The Laczkovich family is a noble family from Hungary

Hungary

Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

 and Croatia

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, which ruled Transylvania

Transylvania

Transylvania is a historical region in the central part of Romania. Bounded on the east and south by the Carpathian mountain range, historical Transylvania extended in the west to the Apuseni Mountains; however, the term sometimes encompasses not only Transylvania proper, but also the historical...

 in the 14th century. The Laczkovich were the wealthiest family in 14th century Hungary, owning much of what is today Northern Croatia, Eastern Slovenia, and Western Hungary. The family also gave bans

Ban (title)

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 (viceroys) to Croatia

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, Slavonia

Slavonia

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, Dalmatia

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, and Bulgaria

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, Palatines to Hungary, prince

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s (knez) to Zadar

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, as well as a viceroy to Naples

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. They held the dynastic title of Prince

Prince

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http://ferenczygen.tripod.com/id3.html.

History

The House of Lacković is a branch of the Hermány clan (other families of the clan are: Makray de Felpestes and Mézes de Debreczen

Mézes de Debreczen

Mézes is the name of an old Hungarian noble family. However this family is from the lower-nobility, it gave a bishop, a provost and some politician to Hungary.- The History :...

) , Lords of Nuremberg, which arrived in Hungary in 995 together with Giselle of Bavaria

Giselle of Bavaria

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. The founder of the family is László (Lack), Count of the Székelys. His descendants took the name of Lacković/Laczkovich/Lackfi, which means son of Lack (Laczk), which in turn is the diminutive form of the name László (English: Ladislaus or Ladislas). After having lost most of their influence following the Bloody Sabor of Križevci

Bloody Sabor of Križevci

Bloody Sabor of Križevci or Bloody Parliament Session or Križevci Bloody Assembly was organised killing of the Croatian ban Stjepan Lacković and his followers by King Sigismund, in Križevci, Croatia on 27 February 1397.-The Prelude:...

http://www.krizevci.eu/en_GB/križevci/history/križevci+bloody+assembly/, the remaining branch of the Lackovići settled on their Croatian estates in Križevci County, integrating, over the centuries, into the Croatian nobility http://www.edelleute.eu/familien.php?id_kronland=19.

Members

Notable members of the House of Lacković include:

• Lack, Count of the Székely
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  The Székelys or Székely , sometimes also referred to as Szeklers , are a subgroup of the Hungarian people living mostly in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania, Romania...
  
  s (1328–1343).
• Stephen I (Croatian
  Croatian language
  Croatian is the collective name for the standard language and dialects spoken by Croats, principally in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Serbian province of Vojvodina and other neighbouring countries...
  
  : Stjepan, Hungarian
  Hungarian language
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  : István) Lacković, Lord of Međimurje, Voivode of Transylvania (1344–1350), 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...
  
   (governor) of Croatia, Slavonia, and Dalmatia (1350–1352). He led armies against Naples in 1340's. He had brilliant victories over Neapolitan forces (french knights from Provence and Italian soldiers)
• Andrew I (Croatian: Andrija, Hungarian: András) Lacković, Voivode of Transylvania (1353; 1356–59), Viceroy of Naples
  Naples
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   (1350–1352).
• Nicholas I (Croatian: Nikola, Hungarian: Miklós) Lacković, Ban of Slavonia (1342–43), Voivode of Transylvania (1367–1369).
• Dionysus I (Croatian: Dionizije, Hungarian: Dénes) Lacković, Bishop of Knin
  Knin
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   (1348-1349), Bishop of Zagreb (1349–1350), Archbishop of Kalocsa (1350-1356).
• Stephen II Lacković (died 1397), Lord of Međimurje, Lendava, Vinica, and Keszthely
  Keszthely
  Keszthely is a Hungarian city of 21,100 inhabitants located on the western shore of Lake Balaton. It's the second largest city by the lake after Siófok....
  
  , Ban of Croatia (1371–1372; 1382–1386), Voivode of Transylvania (1372–1376), Palatine of Hungary (1387–1392), Prince of Zadar (1383, 1387–88, 1391–92).
• Emeric I (Croatian: Mirko, Hungarian: Imre) Lacković, Voivode of Transylvania (1369–1372), Ban of Bulgaria (1365–1366), Ban of Croatia, Slavonia, and Dalmatia (1368), Prince of Zadar (1368–69).
• Dionysus II Lacković (Croatian: Dionizije, Hungarian: Dénes), Voivode of Transylvania (1359–1367).
• Henry I Lacković (Croatian: Hinko, Hungarian: Henrik), Ban of Croatia (1383).
• Maria (Croatian: Marija, Hungarian: Mária), married Mircea I Basarab, Voivode of Wallachia.
• George I (Croatian: Juraj, Hungarian: György), Ban of Mačva/Macsó (1392–1393).
• Peter, Noble Judge (iudex nobilium) of Križevci County (fl. 1513).

See also

• List of rulers of Croatia
• History of Croatia
  History of Croatia
  Croatia first appeared as a duchy in the 7th century and then as a kingdom in the 10th century. From the 12th century it remained a distinct state with its ruler and parliament, but it obeyed the kings and emperors of various neighboring powers, primarily Hungary and Austria. The period from the...
  
  
• Medjimurje
• List of rulers of Transylvania

External links

• http://genealogy.euweb.cz/hung/lackfi.html
• http://ferenczygen.tripod.com/id3.html
• http://www.krizevci.eu/en_GB/križevci/history/križevci+bloody+assembly/
• http://www.edelleute.eu/familien.php?id_kronland=19
• http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Croatia.html
• http://www.hrvatska-povijest.info/index.php/Regionalno/Molve-i-okolica.html
• http://www.templari.hr/strucni-radovi/Priorat_Vranski.pdf