Count of Hermannstadt

The Count of Hermannstadt, also Count of Sibiu or Count of Szeben^[1] (Hungarian: szebeni ispán), was the head of the Transylvanian Saxons living in the wider region of Hermannstadt (now Sibiu in Romania) in the 13th and early 14th centuries.^[2][3] The counts were royal officials, appointed and dismissed by the Kings of Hungary.

Origins

List of the Counts of Hermannstadt

Thirteenth century

Term	Incumbent	Monarch	Notes	Source
c. 1210	Joachim	Andrew II		[4][5]
c. 1266	Dominic	Stephen V	also Palatine of the King junior, Stephen V, and ispán of Bács County	[4]
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Fourteenth century

Term	Incumbent	Monarch	Notes	Source
c. 1323	Nicholas Telegdi	Charles I		[3]
1323-c. 1324	Thomas Szécsényi	Charles I	also Voivode of Transylvania	[3]
c. 1329	Nicholas Brassói	Charles I		[3]

References

1. Vásáry, István. Cumans and Tatars: Oriental Military in the Pre-Ottoman Balkans, 1185–1365. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. p. 59. ISBN 978-0-521-83756-9.
2. Engel 2001, p. 114.
3. Engel 1996, p. 191.
4. Zsoldos 2011, p. 204.
5. Curta 2006, p. 385.

Sources

• Curta, Florin (2006). Southeastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 500–1250. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-89452-4.
• Engel, Pál (1996). Magyarország világi archontológiája, 1301–1457, I [Secular Archontology of Hungary, 1301–1457, Volume I] (in Hungarian). História, MTA Történettudományi Intézete. ISBN 963-8312-44-0.
• Engel, Pál (2001). The Realm of St Stephen: A History of Medieval Hungary, 895–1526. I.B. Tauris Publishers. ISBN 1-86064-061-3.
• Zsoldos, Attila (2011). Magyarország világi archontológiája, 1000–1301 [Secular Archontology of Hungary, 1000–1301] (in Hungarian). História, MTA Történettudományi Intézete. ISBN 978-963-9627-38-3.