Egidius Smaragd
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Egidius from the kindred Smaragd (Hungarian: Smaragd nembeli Egyed; died after 1215) was a Hungarian distinguished nobleman at the turn of the 12th and 13th centuries. Originating from a kinship of French origin, he established a Premonstratensian monastery in Zsámbék.
Family
Egidius (also Giles) was born into the gens (clan) Smaragd, a kindred from the Kingdom of France, which had settled down in Hungary in the middle of the 12th century. He was the son of Smaragd (I), who is referred to as comes in the 1160s. Egidius had a brother Smaragd (II), who served as Judge royal (1205–1206) then briefly Voivode of Transylvania (1206) during the reign of Andrew II, and possibly another sibling called Paul. Egidius married noblewoman Pena from an unidentified family. They had no known descendants.
Career
Historians György Györffy and Gergely Buzás considered Egidius is identical with that namesake noble, who held court positions during the reigns of Béla III then Emeric. Accordingly, Egidius served as ispán of Vas County sometime between 1185 and 1192. In this capacity, he processed demarcation of boundaries for those estates, which members of the gens Héder donated to the Szentgotthárd Abbey, according to a royal charter from 1198.
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