Vejte Csanád

Vejte Csanád
Judge royal
Reign 1199–1200
Predecessor Mika Ják
Successor Achilles
Spouse(s) unknown

Issue

Noble family gens Csák
Died after 1200

Vejte from the kindred Csanád (Hungarian: Csanád nembeli Vejte; died after 1200) was a Hungarian lord, who served as Judge royal between 1199 and 1200, during the reign of Emeric, King of Hungary.[1]

Vejte (or Wetich) was born into the Csanád clan which originated from Csanád, who defeated provincial lord Ajtony, an enemy of Stephen I of Hungary in the early 11th century. Vejte had a son, Theodore, the Palatine of Hungary in 1222.[1]

He was first mentioned as ispán of Csanád County in 1199.[2] Beside the position of Judge royal, he also served as ispán of Nyitra County from 1199 to 1200.[3] After that he was the first known ispán of Krassó County in 1200.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Markó 2006, p. 276.
  2. Zsoldos 2011, p. 145.
  3. Zsoldos 2011, p. 174.
  4. Zsoldos 2011, p. 165.

Sources

Vejte
Genus Csanád
Born: ? Died: after 1200
Political offices
Preceded by
Mika Ják
Judge royal
1199–1200
Succeeded by
Achilles
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