The city of Požega during the Middle Ages was considered as the political, religious and cultural centre in the period from the 13th to the 15th century. The first authentic recorded source of this fortress is a document written by Pope Honorius III in 1227. In this document, the Pope confirms Archbishop Ugrin’s legal ownership of the Požega fortress and its county. In the middle of the 13th century, the ownership of the city and county was followed by the ruling Árpád family, which was regarded as the land of privileged ownership by the ruling royal family; special ownership rights of the king or queen. In literary texts, Požega is named as the “Queen’s city” (oppidum reginale) since it is regarded as the residential property of Croato-Hungarian queens. With the arrival of the new ruling dynasty in 1301, the city and county were owned by the Angevins. Požega played a constitutional role among the Hungarian noble families from the first half of the 15th century until 1537 when the city and surrounding areas were occupied by the Ottomans.