Stephen Bő
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Stephen Bő | |
|---|---|
| Died | after 1268 |
| Noble family | gens Bő |
| Issue | Michael Peter |
| Father | Ders |
Stephen from the kindred Bő (Hungarian: Bő nembeli István; died after 1268) was a Hungarian nobleman in the 13th century.
Stephen was born into the so-called Ders branch of the gens (clan) Bő, which originated from Somogy County, and was one of the ancient ethnic Hungarian kindreds which had participated in the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin in late 9th century. His father was a certain Ders, whose parentage is unknown. Stephen had an unidentified sister.[1]
Although Stephen originated from a relatively less significant branch of the Bő clan, his sister married Gregory II Monoszló, a prominent landowner in Southern Transdanubia and Slavonia. The marriage resulted the rapid political and social grow of Stephen's two sons Michael and Peter "the Toothed" by the end of the 14th century, as their cousins were the influential barons Egidius, Gregory III and prelate Peter Monoszló.[2] When the latter became Bishop of Transylvania, Michael Bő was made as his grand provost. Subsequently, he served as Bishop of Zagreb, then Archbishop of Esztergom. Peter functioned as Count of the Székelys.[3]