Dominion Aba
Amade and his brother, Finta inherited Nevicke (today Nyevickoje, Ukraine) from their father, where Amade had a castle built. They may also have inherited Szokoly (today Sokol' in Slovakia). His dominion developed gradually in the course of the last decades of the 13th century. In 1288, King Ladislaus IV granted him the County Ung, thus he could hold the former royal possessions in the county until his death. Around 1300, he acquired Boldogkő Castle and Gönc, later he also held Regéc. In 1310, he occupied Lubló (today Stará Ľubovňa in Slovakia) and Munkács (today Mukachevo in Ukraine).
He usurped royal prerogatives in his dominion, e.g. he granted lands and nobility to his followers. He governed his possessions from his North-Eastern Hungarian castle in Gönc.
Following his death, his sons could not maintain his power, and after their defeat at the Battle of Rozgony (today Rozhanovce in Slovakia) his dominion disintegrated. Some of his castles and possessions were obtained by members of the Drugeth family in the 1320s-1340s.
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