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Barons
By Raider, 1 January 2007; Revised 1 January 2007
 Category: Hungarian History
In Western Eurpe the term baron usually referred to those lords who were the direct vassals of the king in the chain of vassality. In Hungary there was no chain of vassality. In fact, there was no vassality at all. The barons were the officials of the kingdom, appointed and deposed by the king. These barons were (under King Sigismund of Hungary):
All of the barons were entitled as magnificus vir. |