Banate of Severin | |||||||||
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Banate of Kingdom of Hungary | |||||||||
13th century–16th century | |||||||||
![]() Banate of Severin, late 13th century | |||||||||
History | |||||||||
• Established | 13th century | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 16th century | ||||||||
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Today part of | Romania |
The Banate of Severin or Banate of Szörény (Hungarian: Szörényi bánság; Romanian: Banatul Severinului; Latin: Banatus Zewrinensis; Bulgarian: Северинско банство, Severinsko banstvo; Serbian: Северинска бановина, Severinska banovina) was a Hungarian political, military and administrative unit with a special role in the initially anti-Bulgarian, latterly anti-Ottoman defensive system of the medieval Kingdom of Hungary. It was founded by Prince Béla in 1228.