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Count '''Michael Szilágyi''' de Horogszeg (? 1400 - Constantinople<ref name="RoB">{{cite book |title=The Roots of Balkanization: Eastern Europe C.E. 500-1500 |last=Grumeza |first=Ion |date=4 August 2010 |publisher=University Press of America |location=Maryland, USA |isbn=9780761851349 |page=8 |accessdate=10 June 2012}}</ref>, 1460 ) was a [[Hungarian people|Hungarian]] general and [[Regent of Hungary]] in 1458. |
Count '''Michael Szilágyi''' de Horogszeg ({{lang-hu|horogszegi gróf Szilágyi Mihály}}; ? 1400 - Constantinople<ref name="RoB">{{cite book |title=The Roots of Balkanization: Eastern Europe C.E. 500-1500 |last=Grumeza |first=Ion |date=4 August 2010 |publisher=University Press of America |location=Maryland, USA |isbn=9780761851349 |page=8 |accessdate=10 June 2012}}</ref>, 1460 ) was a [[Hungarian people|Hungarian]] general and [[Regent of Hungary]] in 1458. |
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| Michael Szilágyi | |
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| Count of Horogszeg | |
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| Regent of the Kingdom of Hungary | |
| Born | c. 1400 |
| Died | 1460 Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (today Istanbul, Turkey) |
| Spouse | Margit Báthory |
| Issue | Ilona Szilágyi |
| House | House of Szilágyi |
| Father | László Szilágyi |
| Mother | Katalin Bellyéni |
| Signature |  |
Count Michael Szilágyi de Horogszeg (Hungarian: horogszegi gróf Szilágyi Mihály; ? 1400 - Constantinople[1], 1460 ) was a Hungarian general and Regent of Hungary in 1458.
Family
He was born in the 1410s as vice-bailiff of Bács, son of the captain of Srebrenik, Ladislaus Szilágyi and Catherine Bellyéni. The common noble family derived its name of Horogszegi from its estate in the county of Temes. His sister, Elisabeth, was John Hunyadi's wife.[2] His daughter Ilona Szilágyi was the second wife of Vlad III the Impaler.[3]
Life
Michael Szilágyi began his career in his brother-in-law’s service as vice-ispán (vicecomes) of Torontal. He was the captain of the Belgrade fortress at the Ottoman siege in 1456.[2] As Ban of Macsó, he acquired a place among the barons [4]
On 20 January 1458, Matthias Corvinus was elected king by the Parliament. This was the first time in the medieval Hungarian kingdom that a member of the nobility, without dynastic ancestry and relationship, mounted the royal throne. Such an election upset the usual course of dynastic succession in the age. In the Czech and Hungarian states they heralded a new judiciary era in Europe, characterized by the absolute supremacy of the Parliament, (dietal system) and a tendency to centralization. During his reign, Matthias reduced the power of the feudal lords, and ruled instead with a cadre of talented and highly educated individuals, chosen for their abilities rather than their social status. The Diet appointed Michael Szilágyi, the new king's uncle as regent, because of Matthias' young age. Throughout 1458 the struggle between the young king and the magnates, reinforced by Matthias's own uncle and guardian Szilágyi, was acute. But Matthias, who began by deposing Garai and dismissing Szilágyi, and then proceeded to levy a tax, without the consent of the Diet, in order to hire mercenaries, easily prevailed.
Michael Szilágyi resigned the office of regent in August 1459[5] and was killed by the Ottomans after being captured during an expedition into the Balkans, in 1460.[6] Since he was considered a spy, he was tortured and sawed in half.[1]
References
- ^ a b Grumeza, Ion (4 August 2010). The Roots of Balkanization: Eastern Europe C.E. 500-1500. Maryland, USA: University Press of America. p. 8. ISBN 9780761851349.
{{cite book}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ a b Pannonian Renaissance : The Hunyadis and the Jagello age (1437-1526). Encyclopaedia Humana Hungarica. Vol. 4. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
- ^ Jones, Teresa L. (13 April 2010). My Vladislaus Dracula. Bloomington, Indiana, USA: AuthorHouse. p. 75. ISBN 9781452005737.
{{cite book}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ "The Angevin and Sigismund Eras". FOR THE HOMELAND UNTO DEATH – 1100 YEARS: Hungary in the Carpathian Basin. Budapest: Zrínyi Média Nonprofit Limited. p. 186. ISBN 9789633275207.
{{cite book}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help); External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ Skvarna, Dusan; Bartl, Julius; Cicaj, Viliam; Kohutova, Maria; Letz, Robert; Seges, Vladimir (1 June 2000). Slovak History Chronology & Lexicon. Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers. p. 51. ISBN 9780865164444.
{{cite book}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ MaCartney, Carlile Aylmer (1962). "The Beginnings". Hungary A Short History. Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 9781175711793.
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