The administration of the Counts of Cilli (1341–1456)

Abstract

The contribution discusses the administration of the Counts of Cilli, including positions forming its part and their holders. In managing their court and seigniory (dominium), the Counts of Cilli relied on the court-territorial admini­stration, which was composed of their officials and servants. Rather than overnight, the administration developed and expanded over centuries, partially imitating the Habsburg model, and obtained its final form in the first half of the fifteenth century, when the Counts of Cilli reached their social and political zenith. So far, a little over thirty different positions have been identified as part of the Cilli administration.