Banate of Severin

Banate of Severin
Szörényi bánság (Hungarian)
Banatul Severinului (Romanian)
Северинска бановина (Serbian)
Banate of Kingdom of Hungary
1228–1526

Map of the banate in the 13th century
History 
• Established
1228
• Disestablished
1526
Succeeded by
Wallachia
Banate of Lugos and Karánsebes
Today part ofRomania
Map of the banates of Hungary and Severin in the 13th century
Map of the Romanian principalities and Severin Banovina in the 14th century

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.


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