Voivodeship of Maramureș
Voivodeship of Maramureș Voievodatul Maramureșului | |||||||
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| 1343–1402 | |||||||
| Voivode | |||||||
• 14th century, before 1343 | Bogdan of Cuhea | ||||||
• 1365–1402 | Balc of Moldavia | ||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||
• Established | 1343 | ||||||
• First mention | 21 October 1343 | ||||||
• Redistribution of the Bogdănești estates to the Drăgoșești | 2 February 1365 | ||||||
• Disestablished | 1402 | ||||||
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The Voivodeship of Maramureș (Romanian: Voievodatul Maramureșului, or Maramureșul voievodal), was a Romanian voivodeship centered in the region of the same name within the Kingdom of Hungary. It was the most powerful and well-organized Romanian entity in the broader area of Transylvania during the 14th century. The Voivodeship of Maramureș was established in 1343. It was ultimately disestablished and supplanted with the Hungarian Máramaros County.
Internally, the voivodeship was essentially a confederation of autonomous kneziates - valley based political entities – each ruled by a local knez . The kneziates corresponded to clusters of villages in various river valleys - seven principal kneziates are recorded, including those of Bogdănești on the Iza/Vişeu, Mara, Câmpulung, Cosău, Bârjava, Talabor, and Varalia. Throughout its existence, the Voivodeship of Maramureș maintained a delicate relationship with the Kingdom of Hungary, oscillating between periods of near-complete territorial autonomy to direct overlordship under the various Hungarian kings.