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| name          = Pousa, son of Sólyom
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| succession    = [[Voivode of Transylvania]]
| reign         = 1227<br />1235–1241
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| predecessor   = [[Paul, son of Peter]] <small>(1st term)</small><br />[[Andrew, son of Serafin]] <small>(2nd term)</small>
| successor     = [[Julius I Rátót|Julius Rátót]] <small>(1st term)</small><br />[[Lawrence of Transylvania|Lawrence]] <small>(2nd term)</small>
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| father         = Sólyom
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| death_date  = 31 March 1241
| death_place = [[Burzenland]]
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'''Pousa, son of Sólyom''' ({{langx|hu|Sólyom fia Pósa}}; died 31 March 1241) was a Hungarian nobleman, who served as [[voivode of Transylvania]] twice, in 1227 and 1235 to 1241.<ref name='Engel_381'>Engel 2001, p. 381.</ref><ref name='Zsoldos_38'>Zsoldos 2011, p. 38.</ref>
Pousa served as [[ispán]] (''comes'') of [[Vas County (former)|Vas County]] in 1225.<ref name='Zsoldos_223'>Zsoldos 2011, p. 223.</ref> During the reign of [[Andrew II of Hungary|Andrew II]], he was a faithful supporter of crown prince [[Béla IV of Hungary|Béla]], who held the title of [[Duke of Transylvania]] after 1226, following the agreement between the king and his son after a series of conflicts for the throne. Sometime Duke Béla acted independently of his father, as it is demonstrated by his grant of tax exemption to [[Transylvania]]n knights in 1231 and by his donation of lands situated in [[Wallachia]] in 1233.<ref>Kristó 2003, p. 153.</ref> Pousa served as [[master of the treasury]] (''camerarius'') for Béla in 1225.<ref name='Zsoldos_74'>Zsoldos 2011, p. 74.</ref>
He was appointed voivode of Transylvania in 1227.<ref name='Zsoldos_38'/> According to László Markó, he held the office between 1226 and 1229, however existing charters only prove the term of voivodeship in 1227.<ref name='Markó_417'>Markó 2006, p. 417.</ref> He served as [[Master of the horse (Kingdom of Hungary)|master of the horse]] for duke Béla between 1229 and 1233.<ref name='Zsoldos_72'>Zsoldos 2011, p. 72.</ref>
When Béla ascended the throne in 1235, Pousa was appointed voivode of Transylvania for the second time.<ref name='Zsoldos_38'/> In 1241, Transylvania suffered during the [[Mongol invasion of Europe]]. [[Güyük Khan]] invaded the province from the [[Oituz]] Pass in March. Voivode Pousa fought them with his royal army near [[Burzenland]] ({{langx|hu|Barcaság}}), where he fell in battle on 31 March 1241.<ref name='Markó_417'/><ref>Curta 2006, p. 411.</ref> The Mongols continued their campaign toward the interior of the [[Kingdom of Hungary (1538–1867)|Kingdom of Hungary]].
==References==
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==Sources==
* Curta, Florin (2006). ''Southeastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 500-1250''. Cambridge University Press. {{ISBN|978-0-521-89452-4}}.
* Engel, Pál (2001). ''The Realm of St Stephen: A History of Medieval Hungary, 895-1526''. I.B. Tauris Publishers. {{ISBN|1-86064-061-3}}.
* Kristó, Gyula (2003). ''Early Transylvania (895–1324)''. Lucidus Kiadó. {{ISBN|963-9465-12-7}}.
* {{in lang|hu}} Markó, László (2006). ''A magyar állam főméltóságai Szent Istvántól napjainkig&nbsp;– Életrajzi Lexikon'' ("The High Officers of the Hungarian State from Saint Stephen to the Present Days&nbsp;– A Biographical Encyclopedia") (2nd edition); Helikon Kiadó Kft., Budapest; {{ISBN|963-547-085-1}}.
* {{in lang|hu}} Zsoldos, Attila (2011). ''Magyarország világi archontológiája, 1000–1301'' ("Secular Archontology of Hungary, 1000–1301"). História, MTA Történettudományi Intézete. Budapest. {{ISBN|978-963-9627-38-3}}
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