Smaragd of Transylvania
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Smaragd | |
|---|---|
| Judge royal | |
| Reign | 1205–1206 |
| Predecessor | Julius I Kán |
| Successor | Marcellus Tétény |
| Died | after 1223 |
| Noble family | gens Smaragd |
| Issue | Smaragd III Aynard Gilét I |
| Father | Smaragd I |
Smaragd (II) from the kindred Smaragd (Hungarian: Smaragd nembeli (II.) Smaragd; died after 1223) was a Hungarian distinguished nobleman from the gens Smaragd, who held several positions during the reign of Andrew II of Hungary.
His father was ispán (comes) Smaragd I (d. after 1167). He moved to the Kingdom of Hungary from Champagne, France. Smaragd II had a brother, Egidius (or Giles). Together with him, Smaragd built the Premontre monastery church of Zsámbék around 1220.[1] During the foundation, Smaragd donated his estates Szentkirály (within Esztergom), Marót, Perbál, Répás (today a borough of Sajópálfala), Szörény, Zsámbék, Ság, Seregélyes and Szerdahely to the monastery.[2] Egidius and Smaragd possibly also had another brother Paul.[1]
Smaragd had three children, one of them was Smaragd III, archbishop of Kalocsa. Aynard I served as ispán of Valkó County from 1244 to 1246, while Gilét I was count of the tárnoks ("comes udvornicorum"). Both of them belonged to the retinue of Queen Maria Laskarina, wife of Béla IV of Hungary.[3] They were the ancestors of the Ajnárdfi and Zsámboki (Gilétfi) noble families, respectively.[4][5]