Vecelin

Vecelin, as depicted in the Illuminated Chronicle

Vecelin,[1][2] also Vecellin[3] and Vencellin,[4] was a prominent military commander of Stephen I of Hungary at the end of the 10th and the beginning of the 11th century.[5] He was of Bavarian origin and came from a city named as either Wasserburg[4] or Weissenburg.[6]

  1. ^ Engel 2001, p. 39.
  2. ^ Kristó 2001, p. 19.
  3. ^ Györffy 1994, p. 63.
  4. ^ a b Képes Krónika [Chronicon Pictum] (in Hungarian). Translated by Geréb László. Magyar Hírlap and Maecenas. 1993. ISBN 963-8164-07-7. Retrieved 1 December 2015. Lejött Bajorországból Vencellin is, a wasserburgi.... - Vencellin came from Wasserburg in Bavaria....
  5. ^ Veszprémy 1994, p. 722.
  6. ^ József Podhradczky, ed. (1838). Chronicon Budense. Buda: Gyurián & Bagó. p. 48. Retrieved 1 December 2015. Descendit quoque de Bavaria Vencellinus videlicet de Veyzenburch...." - "Vencellinus also came from Bavaria, namely [from] Weissenburg....