Talk:Hungarian nobility/Archive 2

Archive 1

Archive 2

Slovak Nobility section

1. In: Lukačka, J.: Úloha šľachty slovanského pôvodu pri stabilizácii uhorského včasnofeudálneho štátu (Mission of the nobility of Slavic origin during the stabilization of the Hungarian Kingdom in the early middle ages). Lukacka is an important Slovak historian also a member of Slovak-Hungarian historian commission. He made hypothesis that Hunt-Poznan (Hont-Pazmany) family lines were originally Slavs whose took the place in Hungarian nobility. The main proof is an archival document about the donation to monastery in the Nitra region from this family before the arrival of Hungarians to the region of present Slovakia. So local Slavic leaders were included to the "Natio Hungarica" in the same time as Magyar leaders (so I dont agree with this: "The local Slavic leaders also got into the nobility during the centuries." Lot of Magyar leaders has a Slavic wives (Moravian, Russian, Proto-Slovak) and their descendants were Magyars or Slavs or with mixed identity). 2 I was reading some sources and about the "Slovak nobility" (of course proud members of natio hungarica) we can talk from the time of Royal Hungary. First time it was used (I mean in historic time) term Slovak nobleman (or Slovak member of natio hungarica) for Juraj Ottlyk (Gyorgy) by proffesor Szarka László and Konya Peter (http://www.hhrf.org/kisebbsegkutatas/kk_2008_03/cikk.php?id=1652). So from the 16-17th century we can talk about Slovak nobility. Lower Slovak nobility had an important role in Slovak national revival. I would like to add here a rubric about Hungarian Slavic and later Slovak nobility (of course the part of content in the main article and with discussion). Who agree, please write the comment below my comment. --85.216.253.245 (talk) 17:02, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

I think it is a good idea to give a new section for the Slavic/Slovak nobles because this subject needs clarification. Fakirbakir (talk) 18:03, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

Hont-Pázmány genus had Swabian ancestry your opinion is an alternative research.Fakirbakir (talk) 08:37, 28 October 2010 (UTC)

And I am just thinking, If Csak genus had have been autochthonous people in Upper Hungary, why their earliest ancient possessions were located around the Vértes Hills in Transdanubia; Csákvár? Fakirbakir (talk) 08:53, 28 October 2010 (UTC)

Moreover, 'Gesta Hunnorum et Hungarorum' is written by Simon of Kéza (about Csáks), Anonymus's Gesta Hungarorum is another record.Fakirbakir (talk) 09:06, 28 October 2010 (UTC)

What migration?

The claim that Romanians "migrated" into the territory conquered by Hungarians, especially in Transylvania, is not based on anything, except on the Hungarian ideology of the 19th century. The same ideology unwilling to take into account good sense, science, and the medieval Hungarian historiography itself. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.226.115.243 (talk) 22:18, 20 August 2012 (UTC)

• An idea fully in line with the Romanian tradition on the establishment of Wallachia and Moldavia, referring to their ancestors' migration to the Kingdom of Hungary sometime in the 13th century. The immigration of Romanians into Transylvania and Banat continued up until the 21th century. Medieval Hungarian historiography does not contradict to this picture. Borsoka (talk) 04:10, 21 August 2012 (UTC)

I think it is not right to ignore the theory of the Daco-Roman continuity (no matter how skeptical you personally are about it). The phrase mainly Slavic, German and Romanian colonists who immigrated to the kingdom during the 11th-15th centuries lacks neutrality and wrongly asserts that is a consensus about the fact that Slavs and Romanians reached the kingdom after Hungarians. Cenamol (talk) 07:00, 27 October 2014 (UTC)

The core of the Hungarian nobility was made up of Hungarian tribal leaders. !Later!, of course, this group absorbed "non-Hungarian" elements. Royal records proves that the Hungarian kings gave lands and titles to foreigners (knights, colonists). Your claim is only a theory. I am not even sure that scholarly works mention that "Daco-Romanian" leaders 'melt' into the Hungarian nobility. Fakirbakir (talk) 12:14, 27 October 2014 (UTC)

László Makkai writes here about ennobled Romanian families. We can't say for sure when those families arrived in Transylvania, to call them "colonists to the Hungarian land" does not cover the full spectrum of theories about the origin of the Romanians. Cenamol (talk) 12:22, 27 October 2014 (UTC)

Actually Makkai writes that there were no Romanian nobles before the 15th century (in Transylvania). "In the 14th century, there were no Romanians in Transylvania who had full noble status." and the "the mass ennoblement of Romanian cnezes is linked to the name of János Hunyadi". Beside that Makkai also states that there is a recognizable pattern of Romanian migration to Kingdom of Hungary. (e.g. "There is no doubt that this dynamic pattern, accompanied by frequent changes in toponyms, owed to a massive influx of Romanians. In one Romanian district of the Severin Province, five villages were recorded in 1365, and thirteen in 1404, with only one appearing in both lists. The process of migration did not end there, for in 1510, the district encompassed 36 villages, of which only two had existed in 1404. The appearance of new toponyms confirms that Romanian settlements became stabilized only at the end of the Middle Ages."). Fakirbakir (talk) 13:38, 27 October 2014 (UTC)

My impression was that you are contesting the fact that there existed nobles of Romanian origin who were absorbed into the Hungarian nobility. Makkai is a supporter of the immigrationist theory and his toponymic observations are certainly interesting. But it is a fact that, according to a non-negligible historical view, Romanians did live in Transylvania much before the 15th-century ennoblements (and they were not colonists to Hungary). Cenamol (talk) 14:21, 27 October 2014 (UTC)

Merger proposal

I propose that Lesser nobility (Kingdom of Hungary) be merged into Nobility in the Kingdom of Hungary. I think the content in the "Lesser nobility (Kingdom of Hungary)" article can easily be explained in the context of this article. Fakirbakir (talk) 19:16, 20 October 2014 (UTC)

I am going to do the merge because nobody disagreed with my proposal. Fakirbakir (talk) 14:38, 5 November 2014 (UTC)

Requested move

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The result of the move request was: move the page, per the discussion below. Dekimasuよ! 02:45, 5 November 2014 (UTC)

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Nobility in the Kingdom of Hungary → Hungarian nobility – The subject refers to the noble families of the Kingdom of Hungary. Beside the legal history of the nobility [post-WW1 and post-WW2 issues also belong to the subject (+ after the Second World War we can't even talk about "kingdom")], I think, due to the living descendants of the Hungarian nobles, it is a current topic too. Fakirbakir (talk) 14:48, 27 October 2014 (UTC)

• Support It seems to be the general way of doing things in categories. Gregkaye ✍♪ 19:59, 28 October 2014 (UTC)

I think the topic of the "Transylvanian" nobility also belongs to this subject. After the collapse of the medieval kingdom, Transylvania became an Ottoman tributary state for 150 years (I know sometimes it had dual vassalage), even if it was regarded as an inalienable part of the Hungarian kingdom by the vassal princes. The history of the former landowner nobles in Ottoman Hungary would also deserve a section in the article. The "age of the principality" (895-1000) is an important part of the subject, however Hungary was not even a kingdom at that time. Between 1918 and 1920 there was no Hungarian kingdom but Hungarian Democratic Republic and Hungarian Soviet Republic. The subject refers to the period from 895 until 2014, therefore, the use of the word "kingdom" may be misleading. Fakirbakir (talk) 22:35, 28 October 2014 (UTC)

• Support. More concise without losing anything. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 09:44, 4 November 2014 (UTC)

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Lead

Fakirbakir, what about my below suggestions?

• The sentence "The nobility in the Kingdom of Hungary concerns the noble families of the Kingdom of Hungary." says nothing ("men in the house are men who are in the house"). Instead, I suggest the following sentence: "The nobility in the Kingdom of Hungary consisted of a privileged group of laymen, most of whom owned inheritable landed property, between around 1250 and 1946."
• The above sentence could be followed by the next sentence: "However, late 12th-century charters only mentioned the highest dignitaries of the royal court and the heads, or ispáns, of the counties as "noblemen"." We should make it clear that the meaning of the word "nobleman" changed: initially it only referred to the highest officials.
• The sentence "The core of the medieval nobility were native lords, who traced the origins of their families back to Hungarian tribal chiefs who had lived at the time of the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin around 895; their claim can rarely be proven." is misleading and contains OR. Actually, there were only about 20 noble families who traced back their origins to the time of the Conquest. Instead, I suggest the following "Most of them were native lords, who traced the origins of their families back to Hungarian tribal chiefs who had lived at the time of the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin around 895; their claim can rarely be proven. Borsoka (talk) 14:56, 27 October 2014 (UTC)

I see. Now I understand why the "ispan" is so important in the lead. However a native English speaker may find it confusing (IMO, I am not native ES). I would suggest to feature your explanation in the lead, somehow. I wanted to emphasize the "core" because, as opposed to the events after the Ottoman Wars, the medieval nobility consisted of mainly native lords. I mean regarding the ancestry of the nobles, there is a big difference between the medieval and the post-Ottoman periods. I agree "native lords" is far better wording, however I am not sure we should mention this "tribal chief genealogy", the first part of the sentence "The core of the medieval nobility were native lords" would be enough IMHO. The point is that the "majority" were natives regardless of their relations to the "tribal chiefs" (these natives can be ethnic Hungarians too even if they do not have tribal chief ancestors). Fakirbakir (talk) 15:20, 27 October 2014 (UTC)

OK. I understand. Alszom rá egyet (=I will think of it). :) Borsoka (talk) 15:37, 27 October 2014 (UTC)

Yurts

Answering to the question "which?", the author does not specify which source mentions the useage of Yurts. Cited (p.209): "A magyar szakirodalomban jelentős helyet kapott a kerek nemezsátor, azaz a jurta régészeti kimutatásának kérdése, de eddig ilyen objektumnak még nem sikerült egyértelmű régészeti nyomát találni, pedig még a 12. századból is ismerünk rá vonatkozó írott adatot." Fakirbakir (talk) 09:29, 31 October 2014 (UTC)

I am sure that there are quite lot of records which mention "tents" (e.g. works of Muslim travellers). However I am not sure about "Yurts". Fakirbakir (talk) 09:49, 31 October 2014 (UTC)

Sorry, why do we need to write this. Is there any reliable source which says that Muslims wrote of Hungarian noblemen living in tents? If there is no positiv statement about the jurts, why do we state that there is no evidence of their existence? Should we write in an article of Queen Elizabeth that there is no evidence that she can sing operas or make pancakes, and nobody says that she is a mass murderer??? Borsoka (talk) 09:22, 2 November 2014 (UTC)

According to the article the nobles didn't live in castles in the 10th century. It is just weird to mention where nobles didn't live. Where did they live? Fakirbakir (talk) 10:57, 2 November 2014 (UTC)

A reliable source stated that they obviously did not live in fortified places, because there are no (for instance, Hungarian, Romanian, Slovakian) fortified places that can be dated to the 10th century. Is there a WP policy which forbids negative statements if they are based on reliable sources? Borsoka (talk) 13:50, 2 November 2014 (UTC)

Multi-roomed houses

Fakirbakir, is there a reference in the source cited to a connection between the multi-roomed houses and Hungarian notabilities or noblemen or tribal chiefs? Borsoka (talk) 09:24, 2 November 2014 (UTC)

No there isn't. However, it may be important, we get some information crumbs about the castle warriors' houses in Ballassa's book (p 292, Hungarian ethnography) " Némi építészeti eltérés azonban már Szent István törvényeiben megfigyelhető a népesség közép- és alsó rétegei körében is. A király dekrétumainak második könyvében olvasható a különbség a vitézek (miles) udvarát, házát (domus) és a közemberek kunyhóját (mansiunculas) megtámadók büntetése között, ami talán nemcsak az érintettek társadalmi helyzetére, hanem az építmények eltérő értékére is utal." Fakirbakir (talk) 10:41, 2 November 2014 (UTC)

This is a relevant piece of information, so we should add this piece of info. :) Borsoka (talk) 13:47, 2 November 2014 (UTC)

Merger proposal 2

There is a two years old merger proposal. I support it. Nobility and royalty of the Kingdom of Hungary is an unsourced, badly written article. Fakirbakir (talk) 14:26, 5 November 2014 (UTC)

I have done it. The redundant, unsourced and duplicated parts should be deleted. Fakirbakir (talk) 14:49, 5 November 2014 (UTC)

duplicated text

Could you please express your opinion on this issue, here: [1] Fakirbakir (talk) 10:07, 8 November 2014 (UTC)

My main concern that it is OR (a study on a decree based on the decree). Borsoka (talk) 04:10, 9 November 2014 (UTC)

Regency

I added a section for Horthy's regency. It needs to be filled in. I will do so if I have time, or someone else can if they get to it first. 155.213.224.59 (talk) 20:47, 18 February 2015 (UTC)

Patent of nobility example

Hi everybody, it could be to get an example of Hungarian patent of nobility. I mean, the original picture (I can provide one) and the translation in english. However, it is written in latin. Does someone get an english traduction of it (that's all the time the same modele used)? Laszlo (talk) 12:08, 17 March 2016 (UTC)

Hont-Pázmány

Lukacka's interesting theory about the identification of two Swabian knights as Slovak nobles is mentioned in the article. For this is not the article dedicated to the Hont-Pázmány kindred, why do you think that Lukacka's theory should be described here? Borsoka (talk) 09:29, 5 November 2016 (UTC)

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Slovak and Romanian POV

@Fakirbakir:, first of all Happy New Year. Secondly, why do you think that the two theories about the survival of local aristocracy should not be mentioned in the lead. Yes, I agree, that they are obviously politically driven theories, with little actual support, but they are widely accepted in two countries (Slovakia and Romania) which are situated in significant part of the one-time kingdom? Borsoka (talk) 11:21, 1 January 2018 (UTC)

They are not universally accepted highly dubious theories therefore they do not belong to the first paragraph in the lead. Also, if we mention the Slovak POV in the appropriate section we MUST refer to the main theory as well. A Wiki link to the page of the Hont-Pazmany family is not enough because without proper explanation the whole section will be misleading (e.g. "The Hont-Pazmany was of German stock, however there are other theories...). Fakirbakir (talk) 12:28, 1 January 2018 (UTC)

Happy New Year! Fakirbakir (talk) 12:33, 1 January 2018 (UTC)

If some theory is supported by recognized scholars and it is published in up-to-date sources, we cannot assume that it is "highly dubious". It is logically incorrect to say that some theory has a little actual support and (in the same sentence?!) that it is "widely accepted" in some countries.

It is also not clear who decided what is "a main theory". We can say (at the best) that the question is open and then we can present different views.

The statement that "Hont-Pazmany were of German stock and there are other theories" is only a conclusion of the editor and it violates NPOV, because this discussion has not been sufficiently resolved. We can also assume the "they were not of German stock and there are other theories" and some historians uncritically adopted the medieval legend as a fact. However, none of these statement is neutral and such assumptions cannot be used as a serious basis for writing the article. --Ditinili (talk) 18:55, 22 January 2018 (UTC)

Titles of nobility in Hungarian

Could somebody please add which titles of nobility existed in the Hungarian nobility, and what they were called, please? I know that e.g. count is "gróf", but my knowledge ends there. Thanks Adelshaus (talk) 15:27, 14 January 2018 (UTC)

I think the most important titles were the following:

• duke/prince = herceg
• perpetual count/ispán = örökös főispán
• marquess = őrgróf
• count = gróf
• baron = báró

There were special titles for the Székely noblemen (for instance, lófő, primor). Borsoka (talk) 15:35, 14 January 2018 (UTC)

Involved in the war

@KIENGIR:, the expression "Horthy declared a war on the Soviet Union" is neutral description of the fact. On the other hand, the expression "involved in the war" is quite enigmatic. Borsoka (talk) 03:26, 1 March 2018 (UTC)

@Borsoka:, I agree, however the current form has a message like the war with the Soviet Union would be just and only Horthy's intention or declaration, however this was not the case, as the traditional circumstances and protocol of the "declaration of war"/"involvment of war" was totally weird and did not happen in an pure "official" form. A rephrasing should be made made, please go on if you have a better solution.(KIENGIR (talk) 17:39, 1 March 2018 (UTC))

How about this?

"Hungary participated in the German invasion of Yugoslavia in April 1941 and joined to the war against the Soviet Union after the bombing of Kassa in late June."(KIENGIR (talk) 08:49, 11 March 2018 (UTC))

It's OK. Thank you. Borsoka (talk) 09:57, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

How name nobleman depending of his noble rank ?

Hello,

As contributor of french wikipedia, I'm wondering how hungarian noblemen are named as we can talk to an english nobleman calling him "sir", or "Lord" for scottish nobleman. What about hungarian nobility ? Laszlo (talk) 09:44, 9 July 2019 (UTC)

GA Review

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Reviewer: SpartaN (talk · contribs) 16:17, 26 September 2021 (UTC)

I'll have time to review it later this week SpartaN (talk) 16:17, 26 September 2021 (UTC)

@SpartaN: did you have a chance to look at the article? Borsoka (talk) 04:13, 12 November 2021 (UTC)

@Borsoka: Looks like SpartaN hasn't edited in a bit, I'm happy to take this up for him if you'd prefer. Iazyges Consermonor Opus meum 04:15, 23 November 2021 (UTC)

Thank you for your proposal. I hope everything is all right with SpartaN. Borsoka (talk) 04:23, 23 November 2021 (UTC)

@Borsoka: I'm sorry i left you hanging like that. I'm just now getting back to wikipedia. Something happened irl that i'm still struggling with emotionally.

@Borsoka: Looking over the article I do have some concerns about whether it covers the entirety of its scope, even if it is otherwise very well written; if the article was History of the Hungarian nobility, it would easily pass GA, but I think it lacks a comprehensive discussion of culture and religion that should belong to the article of the nobility itself. There are some mentions throughout the article of these topics, but IMO there should be much more, probably given their own sections. Iazyges Consermonor Opus meum 16:46, 1 December 2021 (UTC)

Thank you for starting the review. Sorry, I do not understand your above remarks. In my view, the article about Hungarian nobility is to be an article about the history of the Hungarian nobility, because the concept was changing from century to century. I always prefer a chronological approach instead of an approach based on subtopics when writing general articles about a topic. Culture, religion, etc. are covered in the present text. Borsoka (talk) 03:42, 4 December 2021 (UTC)

@Borsoka: I do, in retrospect, agree with you on the subject of culture, as it's hard to mention such over a 1000 year time frame, but perhaps more mention could be given to religion within the sections, speaking to the religious adherence of the time frame, if possible, along the lines of Most noblemen adhered to Lutheranism in the western regions of Royal Hungary, but Calvinism was the dominant religion in Transylvania and other regions. Iazyges Consermonor Opus meum 18:28, 5 December 2021 (UTC)

@Borsoka: I'm sorry I left you hanging like that. Something happened irl that I'm still struggling with. Also, apologies to you too Iazyges for thrusting this on you. I won't pick it back up because I might suddenly disappear again and don't want to leave you hanging a second time. SpartaN (talk) 04:03, 19 December 2021 (UTC)

@SpartaN: No problem, hope all is well, and a late Merry Christmas to you. @Borsoka: sorry for the wait, I will get round to this ASAP, and a Merry Christmas to you too. Iazyges Consermonor Opus meum 09:35, 26 December 2021 (UTC)

@SpartaN: No worries. I have also had many things to do in real life and I had to limit my presence in WP. @Iazyges: thank you for your offer. Happy New Year to both of you. Borsoka (talk) 00:59, 27 December 2021 (UTC)

Criteria

GA Criteria
GA Criteria: 1 1.a Y 1.b Y 2 2.a Y 2.b Y 2.c Y 2.d Y 3 3.a Y 3.b Y 4 4.a Y 5 5.a Y 6 6.a Y 6.b Y

• No DAB links Y
• No dead links Y
• No missing citations Y

Prose Suggestions

Please note that almost all of these are suggestions, and can be implemented or ignored at your discretion. Any changes I deem necessary for the article to pass GA standards I will bold.

Lede

• Most aristocrats claimed a late 9th century Magyar leader for their ancestor suggest Most aristocrats claimed ancestry from a late 9th-century Magyar leader.

• Done.

• Ennoblement of whole groups of people was not unusual in the 17th century given that this goes against the grain of much of history, a bit larger of an explanation might be due here.

• Done.

Origins

• Masses of Magyars crossed the Carpathian Mountains after the Pechenegs invaded their lands in 894 or 895 suggest Masses of Magyars crossed the Carpathian Mountains after the Pechenegs invaded their lands in the Pontic steppe, in 894 or 895

• Done.

• Slovak historians write at least three Hungarian noble kindreds unless "kindreds" is more proper for some reason, suggest simply using "clans".

• Done.

• which was built on a foundation of stones in Borsod was tentatively identified as the local leader's abode suggest changing abode to household unless its directly from source.

• Done.

Development

• A royal official, the ispán, whose office was not hereditary, headed each county suggest A royal official, the ispán, who was chosen by [x] (presumably the king), headed each county.
• Alternative solution.
• The kings appointed their officials from among the members of about 110 aristocratic kindreds suggest changing kindreds to family

• Done (I preferred "clans" instead of "families".

• which contributed to the development of heavy cavalry suggest which contributed to the development of heavy cavalry in Hungary

• Done.

• did not have offspring and brothers believe offspring or brothers may be more appropriate here.

• Done.

Golden Bulls

• emphasizing that they were only to serve the king suggest emphasizing that they were loyal only to the king, if you feel this is appropriate,

• I would not change the verb, because in this context they wanted to emphasize that they were only the king's servants.

• and their arrest without a verdict was prohibited does this mean they couldn't be held indefinitely, without trial and verdict? If so, suggest and their arrest without a subsequent trial and verdict was prohibited

• I deleted the part, because its meaning is unclear. Borsoka (talk) 02:54, 18 January 2022 (UTC)

Self-government and oligarchs

• and only about a dozen castles were erected on royal domains you may wish to change and to but or in comparison

• Done.

• Unlike a conditional noble, in theory a familiaris remained an independent landholder, only subject to the monarch suggest Unlike a conditional noble, a familiaris remained a de jure independent landholder, only subject to the monarch

• Done.

• which included a promise to respect the noblemen's liberties from the 1270s suggest which included a promise to respect the noblemen's liberties after the 1270s (might also wish to mention if this is because one king did so, or if there was an agreement laid out there that led to this, etc. (I'm presuming its related to Ladislaus)?

• Done. Borsoka (talk) 04:16, 26 January 2022 (UTC)

Age of the Angevins

• He captured the oligarchs' castles, confused by the meaning here; did he militarily seize a number of them, allowing him a free hand, or else is this language symbolic of increasing control (obligatory or physical) over the castles by virtue of his increased power? If the former, suggest He seized a number of the oligarch' castles by force, allowing him greater control over them (assuming it wasn't every single castle), following what/when he returned to them. If the latter, suggest Bouyed by his increased power, he seized [x] castles or, if it's symbolic, He regained control of the oligarchs' castles

• Done.

• These "baronies", as Matteo Villani recorded it around 1350 seems like it here should be in.

• Alternative solution: it was written in about 1350.

• Her husband was also regarded as a nobleman – a noble by his wife – according to the local customs of certain counties. does this mean that in certain counties he would be "a noble by his wife", and in others he would not? If so, suggest According to the local customs of certain counties, her husband might also regarded as a nobleman – a noble by his wife. If it just means the arrangement of this varied by counties, suggest Her husband was also regarded as a nobleman – a noble by his wife – although the exact details varied according to the local customs of the counties.

• Done. Borsoka (talk) 04:17, 26 January 2022 (UTC)

Emerging Estates

• He had to give away more than half of the 150 royal castles to his supporters before he could strengthen his authority in the early 15th century was the giving away a part of the arrangement (i.e. he agreed that could strengthen his power after he did so) or is this saying that he had to give them away, but then he strengthened his authority later? If the first, suggest explaining more of the arrangement, if the second, suggest When his position was weak, he was forced to give away more than half of the 150 royal castles to his supporters, although this abated when he later his authority in the early 15th century.

• Done.

• He founded a new chivalric order, the Order of the Dragon, in 1408 to award his most loyal supporters suggest either changing award to reward, or else He founded a new chivalric order, the Order of the Dragon, in 1408, and awarded membership to his most loyal supporters

• Done.

• The Diet obliged all landowners to equip one archer for 20 peasant plots on suggest The Diet obliged all landowners to equip one archer for every 20 peasant plots on

• Done.

• but in most cases they were represented by delegates.The noble delegates were almost always the familiares of the magnates. suggest but in most cases they were represented by delegates, who were almost always the familiares of the magnates.

• Done. Borsoka (talk) 04:17, 26 January 2022 (UTC)

Birth of titled nobility and the Tripartitum

• A tenth of all lands in the kingdom was in the possession of about 55 wealthy noble families are these 55 families and 10% in addition to the 30 families and 25% aforementioned, or is this a difference in time? Explain further the situation in either case.
• Modified. Borsoka (talk) 04:18, 26 January 2022 (UTC)

Tripartite Hungary

• Nobility could be purchased from the kings who were always in need of funds I'd change always to often, unless this is a quote, in which case suggest adding quote and source directly.

• Done. Borsoka (talk) 04:18, 26 January 2022 (UTC)

Liberation and war of independence

• Always one member of the family administered estates in fideicommissum, but he was responsible for the proper boarding of his relatives suggest The family administered estates in fideicommissum were always held by one person, but he was responsible for the proper boarding of his relatives

• Done. Borsoka (talk) 02:03, 13 February 2022 (UTC)

Cooperation, absolutism and reforms

• Prince Miklós Esterházy employed Joseph Haydn; Count János Fekete, a fierce protector of noble privileges, bombarded Voltaire with letters and dilettante poems; double semi-colon is not (technically) bad, but kind of awkward, suggest changing first semi-colon to a period. The "Prince Miklós Esterházy employed Joseph Haydn" part could also use some expansion to demonstrate why this information is important.

• Sorry, I do not understand your remarks about Haydn. Borsoka (talk) 02:03, 13 February 2022 (UTC)

  I'm not sure the text explains why he is important, or what he did while employed. -- Iazyges Consermonor Opus meum 03:44, 22 February 2022 (UTC)

• Expanded. Borsoka (talk) 04:01, 22 February 2022 (UTC)

• The Diets voted the taxes and the recruits that Leopold's successor, Francis, demanded between 1792 and 1811 seems like this should be The Diets voted in favor of the taxes and the recruits that Leopold's successor, Francis, demanded between 1792 and 1811

• Done. Borsoka (talk) 02:03, 13 February 2022 (UTC)

Austria-Hungary

• Half of the seats in municipal assemblies were preserved for the greatest taxpayers. this could use further expansion if possible; was it a ranked system, where the top ten taxpayers could have ten seats in a municipal assembly, or was the requirement that half the seats simply go to very wealthy, high tax-paying men? -- Iazyges Consermonor Opus meum 03:43, 22 February 2022 (UTC)

• Sorry, I do not understand your above remark. I think the sentence is clear: always the greatest taxpayers held half of the seats in municipal assemblies, and half of the seats were held by the greatest taxpayers. Borsoka (talk) 04:03, 22 February 2022 (UTC)

Revolutions and counter-revolution

• Horthy, who was not a crowned king, could not grant nobility it seems like the reason he couldn't grant nobility was because he wasn't king, suggest Horthy was never crowned king, and therefore could not grant nobility.

• Done. Borsoka (talk) 04:04, 22 February 2022 (UTC)

• @Borsoka: That is all of my suggestions, apologies again for taking so long. Iazyges Consermonor Opus meum 03:50, 22 February 2022 (UTC)

• Thank you for your thorough and comprehensive review, and also for your suggestions. Time should never push us. :) Borsoka (talk) 04:04, 22 February 2022 (UTC)