The Gutkeled was a family or clan (Latin generatio) of Hungarian

Hungary

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 nobles, to which a number of Hungarian noble families owe their ancestry.

The primary source of their origins is the Gesta Hungarorum

Gesta Hunnorum et Hungarorum

The Gesta Hunnorum et Hungarorum , written mainly by Simon of Kéza around 1282-1285, is one of the sources of early Hungarian history...

 of Simon of Kéza, in which the author writes:

Sed postea, tempore Petri regis Kelad et Gut intrant tres frateres ex gente Svevorum procreati. De castello Stof sunt nativi.

(But afterwards, during the reign of king Peter, Kelad and Gut three brothers of Swabia

Swabia

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n or eventually Swedish descent immigrated. They were born at the castle of Stof.)

The castle "Stof" is assumed to be a corruption of "Stauf", meaning either castle Stauf in Staufen im Breisgau

Staufen, Germany

Staufen im Breisgau is a German town in the Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district of Baden-Württemberg. It has a population of approximately 7700.-General:...

 or the Hohenstaufen

Hohenstaufen

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 castle in Württemberg

Württemberg

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. The king mentioned is Péter Orseolo, placing the arrival of the Gutkeleds to Hungary sometime around the 1040s.

Some of the Hungarian noble families descending from the Gutkeleds are:

• Adonyi
• Apagyi
• Atyai
• Báthory
  Báthory
  The Báthory were a Hungarian noble family of the Gutkeled clan. The family rose to significant influence in Central Europe during the late Middle Ages, holding high military, administrative and ecclesiastical positions in the Kingdom of Hungary...
  
  
• Diószegi
• Dobi
• Gacsályi
• Guthi
  Guthi
  Guthi is a social organization that used to maintain the social order of Newar society. Presently, most of the guthis are defunct and are vestigeal representation of what once was the most powerful social organization of the Newars....
  
  
• Kun
  Kun
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• Pelbárthidi
• Rozsályi
• Szemesi
• Maróthy
• Várdai

Some notable members are:

• István (Stjepan) Gutkeled, Ban
  Ban (title)
  Ban was a title used in several states in central and south-eastern Europe between the 7th century and the 20th century.-Etymology:The word ban has entered the English language probably as a borrowing from South Slavic ban, meaning "lord, master; ruler". The Slavic word is probably borrowed from...
  
   of Slavonia
  Slavonia
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   (1248–1260)
• Miklós (Nikola) Gutkeled, Ban of Slavonia (1278–1279)

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One of the Guthkeled coat-of-arms, similar devices were later used by most of the families.