Nobility and Royalty of The Kingdom of Hungary - Earlier Usage (until 1526)

Earlier Usage (until 1526)

Before the accession of the Habsburgs, the nobility was structured according to the offices held in the administration of the Kingdom. The highest officials were entitled barons of the kingdom (Latin: barones regni) with the title of magnificus vir.

During the reign of Sigismund of Luxemburg they were as follows:

English Latin Hungarian
Palatine comes palatinus nádor
Voivode of Transylvania woyuoda Transsiluanus erdélyi vajda
Judge royal iudex curiae regiae országbíró
Ban of Croatia and Dalmatia,

Ban of Slavonia,
Ban of Macsó,
Ban of Severin

 ... horvát-dalmát bán,

horvát-szlavón bán,
macsói bán,
szörényi bán
Master of the treasury magister tavernicorum tárnokmester
Master of janitors ianitorum regalium magister főajtónálló
Master of stewards dapiferorum regalium magister főasztalnok
Master of cup-bearers pincernarum regalium magister főpohárnok
Marshal agasonum regalium magister főlovászmester
Counts of Pozsony and Timis .. pozsonyi ispán, temesi ispán
High Treasurer summus thesaurarius főkincstárnok
Count of the Székelys .. székelyispán
Secret Chancellor ... titkos kancellár

These officials were usually chosen from among the most powerful nobility.

There was also a class of noblemen that arose from the "royal servants" called the servientes regis.

Counts (Latin: comes, Hungarian: ispán or gespan) that appear before the 16th century were in most cases holders of posts in administration, governing their respective comitatus (Hungarian: vármegye). Nevertheless, the position of comes was hereditary as early as the 13th century, mostly for families residing in the southern and western parts of the Kingdom of Hungary.

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