The Banate of Severin was a political, military and administrative unit with a special role in the anti-Ottoman defensive system of the medieval Kingdom of Hungary

Kingdom of Hungary

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It included areas of eastern Banat

Banat

The Banat is a geographical and historical region in Central Europe currently divided between three countries: the eastern part lies in western Romania , the western part in northeastern Serbia , and a small...

 and western Oltenia

Oltenia

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. It was led by a ban

Ban (title)

Ban was a title used in several states in central and south-eastern Europe between the 7th century and the 20th century.-Etymology:The word ban has entered the English language probably as a borrowing from South Slavic ban, meaning "lord, master; ruler". The Slavic word is probably borrowed from...

, and the capital was at Drobeta-Turnu Severin

Drobeta-Turnu Severin

Drobeta-Turnu Severin is a city in Mehedinţi County, Oltenia, Romania, on the left bank of the Danube, below the Iron Gates.The city administers three villages: Dudaşu Schelei, Gura Văii, and Schela Cladovei...

 . The Banat of Severin was disputed between Wallachia

Wallachia

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 and the Kingdom of Hungary.

After the 1526 battle of Mohács

Battle of Mohács

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, the Banat of Severin was divided. Eastern part (eastwards from Vârciorova) came under the jurisdiction of Wallachian princes and in the western part (westwards from Orsova

Orsova

Orșova is a port city on the Danube river in southwestern Romania's Mehedinți County. It is one of four localities in the county located in the Banat historical region. It is situated just above the Iron Gates, on the spot where the Cerna River meets the Danube.- History :The first documented...

, inclusive) was gradually formed the Banate of Lugos and Karansebes

Banate of Lugos and Karansebes

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List of the Gouvernators ("Bans") of Szörény

1. 1233 Lukács
2. 1243 Ştefan
3. 1247–1254 Ioan
4. 1255 Pósa Csák
5. 1257–1261 Ştefan
6. 1262 Ştefan
7. 1263–1267 Laurenţiu
8. 1268 Ugrin
9. 1268 Alexandru
10. 1269 Laurenţiu
11. 1270 Ponit
12. 1270–1271 Laurenţiu
13. 1271–1272 Paul
14. 1272 Laurenţiu
15. 1272 Albert
16. 1273 Paul
17. 1273 Laurenţiu
18. 1274 Paul
19. 1274–1275 Ugrin
20. 1275 Micu
21. 1275 Paul
22. 1275 Reinauld
23. 1276–1279 Micu
24. 1277–1278 Paul
25. 1279 Laurenţiu
26. 1280–1283 Timotei
27. 1284–1286 Mako
28. 1287–1289 Rafael
29. 1290–1293 Laurenţiu
30. 1294–1296 Solymosi Posa
31. 1297–1299 Ladislau Rátholti
32. 1299–1308 Andrei Tárnok
33. 1309–1314 vacant
34. 1314–1318 Dominic Cernea
35. 1319–1323 Ladislau Rátholti
36. 1323–1329 Daniel Szécsi
37. 1324 Paul
38. 1330–1335 vacant
39. 1341 Szécsi Denis
40. 1342–1349 Losonci
41. 1350–1355 Nicolae Szécsi
42. 1355–1359 Laţcu Denis
43. 1359–1387 vacant
44. 1387 Ladislau
45. 1387–1388 Ştefan
46. 1388–1390 Ioan Kaplan
47. 1390–1391 Nicolae Perényi
48. 1392 Gerebenci Szemere
49. 1392–1393 Ditrău Bebek
50. 1393–1408 vacant
51. 1408–1409 Pipo of Ozora
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52. 1409 vacant
53. 1419 Sigismund Losonci
54. 1428 Emeric Marcali
55. 1430–1435 Nicolae Redwitz
56. 1429–1435 vacant
57. 1435 Ladislau Jakubek
58. 1436–1439 Francisc Tallóczi
59. 1439–1445 John Hunyadi
    John Hunyadi
    John Hunyadi John Hunyadi (Hungarian: Hunyadi János , Medieval Latin: Ioannes Corvinus or Ioannes de Hunyad, Romanian: Iancu (Ioan) de Hunedoara, Croatian: Janko Hunjadi, Serbian: Сибињанин Јанко / Sibinjanin Janko, Slovak: Ján Huňady) John Hunyadi (Hungarian: Hunyadi János , Medieval Latin: ...
    
    
60. 1445–1446 Blaziu
61. 1447–1454 Miklós
62. 1449 Vasile de Cerna (vice-ban)
63. 1452–1454 Petru
64. 1455-57 vacant
65. 1458 Vlad şi Grigore Bethlen
66. 1459–1460 vacant
67. 1460 Ladislau Doczi
68. 1462–1463 Nicolae
69. 1464–1466 vacant
70. 1466 Pongrácz János (Ioan Pongracz)
71. 1467 vacant
72. 1467 Ştefan şi Mihai de Mâtnic
73. 1468–1471 vacant
74. 1471–1478 Emeric Hédervári
75. 1478 Ioan Dominic Bethlen
76. 1478 vacant
77. 1479 Ambrozie şi George Szenthelsebethi
78. 1479 Bartolomeu Pathócsy
79. 1480–1483 Francisc Haraszti
80. 1483–1489 Francisc Haraszti şi Andrei Szokoly
81. 1490 Emeric Ozora
82. 1491 Pipo şi Andei Dánfy
83. 1491–1492 Francisc Haraszti
84. 1492–1494 George şi Filip Balassa de Ciula
85. 1495–1502 Petru Măcicaş
86. 1503 Barnaba Bela
87. 1503 Ioan Gărlişte
88. 1504–1508 Ioan şi Bela Gârlişte;
89. 1508–1513 Mihai şi Barnaba
90. 1514 Ioan
91. 1515–1516 Nicolae
92. 1517–1518 vacant
93. 1519 Béla Barnabás
94. 1520–1521 Nicolae Gârlişte
95. 1522–1524 Ioan Kállay