Ugrin Csák, Archbishop of Esztergom
| Ugrin Csák | |
|---|---|
| Archbishop-elect of Esztergom | |
| See | Esztergom |
| Appointed | 1204 |
| Term ended | 1204 |
| Predecessor | Job |
| Successor |
Kalán Bár-Kalán elected |
| Other posts |
Bishop of Zagreb (?) Bishop of Győr |
| Personal details | |
| Died |
1204 Esztergom |
| Buried | Esztergom |
| Nationality | Hungarian |
| Parents | comes Ugrin (?) |
Ugrin from the kindred Csák (Hungarian: Csák nembeli Ugrin; died 1204) was a Hungarian prelate at the turn of the 12th and 13th centuries, who served as Bishop of Győr from 1188 to 1204, then briefly Archbishop-elect of Esztergom in 1204.
Ugrin was born into the gens (clan) Csák. According to the Gesta Hunnorum et Hungarorum ("Deeds of the Huns and Hungarians"), the ancestor of the kindred was Szabolcs, son of chieftain Előd, the leader of one of the seven Magyar tribes, who participated in the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin in the late 9th century. Accordingly, Szabolcs' grandson was Csák, founder of the namesake clan and contemporary of Grand Prince Géza, then King Stephen I. Historian Gyula Kristó proposed that Ugrin was presuambly the son of that comes Ugrin, who owned the Vértesszentkereszt Abbey in the Vértes Hills in 1146. Historian Pál Engel considered, Ugrin belonged to the Kisfalud branch of the gens Csák. In his last will and testament in 1231, Nicholas Csák, who served as ispán of various counties in the first half of the 13th century, referred to Ugrin as his frater, literally "brother", but it most likely means "uncle" in this context.
A non-authentic charter styled him Bishop-elect of Zagreb in 1175, when Prodanus held the dignity in that period. Historian Attila Zsoldos analyzed the document in detail and revealed the contradictions between archontological data, which still exist despite that historiographical efforts which tried to correct the charter's date to 1183 or 1185. The forgery, which was written in the name of King Béla III, incorrectly refers to Prodanus as a deceased person, while other dates are incompatible with each other. Thus Ugrin's role as Bishop of Zagreb can not be proven.
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