Captain in Chief explained

The Captain in Chief were a group of regents elected in 1445, by the Hungarian Estates.^[1] The Captain in Chiefs contained seven members, John Hunyadi, Nicholas Újlaki, George Rozgonyi, Emeric Bebek, Michael Ország, Pongrac Szentmiklósi, and John Jiskra.^[2] The seven captains would only last for one year until John Hunyadi would be bestowed sole regentship in 1446 by the Diet of Hungary.^[3]

History

The Captains formed after the death of Władysław III of Poland in 1444.^[2] With Hungary crown-less they elected Ladislaus the Posthumous son of Albert the seconded, However, young Ladislaus was kept in Tyrol by Fredrick the Third. The Hungarian Estates requested Ladislaus to be given to them, unfortunately Fredrick rejected this. This caused infighting in the central government, before they could step on one sole regent, they decided to elect a total of seven noble men and men of high influence to manage seven different Captaincy of Hungary.^[4]

During this time there was immense struggle between the Hungarian estates this caused some Members of the Captain in Chief's to abuse their power. They became robber barons, the two most notorious for it Pongrac Szentmiklosi and Jhon Jiskra.^{[5] [6]}

During this time there was also a divide to keep Ladislaus the rightful heir or Replace him. Emeric III Bebek spent most his time gathering Slavonian nobility it started with Luigi Aldemarisco and Voivode Hrvoje. The Bebeks managed to skillfully attract a significant part of the Slavonian nobility to Ladislaus's side.

On the other side Trau, Sebenico and Spalato swore allegiance to the Alfonso V of Aragon one after another before his governor, Aldemarisco, and even before Christmas, the same Dalmatian cities solemnly invited Ladislaus to take possession of his new country.^[7]

Voivode's

• Transylvania - Emeric III Bebek - After the disoultion he was regranted it in 1446 and until he died in Rigómezdn in 1448.^[8] Along with the council we saw John Geréb de Vingárt, a member of a prestigious noble family^[9] he had risen from a castellan of Görgény to Vice-Voivode.^[10]

Common myths

• That there were only five members.^[11]

Notes and References

1. Book: Benda, Kálmán . Magyarország történeti kronológiája: a kezdetektöl 1970-ig, négy kötetben . Solymosi . László . 1981 . Akadémiai kiadó . Történettudományi intézet . 978-963-05-2661-6 . Budapest.
2. Book: Engel, Pál . The realm of St. Stephen: a history of medieval Hungary, 895 - 1526 . 2001 . Tauris . 978-1-86064-061-2 . Ayton . Andrew . International library of historical studies . London.
3. Book: Kontler, László . Millennium in Central Europe: a history of Hungary . 1999 . Atlantisz Publishing House . 978-963-9165-37-3 . Budapest.
4. Web site: 2023-11-19 . Ladislas V Holy Roman Emperor, Bohemian Reformation, Hungarian Reformation Britannica . 2023-11-28 . www.britannica.com . en.
5. Web site: Bánlaky József - A magyar nemzet hadtörténelme . 2023-11-29 . mek.oszk.hu.
6. Web site: I. A szentmiklósi és óvári Pongrácz-család. Turul 1883-1950 Kézikönyvtár . 2023-11-29 . www.arcanum.com . hu.
7. Book: Codex diplomaticus Hungariae ecclesiasticus ac civilis. Tomi X. Vol. 4. (Budae, 1841.) . 1841 . 1841.
8. Liktor . Zoltan Attila . 2018 . The First Habsburg-Hungary (1437-1457) II. Political Warfare - Public Legal Stability (1440-1452) . Iustum Aequum Salutare . 14 . 239.
9. Engel 2001a. Kacsics nem 6. tábla: Geréb (vingárti); Kubinyi 2001. 16.
10. Engel 1996. I. 15., 321.; C. Tóth et al. 2017. 84
11. Book: Moravcsik, Gyula . Görög költemény a várnai csatáról . 1935 . Egyetemi Nyomda . Moravcsik . Gyula . Budapest . en.