page_title: Pintea the Brave
hierarchical_section_title: Pintea the Brave
caption_attribution_description: Română: Biserica de lemn din Budești-Josani, județul Maramureș
context_page_description: Grigore Pintea, aka Pintea The Brave, was a famous heroic haiduc stemming from Măgoaja, Lăpuș Country.
  „Have you heard of such brave,
  With such a merciful heart,
  Of a such great brave,
  He is helping the poor”
  Born in 1670 as a descendant of petty Romanian nobility from Măgoaja in the former Solnoc-Dăbâca county. According to legends, ballads, and movies, he antagonizes regional nobles and decides to fight against social injustice. He flees to the forests of the nearby Maramureș County and lives like a Robin Hood. During those years, he terrorized local nobility, who strove to catch him, but according to legends, he evaded them.
  According to biographical records, Grigore Pintea, son of Cupșa Pintea and Mălinei, was born in the village Măgoaja, close to Lăpuș, in the same family of petty nobles as Ioan Cupșa. Ioan Cupșa in 1681 has built the Nicula monastery from the Cluj County, donating the famous weeping icon of Mary. On the lands of the same Cupșa family lays the commune Cupșeni from the Maramureș County.
  During the reign of emperor Leopold I, taxes levied by Austrians in Transylvania led to the curuți revolt.
context_section_description: Grigore Pintea, aka Pintea The Brave (born  February 25, 1670, Măgoaja, Szolnok-Doboka County, of the Austrian Empire, current day Romania — died August 14, 1703), was a famous heroic haiduc (rebel) stemming from Măgoaja, Lăpuș Country.
  „Have you heard of such brave,
  With such a merciful heart,
  Of a such great brave,
  He is helping the poor”
  Born in 1670 as a descendant of petty Romanian nobility from Măgoaja in the former  Solnoc-Dăbâca county. According to legends, ballads, and movies, he antagonizes regional nobles and decides to fight against social injustice. He flees to the forests of the nearby Maramureș County and lives like a Robin Hood (haiduc). During those years, he terrorized local nobility, who strove to catch him, but according to legends, he evaded them.
  According to biographical records, Grigore Pintea, son of Cupșa Pintea and Mălinei (born Costan), was born in the village Măgoaja, close to Lăpuș (nowadays in Cluj County, on the southern border of the current Maramureș County), in the same family of petty nobles as Ioan Cupșa. Ioan Cupșa in 1681 has built the Nicula monastery from the Cluj County, donating the famous weeping icon of Mary. On the lands of the same Cupșa family lays the commune Cupșeni from the Maramureș County.
  During the reign of emperor Leopold I, taxes levied by Austrians in Transylvania led to the curuți revolt. In this context, Francis II Rákóczi started a national freedom fight based on serfs, and on a help promised by the king of France (Louis XIV) and the czar of Rusia (Peter the Great).
  Grigore Pintea was made captain, in the army of Francis II Rákóczi. Pintea was educated, knowing many foreign languages and military techniques, studied in imperial garrisons. Performing diplomacy as a good negotiator (resulting the protocols of January 1700 with the leaders of the Satu Mare citadel, count F. Löwenburg), Pintea was declared "one of the most significant Romanians from the XVII-th century".
  In spring 1703, several cities in the north of Transylvania (Zalău, Satu Mare, Bistrița, Dej, Sighet) are taken by the revolt. Pintea's army had the task to conquer the Baia Mare citadel. In August the citadel is under siege. In an ambush, Pintea is fatally shot (August 14) in front of the southern gate of the citadel, close to the Tower of the Slaughterers.
  In the church of Budești there is the iron shirt and helmet worn by Pintea in fights against Tartars, and in the  Baia Mare museum one can see his weapons and horse tools.
  Many places in the region have names mentioning Pintea and his band of outcasts: Pinteas's Spring, Pintea's House, Pintea's Fountain, Pintea's Band, Pintea's Peak and Pintea's cavern. Legends talk about money hidden in caverns by Pintea.
caption: Chain mail shirt owned by Pintea
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