Szilágy County
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Szilágy County was a historic administrative region of the Kingdom of Hungary, located in what is now northwestern Romania, known as the ancestral homeland of the influential Báthory noble family.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | historic county of the Kingdom of Hungary ⓘ |
| administrativeCenter |
Zalău
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Zilah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| administrativeType | county ⓘ |
| ancestralHomelandOf |
Báthory family
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Báthory noble family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Bihar County
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kolozs County NERFINISHED ⓘ Szatmár County NERFINISHED ⓘ Szolnok-Doboka County NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capital |
Zalău
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Zilah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of Hungary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicComposition |
Hungarians
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jews NERFINISHED ⓘ Romanians NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governingBody | county assembly ⓘ |
| governingOfficial | ispán (comes) ⓘ |
| historicalEra |
Austro-Hungarian period
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kingdom of Hungary (medieval and modern) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalFunction |
judicial district
ⓘ
local administration ⓘ |
| historicalLanguageCommunities |
Hungarian speakers
ⓘ
Romanian speakers ⓘ Yiddish speakers ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Partium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | comitatus ⓘ |
| languageOfAdministration | Hungarian ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Transylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDay |
Romania
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
northwestern Romania ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Szilágy River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFamilyAssociated | Báthory family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Lands of the Hungarian Crown
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Transleithania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| presentDayCountry | Romania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| presentDayEquivalent | Sălaj County NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| presentDayRegion |
Crișana
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Transylvania (Romania) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionCharacteristic |
agricultural area
ⓘ
hilly landscape ⓘ |
| regionType | ancestral homeland of the Báthory family ⓘ |
| religiousCommunities |
Greek Catholic
ⓘ
Orthodox ⓘ Reformed (Calvinist) ⓘ Roman Catholic ⓘ |
| successorAdministrativeUnit | Sălaj County NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Kingdom of Hungary (before 1918) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.