Nicholas Monoszló

Nicholas (III) from the kindred Monoszló (Hungarian: Monoszló nembeli (III.) Miklós; possibly died 1272) was a Hungarian baron, who served as Judge royal between 1270 and 1272, during the reign of Stephen V.

Nicholas was born into the genus (gens) Monoszló as the son of Andrew. He first appeared in contemporary sources in 1256, when he sold his estate south of the Sava along with his brother Kenéz to distant relatives from the kindred. According to a royal charter from 11 May 1271, Nicholas served as ispán (head) of Szerém County around November 1262, when joined Duke Stephen, who rebelled against his father Béla IV and adopted the title of junior king in that year. As a result, the king confiscated his lands across the river Drava. Nicholas actively participated in Stephen's victorius campaign during the civil war from 1264 to 1265. He appeared before the elderly Béla IV in the royal court in 1269 to negotiate over Slavonian estate matters with his relative, Gregory Monoszló, who served as Judge of the Cumans, then belonging to Duke Stephen's court.

When Duke Stephen ascended the throne as Stephen V following his father's death in 1270, Nicholas was appointed Judge royal, as one of those lords – for instance including Peter and Matthew Csák and Nicholas' relative Egyed Monoszló – who entered government service after years of anti-King position and participation in the war against Béla. Beside that, Nicholas also functioned as ispán of Somogy County from 1270 to 1272. For his role in the 1260s conflict, Nicholas received Forró and Ináncs estates next to the Hernád river, in addition to Heves and the surrounding villages. Stephen V also donated Jolsva and Murány Castle (today Jelšava and Muráň in Slovakia, respectively) to his loyal soldier in his May 1271 royal diploma. When a rebellious lord, Joachim Gutkeled turned against Stephen V and kidnapped the young prince, Ladislaus in the summer of 1272, the king reorganized the government structure in his last days. Among others, Nicholas was replaced as Judge royal by Denis Péc and ispán of Somogy County by Ernye Ákos. Nicholas was made Master of the horse, succeeding Albert Ákos. He also served as ispán of Szeben County during that time. However Nicholas probably held both offices only for less than a month because Stephen soon fell seriously ill and died on 6 August.