu) (?–1334) arrived from the Kingdom of Naples to Hungary before Philip's death. King Charles I appointed him to Palatine in 1328. He was also the head of the Counties Bács (1330–1333), Fejér, Somogy, Tolna, Ung and Zemplén (1328–1333) and castellan of Óbuda (1328). The king granted him the Nevicke Castle in 1332. In 1333, he returned to Naples.

Palatine John's elder son, William Drugeth (Template:Lang-hu) (?–1342) was the most powerful member of the family. He followed his uncle, Philip in his offices in 1327, and became the head of the Counties Abaúj, Gömör and Szepes, (1327–1342); and he also was the ispán of the Counties Borsod, Heves (1327–1342) and Sáros (1328–1342). He inherited his uncle's possessions on the north-eastern parts of the kingdom where he had the Dunajec Castle built before 1333. Around 1330, he acquired the Castle of Szalánc (Template:Lang-sk). When his father left for Naples in 1333, William became his deputy as Palatine, and followed him as the head of the Counties Ung and Zemplén (1333–1342). Following his father's death in 1334, William was appointed to Palatine. In 1340, he led the armies King Charles I sent to Poland in order to assist King Casimir III of Poland. In his last will, he left his possessions to his brother, Nicholas, but King Louis I of Hungary confiscated them upon the request of his mother, the Queen Dowager Elisabeth.

Palatine John's second son, Nicholas Drugeth de Gergény (Template:Lang-hu) (?–1355) was appointed to Master of the Cup-bearers (pohárnokmester) in 1332 and he became the head of Ugocsa County in 1337. When his brother, William died in 1342, King Louis I not only confiscated him of the inheritance, but also removed Nicholas from his offices. However, he regained the king's favor soon who granted Barkó and Nevicke jointly to Nicholas and his brother, John from William's legacy in 1343. In the same year, Nicholas became the head of the Ung County (1343–1354). Nicholas was appointed judge royal (országbíró) (and he became also the ispán of Turóc County) in 1354, and thus held the third office of the kingdom in his last year. The branch "Gerényi" of the Drugeth family ascended from him, but its male line died out already in the third generation.

Palatine John's third son, John Drugeth de Homonna (Template:Lang-hu) (?–1361) founded the "Homonnai" branch of the family in what is today the town of Humenné in Slovakia. In 1343, he was granted the possession of Barkó and Nevicke jointly with his younger brother, Nicholas. John followed Nicholas as head of the Ung County (1354–1362).

See also

Sources

General
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  • Engel, Pál (1998). A nemesi társadalom a középkori Ung megyében [The Noble Society in Medieval Ung County] (in Hungarian). Társadalom- és művelődéstörténeti tanulmányok 25., MTA Történettudományi Intézete. ISBN 963-8312-59-9. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Hardi, Đura (2012). Drugeti. Povest o usponu i padu porodice pratilaca Anžujskih kraljeva [Drugeths. The History of the Rise and Decline of the Escorts of Angevin Kings] (in Serbian). Faculty of Philosophy, University of Novi Sad. ISBN 978-86-6065-108-4. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
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  • Lenčiš, Štefan (2003). Šľachtický rod Drugetovcov z Humenného [The noble Druget family of Humenné] (in Slovak). Matica slovenská. ISBN 978-8096-730-25-4. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • 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. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Miskolczy, István (1936). "A Drugetek őseiről [The Ancestors of the Drugets]". Turul (in Hungarian). 50 (1–2). Magyar Heraldikai és Genealógiai Társaság: 1–5. ISSN 1216-7258. {{cite journal}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Szőcs, Tibor (2014). A nádori intézmény korai története, 1000–1342 [An Early History of the Palatinal Institution: 1000–1342] (in Hungarian). Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Támogatott Kutatások Irodája. ISBN 978-963-508-697-9. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Zsoldos, Attila (2012). "A Drugetek és a "hét vármegye" [The Drugets and their "Seven Counties"]". In Bagi, Dániel; Fedeles, Tamás; Kiss, Gergely (eds.). "Köztes-Európa vonzásában". Ünnepi tanulmányok Font Márta tiszteletére (in Hungarian). Kronosz Kiadó. pp. 577–585. ISBN 978-615-5181-69-6. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Zsoldos, Attila (2016). "A Druget-vagyon születése [The Birth of the Druget Wealth]". In Horn, Ildikó; Lauter, Éva; Várkonyi, Gábor; Hiller, István; Szirtes, Zsófia; Balogh, Zsuzsanna; Pásztor, Katalin; Tamás, Máté (eds.). Művészet és mesterség: Tisztelgő kötet R. Várkonyi Ágnes emlékére 1–2 (in Hungarian). L'Harmattan Kiadó. pp. 63–85. ISBN 978-963-2364-97-1. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
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Inline
  1. ^ Paul Robert Magocsi, Ivan Pop. Encyclopaedia of Rusyn History and Culture. University of Toronto Press, 2002. ISBN 0-8020-3566-3. Page 99.
  2. ^ Miskolczy 1936, p. 1.
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