Seat of the 10 Lance-bearers
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The Seat of the 10 Lance-bearers,[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2] also known as the Upper Seat of the 10 Lance-bearers,[lower-alpha 3] the Szepes District of the Lance-bearers,[lower-alpha 4] the Upper Seat,[lower-alpha 5] and the Minor County,[lower-alpha 6][1] was a seat, an autonomous administrative division, within the Szepes County, Kingdom of Hungary. It existed from the 13th century, before 1243, until 1786 and since 1790 until 1803. Since 1768 its capital was located in Betlanovce. It consisted of several exclaves of villages mostly inhabited by the ten-lanced nobility. Its official languages were Slovak, Hungarian and de facto Latin.[2]
Quick Facts Tízlándzsás szék (Hungarian)Sedes X Lanceatorum (Latin), Capital ...
Seat of the 10 Lance-bearers | |||||||||
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Seat of Szepes County | |||||||||
13th century – 1786 1790–1803 | |||||||||
Capital | Spišský Štvrtok (until 15th century) Betlanovce (since 1768) | ||||||||
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• Established | 13th century | ||||||||
• First known mention in decumentation | 7 June 1243 | ||||||||
• Diestablishment due to the reforms by King Joseph II | 1786 | ||||||||
• Reestablishemnt following the death of Joseph II | 1790 | ||||||||
• Diestablishment | 1803 | ||||||||
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• County | Szepes | ||||||||
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