Alexandru Filipa$cu

ENCICLOPEDIAFAMILIILOR NOBILEMARAMIJRESENE

DE ORIGINE ROMANA^.."iO,>{6 - "" """

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THE ENCYCLOPEDIAOF NOBLE FAMILIES

OF A ROMANIAN ORIGININMARAMURE$ COUNTY

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UN MODEL VECHI PENTRU NOUA A$EZAREPE CARE O CERE EUROPA

AN OLD MODEL FOR THE NEW SETTLEMENT

Motto: Whoever thinks hecan be peaceful when havinggreedy neighbours is wrong.

(Tacitus)t

Those who will merely skim through thematerial comprised in The Encyclopediaof Noble Families of a Romanian Originin Maramure; County, by AlexandruFilipaqcu, will certainly be surprised.Before their eyes, there unfolds a surprisingfor some, and for others an even uncom-fortable historical overview, offered by thesocial panorama of the life of the natives, alife about which very little was known, andeven that 'little' was almost totally differentfrom reality.

Before we proceed to a short run overthe material of the present Encyclopedia

- a material which, rising above the meresequencing of a chronicle, reveals aspectswhich bear a heavy load of signiflcationsand implications - a speciflcation is needed,

I We refer at the very special respect the Ange-vine kings had for the specific of each nation,through the recognition$ of their real ethnicalidentity - as this study will prove - a specificwhich has become in today's Europe sacrosanct:unity in diversity. This principle is the oppositeof any form of chauvinism, especially the one metwith in the lTth-21th centuries, whose devastatingaggressiveness did not constitute something to beproud offor those who maintained and practicedit, as it could honour those who more or less pur-posefully supported it.

THAT EUROPE REQUIRES

Motto: Se inqealS cine credec5 poate sta liniqtit

cu vecini lacomi(Tacit)t

Cel ce parcurge cu o minimd atenliematerialul cuprins in Enciclopediafamiliilor nobile maramure$enede origine romenl de AlexandruFilipaqcu, va fi surprins. O neaqteptatdpentru unii, pentru alfii, chiar incomodd:etrospectivd istoricd - oferitd depanorama social[ a vielii autohtonilordin nordul RomAniei - se desfdqoard int-ata ochilor. Via{d despre care nu se qtiatrproape nimic, ,,nimic" ce, pe deasupra,ira cu totul altfel decAt realitatea.

inainte de a face o scurtd trecere inrevistd a materialului cuprins in aceastlEnciclopedie, material care, ridicAndu-se deasupra inqirdrii cronicdreqti,'Jezi'5luie aspecte de grele implicalii qi:emniflcalii, este necesard o precizarc;: r'a da posibilitatea sd ne acomoddm

\: referim la respectul deosebit acordat de re-:.. angevini specificului fiecdruia, prin recunoag-:::ea etniei sale reale dupl cum dovedeqte acests:udiu - specific devenit pentru Europa de astdzisacrosant: unitate in diversitate. Acest principiueste opusul oricdrei forme de qovinism, mai ales.rcela al secolelor XVII-XX, a cdrui agresivitateder.astatoare nu constituie un titlu de glorie pen-lru cei ce l-au practicat gi nu poate onora nici pe:ustinatorii conttien[i sau mai putin constienti ailcestora_

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optica la situalii qi realitdli cu totuldiferite de mentalitatea noastrd gi deaceea greu de inleles in timpurile incare tr6im2.

in secolele XIV-XVI - epocd adiplomelor de care se prevaleazdobiectivitatea demersului nostru - invirtutea sistemului feudal, teritoriulunei ldri nu aparlinea statului respectiv.El reprezenta suma posesiunilor regelui,

suveran absolut, teritorii cucerite deel qi pe seama lui, din care - pentruserviciile aduse coroanei - el putea sdrecompenseze prin dona{ii vasalii cedeveneau astfel ,,nobili donatari". LarAndul lor aceqtia erau adevirali stdpAniai posesiunilor primite, posesiuni ceincludeau Ei iobagii aflStori pe acestea

Ei asupra cSrora micul senior exercitadrepturi adesea absolute.

Aceastd realitate juridici, atAt dedeosebitd fa!6 de dreptul modern in caresuveran este statul, apare cu deosebitdclaritate in textul documentelor deepoc5, evidenfiindu-se cu pregnan!5in formulele de redactare ale tuturordiplomelor date de regi. in virtuteaprincipiului feudal al suveranitdlii,urmdtorul rege ajuns pe tron reinnoiadiplomele date de antecesor prinformula novo donatio.

Exist5 totuqi o excepfie, aceea avoievozilor gi a cnejilor rom6ni(nu numai din Maramures) a cdrorautoritate impreund cu drepturilelor funciare au fost respectate dela inceput de regii apostolici prin2 Dovadd atAtea confuzii care s-au IEcut qi se maifac incd - fdrd, dar mai ales cu intenlie intreregatul apostolic ,,maghiar", feudd a papalitalii(folositi in politica de expansiune a confesiuniicatolice in rasaritul Europei) qi statul maghiar,apdrut ca atare, mult mai tdrziu.

one which willallow the common view toget accustomed to situations and realitieswhich are very different from our mental-ities, and, consequently, difficult to under-stand for the times we live in.2

In the l4th-16th centuries - the period ofthe Diplomas the objectivity of the present

undertaking avails itself of - in virtue of thefeudal system, the territory of a country did

not belong to the respective state. On thecontrary, it represented the sum ofthe pos-

sessions of the King, who was an absolutemonarch. These territories were conqueredby him or on his behalf, and ofthem - forspecial favours brought to the crown - hecould reward through donations some of his

vassals, who, consequently, became "dona-

tive nobles". At their turn, the latter werealso true owners of the received posses-sions, which also included the serfs livingon them. The loca1 lord exercised very often

absolute powers upon these serfs.

This juridical reality, so much differentfrom contemporary law systems in whichsovereignty belongs to the state, very clear-ly appears in the text of the documents ofthe epoch. being even more conspicuousin the formulas used in the wording ofall Diplomas given by Kings. In virtueof the feudal principle of sovereignty, thenext King to come to the throne renewedthe Diplomas given by his predecessor bymeans of a novo donatio formula.

Nevertheless, there is one exception, that

of Romanian Voivodes and Princes (notonly from Maramureq) whose authority,

2 There are several confusions that have beenmade and are still being made - most of the ti-mes unintentionally - between the 'Hungarian'Apostolic Kingdom, a flef of the papacy (a formused in the expansionist policy ofCathotic faithto Eastern Europe), and the Hungarian State,which appeared as such much later.

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acordarea aceleiaqi novo donatio, carereprezenta, prin confirmarea statutuluisi a privilegiilor feudale ale voievozilorsi cnejilor, recunoaqterea existen{eiunei organiza{ii anterioare regatuluiapostolic. Precizdrile qi exemplele date.: continuare sunt menite s[ evidenlieze.i sa lSmureascd aceste aspecte alerrganizf,rii qi ierarhiei sociale din:rordul Ardealului in evul mediu tdrziu.

\ici privilegiile acordate nobililorromdni de regine in fiefurile lor nu facercep{ie de la aceastd regu15, pentru cdsi din ele reiese cu eviden!6 ci voievoziisi cnejii romflni, alegi de obqtile lor' c o nt u nit at i s w ol ac or um) aveau asupraproprietSlilor lor funciare drepturide stapdni, printre care qi acela de.i>tantd judecdtoreasc[ pentru supuqi...: asta nu numai in Maramureg, ci qi:- lomitatele Ungariei, ca de pildd in3::eu sau Ung.

...,\-os Elisabeth ( ) Quod-,.tilnutt'titas wolucorum nostrorum inC,tmitcrttr nostro de Beregh existencium...t ideo woivodam wolucorum, quil't'tt ipsi trtilis et honestus videretur,-ie t'ommuni voluntate, eis preficere-;.irnitteremus, secundum quod eciam-:..'. trolacy in Maramarusyo et alys*-;.ribus regni nostri (...) potirentur:: trtote (...) Annuimus eisdemn'olacys nostris ut woyvodam quem-,rtmunitas wolacorum habere" .lcrit. liberam eligendi et preficiendi,:-:neartt facultatem, qui omnes causas:,::tr ipsos escortas ludicare debet et-.,:.' debito terminare..." (cf. @, p. 55,:::iLrma nr. 28 din 30 IX 1364).

.. ,\'os Elisabeth (...) quod nos ad' :.:.:. ot'ionem Clementis, Iohannis et

together with their land rights were ob-served from the beginning by the apostolicKings through their granting of the samenovo donatio, which represented, throughthe confirmation of the statute of theVoivodes and Princes, a recognition oftheexistence of social organizations previousto the apostolic Kingdom. The followingspecifications and the examples given aremeant to emphasize and clarify these as-pects ofthe social organization andhierar-chy in the North of Ardeal (Transylvania)in the late Middle Ages.

The privileges given to Romanian no-blemen by the Queens in their fiefs areno exception from this rule, either, as itcomes out with clarity from them that theRomanian Voivodes and Princes, electedby their commune (communitatis wolqco-rum)hadtherights of owners and lords overtheir lands. One of these rights was that ofbeing the lords of their own law-courts fortheir subjects. The same can be said notonly for the county of Maramureq, but alsofor other counties, like Bereg or Ung.

... Iy'os Elisabeth (.) Quod commtmitaswolucorum nostrorlrm in Comitatu nostrode Beregh existencium (...) ideo woivodum

wolacorum, qui pro ipsi utilis et honestusvideretur, de communi voluntate, eis prefi-cere admitteremus, secundttm quod eciam

aly wolacy in Maramarusyo et alys par-tibus regni nostri (...) potirentur libertate(...) Annuimus eisdem wolacys nostris utwoyvodam quem commLtnitas wolacorumhaberevoluerit, liberam eligendi et prefici-endi hubeantfacultaten. qui omnes causasinter ipsos escortas ludicare debet et finedebito terminare.." (cf.

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Nr. Ei numele familieiin Enciclopedie

Number and nameof the family

in the Encyclopedia

4 Anderco (Anderko)

22Birlea (Barla)

33 Berinde (Berendy)

47 Boier

50 Bogdan

80 Cionca (Csonka)

87 Cora-Coroi (Karuly, Karoly)

90 Cosma (Kozma')

98 Criqlne ;ti (Kr ic sfalu s sy)104-108 Danci (Dancsi)

I I 1 Dflrvlneqti-Darva (D arvay)l18 Dolha (Dolhay)

I20 Dragom ir (Dragomer- Dragumer)12l Dragoqizi (B ac s inas zky)

l22Draghffy

125 -126 Dri guq (D r agu s)129 Dunca (Dunka)

130 Erdeu (Erdciszy)

177 Grigor alias Nemeq (Nemes alias Grigor)

195 Husovski (Ho s z ow ski)

204 Iliqiua (Ilosvay)

205 Itni{chi (Ilnicki)

219 Jo (Joo)

223 Komolossy

234 Lipcea (Lipcsey)

247 Mircu; (Marcos de Bedci)

Nr. in colec{ia Siebmacher:,,Ungarische Adel"

Numtler in theooSiebmacher" collection:

Ungurische Adel

9

193

46

68

68

78,196

113,218, 136

255

260

24

98

27

87

5

113

88

29, ll7123

139

165

45

166 a

207

201

279

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270 Mircea (Mircse)

274 Moi; (Moys)

321 Petrovay

322 Pintea (Pintye)

364 Popovici (Popovics)

391 Stoica (Sztoyka)

413 Tfl rnov a (Kd keny e s dy)

414 Tegze

438 Vancea (Vdncsa)

443 Yid,a

447 Ylad (ll/lad)

tn facsimil, infra, cdteva mostre desteme ale familiilor Vlad, Dragffy,Dunca, MoiE, extrase din coleclia,,Siebmacher", volumul Der UngarischeAde1. Este evidentd qi asem6nareapdnd la identitate a mobilei atuncicdnd familiile sunt inrudite, de ex.:toli descendenlii din Dragog-Vod6, caqi cei din fiul slu Sas-Vodd, au pe scutca mobil[ semiluna, sdgeata qi doudstele: Sas I, Sas II, Dunca, Bacinski,Husovschi, Ilnilchi etc. Stema familieiDraghffy /fiul lui Dragl are in plus 9icei doi dragoni ce inconjoard scutul,fiind identicd in intregime cu stema luiDragoq-Vodd.

De relinut este faptul cd tendinlade fagocitare a etniei autohtonilor qiconfiscarea ei pe seama qi in folosulaltei etnii se poate observa pe intregparcursul istoriei, mai ales in secoleleXVII-XX, pAnd in timpul celui de-al Doilea Rdzboi Mondial, chiar Eidupd. Arunc6nd o privire in studiuldomnilor Orbok Attila si Csatar Istvan

132

63

365

144

372

49

255

84

183

186

494

In the facsimile above, there are afew coats of arms of the Vlad, Dragffy,Dunca, and MoiE families, copied fromthe "Siebmacher" collection, the volumeentitled Der Ungarische Adel. The resem-blance (to identity, even) of the arms is ob-

vious, especially when the families are ofthe same kin. For example, all descendantsof Prince Dragoq, as well as of his son,Prince Sas, have on their coats, as arms,the half-moon, the arrow, and two stars:Sas I, Sas II, Dunca, Bacinski, Husovschi,Ilnilchi, etc. The coat of the Draghffy (sonof Drag, in Hungarian) family has twodragons which surround the shield, but,other than that, it is identical with PrinceDragoq's one.

One must note the fact that the tenden-

cy to phagocytose the native Ethnics inthe beneflt of another Ethnical group isobvious throughout the course ofhistory,especially in the 17th-20th centuries, untilWorld War II, and even afterwards. Onecan be really surprised when reading thestudy written by Mr. Orb6k Attila and Mr.

1. Familia AGOTHA deFERE$TI (de FEYRFALT/A) (@,pp. 50, 51; A, p.l0l, ed. II p. 86)

-Membrii familiei sunt nobili.:naliqti din 1629. Ei dovedesc cf,:..rinte de aceastd datI erau nobili,.:lsdndu-se din cneazul Stan zis Feyr.

-, 1361 nepo{ii lui Stan, fiii cneazului- :covoi, romAnii maramureEeni Bud,i"ndrin, OpriE, Ioan, Dragomir qi Boil5::imesc de la regele Ludovic, fiul lui- -:rol Robert de Anjou, diploma de-.::oducere in Yz cnezatului romflnesc- :sdu, (Ozon) care a aparlinut bunicului. :. Stan, zis Albu (Fejyr) de asemenea

romAn, u...Bud, Sandor, Oprissa,I,t h annis, Dragomer et B uylaF i I io r um Loc ovoy fideli um Olachor um\.ostrorum de Terra Msrumorusiensi... ) Keneziutum medietatis cujasdumPt)ssessionis nostrae Olachalist-):on (...) quem Keneziatum prius\tsrr dictus Fejyr similiter Olahus: t)nserv(tsse (. . .) Donavimns..." (cf. @,: -

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Numele Fejer apare la l4l3 ca Alb(de Fejerfalva), iar in 1423, ca Bela(de Belafalva) (cf.

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1,. p. 143, diploma 81). Urma;ii lui- u. flul lui Vlad, vor lua patronimulIuzdu, ...dupd datina romAneascl-...Ivan seu lounnem filium Vladtognomen Huzeu ad posteritutespostea trunsmissum assumsisse (...)reliquis autem tribus producentibus

"tamiliis ad distinctionem linearummore gentis Valachicae Nomen PutrisBaptismale pro cognomine ussumeresolitae, diversa cognomina a diversis

'lonatariis stipibus venisse et quidem'...) familiae lvuncsuk seu Vuncsukt Vancsone...", apudProtocollum? -,1 cl u ctionis Nobilium Donatar iorum:,:nis 763-769 elaboratttm, pag. 29.(cf.it .p. 149, nota 1; Ei infra fam. Nr. 95).

Intre 1700-1731, unii membri din:.nilie emigreazd, in DobAca (cf. A. p..--i). O parte din familia Albu, alias- rrSrns, stabilitI in Biserica Alb6,, invest. nobil. din 7763-1168 Ei-a:..redit originea nobild din 1580, fiind-:--unoscutd ca Alb de Biserica Albd (cf.i,. p. 591, nota). La aceeagi investigalie. tbst prezentat un document al::mitatului prin care in 1580 Ioanr-bert qi Cosma Alb cer recunoasterea::oprietdtilor ob!inute prin procesul de

" i570, (cf. Q, p. 30).1

4. Familia ANDERCO deHOMOROD (Y, vol I, pp.

79,22,23 qi vol II,p.47

-O ramurd a aceastei familii din'i.'rrne16d s-a stabilit in Maramures.

)::pa informaf iile primite der.iscariu, in 1862, la data respectivd:',,ista o familie in comuna TArEol!- -t donafie din Homorod (informator,i.. Erd6ssiu, viceprotopop al tdrii

@, p. 143, Diploma 81). The descendants ofIon, son of Vlad, took later on the patro-nym Huzdu, ...according to the Romaniancustom apud P r oto c ollum Pro dnctionis No b iliumDonatariorum Annis 763 -769 elaboratum,p.29. (cf. O. P. 149, note 1;and fam. no.95below).

Between 1700 and 1731, some membersof the family emigrated to DobAca (cf. A, p.173). A part of the Albu alias Cosma family,established in Biserica Alb6, On the nobil-ity investigation from 1763-1768 proved itsnoble origin from 1580, being recognizedas Alb of Biserica Albd (cf. (D, p. 591, note).On the same investigation, a document ofthe county was presented, by which IoanAlbert and Cosma Alb requested in 1580the recognition ofthe properties obtainedin the trial of 1570 (cf. A, p. 30).1

4. TheANDERCOofHOMOROD family (Y, vol I,pp.19,22,23 andvol II, p.4)

[A branch of this family from Homorodsettled in Maramureq. According to the in-formation received by Puqcariu in 1862, atthat time there was a family with a donationin Homorod in the TArEol! commune (infor-mant, A1. Erddssiu, the deputy arch-priestof Jara OaEului); there was also a family

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Oaqului), o familie, in comunaGornica (informator, Ioan Papp, parohin Odoreu), iar dupl informalia luiPetru Bran, parohul din Satu Mare,o familie in Satu Mare. Din familiaAnderco sunt pomeni!i: preo!iiBasiliu, in Odoreu, Ioan in Bdtarci,Simion in Ileanda gi $tefan in OnceEti(cf. Y. vol. I, pp. 19, 22,23 qi vol. II.p. 4). Din informaliile culese de noide la urmaqii familiei Anderco dinMaramureq (Corina Radu din Borqa)se poate reconstitui urmltorul arboregenealogic, descinzdnd din canoniculde Gherla, Ioan Anderco de Homorod.El are 4 copii: Ioan. preot gr. cat..Bazlliu, Maria Ei Alexie. Ultimul fiindcSsdtorit cu Ana Mihaly de Apqa qistabilit in Borqa are 8 copii: Isabella,c[sdtorit[ Dan; Iulia, cdsdtoritd Man;Emilia, cdsdtoritd Coman; Ana,

^ Sigiliul canonicului loanAnderco de Homorod

,( Stema familieiAnderco de Homorod

in the Gornica commune (informant IoanPapp, the rector in Odoreu); and accordingto the information of Petru Bran, the rec-tor of Satu Mare, another family in SatuMare. From the family Anderco, they men-tioned: the priests Basiliu in Odoreu, Ioanin Bdtarci, Simion in Ileanda and $tefanin Onceqti (cf. Y. vol.I, pp. 19, 22,23 andvol II, p.4). According to the informationwe gathered from the descendants of theAnderco from Maramureq family (CorinaRadu from Borga) the following familytree can be reconstituted, descendingfrom the cleric of Gherla, Ioan Andercoof Homorod. He had 4 children: Ioan, aGreek Catholic priest, Baziliu, Maria andAlexie. The latter, married Ana Mihalyof Apqa and settled in Borqa; they had 8children: Isabella, married Dan; Iulia,married Man; Emilia, married Coman;Ana, married Mihaly; Artemie, the author