Vecelin,[1][2] also Vecellin[3] and Vencellin,[4] was a prominent military commander of Stephen I of Hungary at the end of the 10th and the beginning of the 11th century.[5] He was of Bavarian origin and came from a city named as either Wasserburg[4] or Weissenburg.[6]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Engel 2001, p. 39.
- ^ Kristó 2001, p. 19.
- ^ Györffy 1994, p. 63.
- ^ a b Képes Krónika [Chronicon Pictum] (in Hungarian). Translated by Geréb László. Magyar Hírlap and Maecenas. 1993. ISBN 963-8164-07-7. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
Lejött Bajorországból Vencellin is, a wasserburgi.... - Vencellin came from Wasserburg in Bavaria....
- ^ Veszprémy 1994, p. 722.
- ^ József Podhradczky, ed. (1838). Chronicon Budense. Buda: Gyurián & Bagó. p. 48. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
Descendit quoque de Bavaria Vencellinus videlicet de Veyzenburch...." - "Vencellinus also came from Bavaria, namely [from] Weissenburg....
Sources
edit- Engel, Pál (2001). The Realm of St Stephen: A History of Medieval Hungary, 895–1526. I.B. Tauris Publishers. ISBN 1-86064-061-3.
- Györffy, György (1994). King Saint Stephen of Hungary. Atlantic Research and Publications. ISBN 0-88033-300-6.
- Kristó, Gyula (2001). "The Life of King Stephen the Saint". In Zsoldos, Attila (ed.). Saint Stephen and His Country: A Newborn Kingdom in Central Europe - Hungary. Lucidus Kiadó. pp. 15–36. ISBN 963-86163-9-3.
- Veszprémy, László (1994). "Vecelin". In Kristó, Gyula; Engel, Pál; Makk, Ferenc (eds.). Korai magyar történeti lexikon (9-14. század) [=Encyclopedia of the Early Hungarian History (9th-14th centuries)] (in Hungarian). Akadémiai Kiadó. p. 722. ISBN 963-05-6722-9.
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