Nikolaus Gara (son)

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Nikolaus Gara , also Nikolaus Garai or Hungarian Miklós Garai , was under King Sigismund Palatine of the Kingdom of Hungary from 1402 to 1433 . Nikolaus was the son of Nikolaus von Gara of the same name , who had also been a Palatine and who had served Sigismund's mother-in-law Elisabeth of Bosnia and Sigismund's wife Maria of Hungary with the loss of his life until 1387. Nikolaus' brother Ladislaus Garai also became a palatine in the early 15th century. Nikolaus was married to the daughter Anna of Count Herrmann II von Cilli .

Even the death of his father Gara occurred at a time of ongoing civil war in Hungary. Sigismund was crowned king while Maria was imprisoned. Elisabeth died in captivity; Sigismund was able to free Maria with Venetian help. The leader of Sigismund's troops was Nikolaus Gara. Maria died. After a lost crusade against the Ottoman Empire in 1395, Sigimund was only able to return to Hungary in 1401. He could only hold out as king for a short time and was imprisoned; The guard was entrusted to Nikolaus Gara.

On the advice of Herrmann II. Von Cilli and his mother Helena, Gara released Sigismund after 18 weeks in prison and used himself to reinstate Sigismund as king. For this he and Cilli received a rich reward from Sigismund's brother, the King of Bohemia, who himself had power interests in Hungary. It was also agreed that Sigismund and Gara should marry both of Cilli's daughters ( Barbara , Anna).

As a palatine, Gara accompanied Sigismund on trips to Prague in order to obtain the Roman-German imperial dignity for the House of Luxembourg. Even after the inheritance treaty with Austria in 1402, Gara continued to stand by Sigismund's side when large parts of the Hungarian nobility turned away.

Nikolaus owned a house in what was then the Hungarian capital, Ofen . A letter of coat of arms of Sigismund for his brother-in-law , dated March 26, 1416 and given in Paris, has survived .

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  • Alexander von Pusztay (1843) The Hungarians in their State and National System from 889 to 1842, Volume 1, Mayer and Wigand.
  • Carl Gottlieb Windisch (1772) Political, geographical and historical description of the Kingdom of Hungarn. Lion.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Márta Kondor (2012): Courtyard, Residence and Administration. Furnace and Blindenburg in the reign of King Sigismund - with special reference to the years 1410–1419. In: Karel Hruza and Alexandra Kaar (eds.) Kaiser Sigismund (1368–1437) - On the rule of a European monarch. Böhlau Verlag, pp. 215-234
  2. ↑ Andreas Zajic and Petr Elbel (2012) Wappenmarkt and Marktwappen. Diplomatic and personal-historical considerations on King Sigismund's coat of arms for Mohelno from the time of the Council of Constance. In: Karel Hruza and Alexandra Kaar (eds.) Kaiser Sigismund (1368–1437) - On the rule of a European monarch. Böhlau Verlag, pp. 301-365