Csák was the name of a gens (Latin for "clan"; nemzetség in Hungarian) in the Kingdom of Hungary.
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Genus (gens) Csák |
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Country | Kingdom of Hungary |
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Founded | 10th century |
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Founder | Csák (grandson of chieftain Szabolcs?) |
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Cadet branches | 12 branches, including: Újlak branch Trencsén branch |
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The Gesta Hunnorum et Hungarorum ("Deeds of the Huns and Hungarians") records that the ancestor of the family was Szabolcs, son of chieftain Előd, the leader of one of the seven Magyar tribes.[1][2]
The gens divided into 12 branches and several families in the course of the centuries. The Csáky de Mihály family also belongs to the Csák gens.[2]
- Csák, ancestor and denominator of the gens Csák
- Ugrin (12th century), ispán
Ugod branch
- The numbering means within the branch.
- Luka
- Demetrius I (fl. 1217–1254), judge royal (1233–1234; 1242–1245)
- Ugod (fl. 1264–1270)
- Demetrius II (fl. 1277–1285; d. before 1287), wildgrave of Bakony (1281); married N Kőszegi
- Blessed Maurice (d. 20 March 1336), Dominican friar
- Csák II (d. before 1309), last male descendant
- Kunigunda or Kingus (fl. 1317), married Julius II Rátót
- (?) Michael (fl. 1270–1277), ispán of Nyitra County (according to Pál Engel)
- Unknown daughter (fl. 1232), married Csépán II Győr
- Csák I (fl. 1264–1270), wildgrave of Bakony (1270)
- (?) Adam
Kisfalud branch
- Ugrin (d. 1204), archbishop of Esztergom, maybe son of ispán Ugrin
- Nicholas, his testament of 1231 mentions archbishop Ugrin as his pater, but more likely that he was Nicholas' uncle
Dobóc (Orbova) branch
The numbering means within the branch.
- Peter I
- Dominic I (fl. 1262–1300), palatine for younger king Stephen (1266), possibly married N, daughter of Ivan Kőszegi
- Nicholas (fl. 1280)
- John ("the Red", fl. 1323)
- Michael II (fl. 1323)
- Stephen I ("Cimba", fl. 1280–1322)
- Dominic II (fl. 1325–1338, d. before 1351)
- Csala (fl. 1355)
- Clara (fl. 1355)
- Anna (fl. 1355–1356)
- Bagó (fl. 1355–1356)
- Peter III (fl. 1328–1351)
- Stephen II (fl. 1351–1356), died without descendants
- Peter II (fl. 1280, d. before 1308), married N, daughter of comes Ladislaus
- Michael I (fl. 1264–1277), ispán of Veszprém County (1272)
- Simon (fl. 1267)
- Beers (fl. 1267)
Újlak branch
The numbering means within the branch.
Trencsén branch
- The numbering means within the branch.
- Matthew I (d. 1245/1249), first known member of the branch, master of the treasury (1242–1245)
- Mark I, ispán of Hont County (1247)
- Stephen I, master of the stewards (1275–1276; 1277–1278)
- Matthew II (d. 1284), palatine, voivode of Transylvania, judge royal, ban of Slavonia, master of the treasury
- Unknown daughter (b. 1263, fl. 1271)
- Peter I (d. 1284), palatine, master of the stewards
- Matthew III (1260/65 – 1321), master of the horse (1293–1296), palatine (1296–1297, 1302–1310) and master of the treasury (1310–1311)
- Matthew IV (d. before 1318), married Gutha N
- Matthew V, married Kunigunda
- James
- Unknown daughter, wife of Desoh
- Csák (fl. 1291–1300), bearer of the sword (1293)
- Unknown daughter, wife of Zdeslav of Sternberg [cs] and mother of Stephen the Bohemian, Lord of Trencsén (1321)
Kendertó branch
- The numbering means within the branch.
- Nicholas I
- Matthew I (fl. 1263)
- Nicholas II (fl. 1315–1336; d. before 1367), died without male descendants
- Matthew II (fl. 1336)
- Ladislaus (fl. 1336)
- Catherine (fl. 1336–1367), heir, married Demetrius Málasi
- Nicholas III (fl. 1367), canon of Fehérvár
- Michael (fl. 1367)
- Anne (fl. 1398), married Francis Apáti
- Elizabeth (fl. 1383), married Klemens, a citizen of Fehérvár
- a possible daughter
Fragments
- Gúg I
- Csák (fl. 1219–1246), ispán of Sopron County (1235–1240)
- Stephen (fl. 1228–1269, d. before 1276), Ban of Severin (1243); married N Győr
- Gúg II (fl. 1237–1263)
- four other unidentified sons (fl. 1237)
- Kristó, Gyula (editor): Korai Magyar Történeti Lexikon - 9-14. század (Encyclopedia of the Early Hungarian History - 9-14th centuries); Akadémiai Kiadó, 1994, Budapest; ISBN 963-05-6722-9.