Matthew III Csák
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Máté Csák or Matthew III Csák, also Máté Csák of Trencsén, was a Hungarian oligarch who ruled de facto independently the north-western counties of Kingdom of Hungary. He held several of the highest ro
16th century portrait of Matthew III, attributed to Italian painter Titian
Trenčín (Trencsén) Castle with Matthew's Tower
Battle of Rozgony in 1312, Chronicon Pictum from 1360
Matthew III Csák, lithography probably by Roland Weibezahl (1817–1871)
Amadeus Aba
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Amadeus Aba or Amade Aba was a Hungarian oligarch in the Kingdom of Hungary who ruled de facto independently the northern and north-eastern counties of the kingdom. He held the office of Palatine seve
Matthew III Csák
…his territories. The indignant oligarch pillaged the possessions of the Archdiocese of Esztergom. When the citizens of Kassa (Slovak: Košice) killed Amade Aba, the powerful oligarch of the north-eastern parts of the kingdom (5 September 1311) Matthew made an alliance with his sons against the king who sided…
Seal of Amadeus Aba
Nevytske Castle, built by Amadeus Aba
Boldogkő Castle, owned by Amadeus Aba since c. 1300