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Un comandant de origine croată al Cetăţii Făgăraş: Cosma Horvath Petričević

  • Subiect: A croatian commander of the Făgăraş fortress: Cosma Horvath Petričević This article analyzes the main elements in Cosma Horvath Petričević's biography (1523-1590). He lived for 67 years and came from a noble Croatian family. Cosma became an orphan as a teenager, when a significant part of Croatia was conquered by the Ottomans. This is why his uncle, Nicolae Horvath, took him along when he settled in Transylvania. Cosma had never forgotten his lineage, which is obvious from his correspondence with various Croatian nobles and from his coat of arms representing a crowned dolphin floating on the water (and alluding to the Dalmatian coast). He married Barbara Petki and had five children (four boys and a girl). For 15 years (a period which is accounted for in written documents), he owned and traded a considerable number of estates, parts of villages, parcels, houses and noble courts. These were located in the counties of Cluj, Dăbâca, Turda and in the Székely Seats of Mureş and Odorhei. Cosma Petricievici's favorite residence was in Comlod (Bistriţa-Năsăud county). Due to his ever-improving financial status, he was able to acquire high social prestige and to hold important office in the Principality of Transylvania. Cosma Horvath was lord of the castle of Brâncoveneşti (1564-1567), administrator of the citadel of Alba Iulia (1573-1575), prefect of the fortress of Făgăraş (1576-1588) and councilor to the prince (1588-1590). He undertook numerous military, economic, fiscal, administrative and legal duties. Many of these are known only from archival documents, which have not yet been published. Cosma Horvath was devoted to the Báthory family under all circumstances. Therefore, the Transylvanian voivodes, Cristofor and Sigismund, but especially the Polish king Stephen Báthory entrusted him with important missions. This article aims to highlight Cosma Horvath’s participation in the Boyar judicial assemblies in Făgăraş Land. The captain's contribution to printing theological books in Braşov is also noteworthy.Cosma Horvath Petričević died in April 1590 and was buried in Comlod. The tombstone is beautifully engraved and adorned with a dolphin. In the centuries that followed, the Horvath family was prolific and enjoyed great social prestige. More recent generations included many artists, writers, magistrates, clerics, politicians and even a historian, Emil Horvath, who published his family records.
  • Limba de redactare: română, engleză
  • Secţiunea: Istorie-History
  • Vezi publicația: Acta Terrae Fogarasiensis: ActaTF
  • Editura: Negru Vodă
  • Loc publicare: Făgăraş
  • Anul publicaţiei: 2020
  • Referinţă bibliografică pentru nr. revistă: 9; anul 2020
  • Paginaţia: 43-67
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