A macsói és barancsi területek története 1319-ig

The region of Macsó (today Mačva, Serbia) and Barancs (today Braničevo, Serbia) were controlled by the Byzantine Empire until 1180. After the death of Emperor Manuel Comnenos, King Béla III occupied these territories together with Syrmia and Bosnia, which had been formerly controlled by the Byzantine Empire, too. The earliest sources refer to Macsó as Sirmia Ulterior, or Lower Syrmia. The first known ruler of Lower Syrmia was Princess Margaret, the daughter of King Bela III, and then her sons inherited the territory until the 1240s. Rostislav Mikhailovich, the exiled prince of Halych, became ruler of Lower Syrmia in 1247. He was the husband of Princess Anna, the daughter of King Béla IV. Macsó, as the name of this territory, first appeared in the sources in 1250. Macsó was ruled by the female members of the Árpádian dynasty, or their husbands, until the end of the 13th century. The territories of Macsó and Barancs (and also Kucsó) were organized into Banats in the 1270s. The exiled Serbian king, Stephen Dragutin, ruled these territories from 1284. After his death in 1316, Dragutin’s brother, the Serbian king, Milutin, occupied Macsó. It was reconquered by the Hungarian army between 1317 and 1319 during the reign of King Charles I. Permanent government of the territory of Macsó had not been organized because of the constant wars. The center of the territory was the fortress of Macsó, which unfortunately cannot be located at present.