in 1236. Béla IV donated Denis' formerly confiscated estate Borica in Syrmia to the Cistercian friars of Bélakút Abbey (near present-day Petrovaradin, Serbia) in June 1237. Despite that, historian Mór Wertner considered Denis survived his punishment and escorted his "relative" Violant (Andrew's youngest daughter) to the Kingdom of Aragon in 1235, where she became the queen consort of King James I of Aragon. According to Wertner, Denis fought in the siege of Valencia during the Reconquista, and was progenitor of the influential Dionisii noble family in Aragon. However, this count Denis was alive even in 1268, which is made impossible to identify him with Denis, son of Ampud. Therefore, historian Szabolcs de Vajay claimed Denis had a namesake son, who served as ispán of Szepes County like his father. Accordingly, he expatriated to Aragon with his queen in 1235, after his father became a victim of King Béla's political purges. This "Comes Dionysius" was referred to as Queen Violant's relative () in contemporary Aragonese documents. He led an advance force during the siege of Valencia in 1238. He was granted landholdings by James I in the city. He died sometime between 1268 and 1272. He was ancestor of the Dionisii family, which became extinct in 1974. In his 2018 study, historian Dániel Bácsatyai disputed the above identification. A certain cleric Charles, who attended the University of Bologna, was referred to as a nephew of Cardinal Stephen Báncsa in 1264, then a son of "Count Denis of Hungary" in 1269. Consequently, Bácsatyai considered this Denis belonged to the gens (clan) Báncsa and was not related to Denis, son of Ampud. He argued the inscription in the tombstone of his daughter Elizabeth, where Denis was styled as "comes de Cepeз" is not necessarily identifiable with Szepes County. References Sources Primary sources Master Roger's Epistle to the Sorrowful Lament upon the Destruction of the Kingdom of Hungary by the Tatars (Translated and Annotated by János M. Bak and Martyn Rady) (2010). In: Rady, Martyn; Veszprémy, László; Bak, János M. (2010); Anonymus and Master Roger; CEU Press; . Secondary sources } 1236 deaths Palatines of Hungary Masters of the treasury (Kingdom of Hungary) Year of birth unknown Hungarian people who died in prison custody Blind royalty and nobility 12th-century Hungarian people 13th-century Hungarian people People temporarily excommunicated by the Catholic Church Christians of the Fifth Crusade Denis 01