Hont-Pázmány
Overview
 
Hont-Pázmány was the name of a gens ("clan") in the Kingdom of Hungary
Kingdom of Hungary
The Kingdom of Hungary comprised present-day Hungary, Slovakia and Croatia , Transylvania , Carpatho Ruthenia , Vojvodina , Burgenland , and other smaller territories surrounding present-day Hungary's borders...

. The Gesta Hunnorum et 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...

 ("Deeds of the Huns and Hungarians") mentions that the ancestors of the family (the brothers Hont and Pázmány) arrived, in the late 9th century, to the court of Grand Prince Géza of the Magyars
Géza of Hungary
Géza , Grand Prince of the Hungarians .Géza was the son of Taksony of Hungary, Grand Prince of the Hungarians and his Pecheneg or Bulgar wife. Géza's marriage with Sarolt, the daughter of Gyula of Transylvania, was arranged by his father.After his father's death , Géza followed him as Grand Prince...

 from the Duchy of Swabia
Duke of Swabia
The following is a list of Dukes of Swabia in southwest Germany.Swabia was one of the five stem duchies of the medieval German kingdom, and its dukes were thus among the most powerful magnates of Germany. The most notable family to hold Swabia were the Hohenstaufen, who held it, with a brief...

 (in the Holy Roman Empire
Holy Roman Empire
The Holy Roman Empire was a realm that existed from 962 to 1806 in Central Europe.It was ruled by the Holy Roman Emperor. Its character changed during the Middle Ages and the Early Modern period, when the power of the emperor gradually weakened in favour of the princes...

).
The clan Hontpaznan was mentioned for the first time in 1226 in a charter. Several prominent families of the kingdom (e.g., Szentgyörgyi
Szentgyörgyi
The Szentgyörgyi, also Szentgyörgyi és Bazini, was a noble family of the Kingdom of Hungary in the 13-16th centuries. The ancestor of the family, Thomas descended from the gens Hont-Pázmány and he was the head of Nyitra County around 1208. The family was named after its two castles, Szentgyörgy ...

 and Forgách) descended from the gens.
By the 13th century, the clan divided into 12 branches:
  • the branch of Bozók
    Bzovík
    Bzovík is a village and municipality in the Krupina District of the Banská Bystrica Region of Slovakia.-History:In historical records, the village was first mentioned in 1135 when the noble Lampert of Hunt-Poznan founded a Cistercian abbey here. In 1433 Bzovík was destroyed by Hussites and in...

     (today Bzovík in Slovakia) held possessions in Hont County and they had two castles;
  • the possessions of the branch of Födémes
    Ipelské Úlany
    Ipeľské Úľany is a village and municipality in the Levice District in the Nitra Region of Slovakia.-Geography:The village lies at an altitude of 345 metres and covers an area of 15.68 km²...

     (now Ipeľské Úľany in Slovakia) were located in Hont and Borsod
    Borsod
    Borsod was the name of a historic administrative county of the Kingdom of Hungary in present-day northeastern Hungary. The capital of the county was Miskolc...

     counties and their castle in Borsod County was built without royal authorization and therefore, it was demolished in 1298;
  • the members of the branch of Bény
    Bína
    Bíňa is a municipality and village in the Nové Zámky District in the Nitra Region of south-west Slovakia.-History:In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1135 written as Byn. Earlier the Romans built a fortress here and in 173 emperor Marcus Aurelius wrote his famous diary in this...

     (today Bíňa in Slovakia) owned lands in Hont and Nyitra counties and they held three castles;
  • the branch of Csalomja
    Malá Calomija
    Malá Čalomija is a village and municipality in the Veľký Krtíš District of the Banská Bystrica Region of southern Slovakia.-External links:*http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html...

     (today Malá Čalomija in Slovakia) held possessions in Hont county;
  • the lands of the members of the branch of Gimes
    Jelenec
    Jelenec is a municipality and village in the Nitra District of the south-west of Slovakia, in the Nitra Region....

     (now Jelenec in Slovakia) were located in Nyitra County and they had a castle built there;
  • the branch of Szeg possessed lands in Nyitra County;
  • the members of the branch of Szentgyörgy
    Svätý Jur
    Svätý Jur is a small town northeast of Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. The name means Saint George. Between 1960 and 1990, the Communist government forced the town to use a "non-religious" name Jur pri Bratislave. Svätý Jur has a population of almost 5,000.-Geography:Svätý Jur is situated in...

     and Cseklész
    Bernolákovo
    Bernolákovo is a village and municipality in western Slovakia in Senec District in the Bratislava Region.-Demography:Population by nationality:-External links:*...

     (today Svätý Jur and Bernolákovo respectively) held possessions in Pozsony County and they had three castles by the end of the 13th century;
  • the possessions of the branch Pogány of Garadna were located in Trencsén County;
  • the members of the branch of Újhely owned lands in Bihar County where they had a castle built;
  • the branch Pázmány of Panasz held possessions in Bihar County;
  • the members of the branch of Beszterce owned lands in Bihar County;
  • the possessions of the branch of Czibak-Batthyányi were also located in Bihar County.

The first notable members of the clan were the brothers Hont and Pázmány who assisted Géza's son, the future King Stephen I of Hungary against his relative, the pagan Koppány
Koppány
Koppány was a Hungarian nobleman of the tenth century. Brother of the ruling prince of Hungary, Géza of the Árpád dynasty, Koppány ruled as Prince of Somogy in the region south of Lake Balaton...

 who claimed for Géza's inheritance.
Quotations

It may be necessary to use methods other than constitutional ones.

"ZAPU deposes Mr. Nkomo as Leader", The Times, 9 July 1962, p. 9.

Our votes must go together with our guns. After all, any vote we shall have, shall have been the product of the gun. The gun which produces the vote should remain its security officer – its guarantor. The people's votes and the people's guns are always inseparable twins.

Martin Meredith, "Our Votes, Our Guns: Robert Mugabe and the Tragedy of Zimbabwe".

We are still exchanging blows with the British government. They are using gay gangsters. Each time I pass through London, the gangster regime of Blair

expresses its dismay'.

What we hate is not the color of their skins but the evil that emanates from them.

Speech in Harlem, New York (September 2000), quoted in Michael Radu, "State of Disaster", National Review, 27 May 2002

Our party must continue to strike fear in the heart of the white man, our real enemy!

"Whites are real enemy, warns Mugabe", Irish Times, 15 December 2000, p. 11.

The white man is not indigenous to Africa. Africa is for Africans. Zimbabwe is for Zimbabweans.

ibid.

We have fought for our land, we have fought for our sovereignty, small as we are we have won our independence and we are prepared to shed our blood…. So, Blair keep your England, and let me keep my Zimbabwe.

Speech at the Earth Summit in Johannesburg (2 September 2002), quoted in John Battersby and Andrew Grice, "Anti-West anger at summit as Mugabe rounds on Blair", The Independent, 3 September 2002, p. 1.

Let Blair and the British government take note and listen. Zimbabwe is for Zimbabweans. Our people are overjoyed, the land is ours. We are now the rulers and owners of Zimbabwe.

Michael White, Andrew Meldrum, "Commonwealth leaders delay decision on defiant Mugabe", The Guardian, 6 December 2003, p. 2.

 
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