Vecelin

Vecelin, as depicted in the Illuminated Chronicle

Vecelin,[1][2] also Vecellin[3] and Vencellin,[4] was a prominent military commander of Stephen I of Hungary at the end of the 10th and the beginning of the 11th century.[5] He was of Bavarian origin and came from a city named as either Wasserburg[4] or Weissenburg.[6]

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References

  1. ↑ Engel 2001, p. 39.
  2. ↑ Kristó 2001, p. 19.
  3. ↑ Györffy 1994, p. 63.
  4. 1 2 Képes Krónika [Chronicon Pictum] (in Hungarian). Translated by Geréb László. Magyar Hírlap and Maecenas. 1993. ISBN 963 8164 07 7. Retrieved 1 December 2015. Lejött Bajorországból Vencellin is, a wasserburgi.... - Vencellin came from Wasserburg in Bavaria....
  5. ↑ Veszprémy 1994, p. 722.
  6. ↑ József Podhradczky (editor) (1838). Chronicon Budense. Buda: Gyurián & Bagó. p. 48. Retrieved 1 December 2015. Descendit quoque de Bavaria Vencellinus videlicet de Veyzenburch...." - "Vencellinus also came from Bavaria, namely [from] Weissenburg....

Sources

  • Engel, Pál (2001). The Realm of St Stephen: A History of Medieval Hungary, 895–1526. I.B. Tauris Publishers. ISBN 1-86064-061-3. 
  • Györffy, György (1994). King Saint Stephen of Hungary. Atlantic Research and Publications. ISBN 0-88033-300-6. 
  • Kristó, Gyula (2001). "The Life of King Stephen the Saint". In Zsoldos, Attila. Saint Stephen and His Country: A Newborn Kingdom in Central Europe - Hungary. Lucidus Kiadó. pp. 15–36. ISBN 963-86163-9-3. 
  • Veszprémy, László (1994). "Vecelin". In Kristó, Gyula; Engel, Pál; Makk, Ferenc. Korai magyar történeti lexikon (9-14. század) [=Encyclopedia of the Early Hungarian History (9th-14th centuries)] (in Hungarian). Akadémiai Kiadó. p. 722. ISBN 963-05-6722-9. 


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