- Szécsényi
The Szécsényi was a noble family of the
Kingdom of Hungary in the 14-15th centuries. The ancestor of the family, Thomas descended from the "gens" ("clan") Kacsics. He was one of the most powerful barons of KingCharles I of Hungary and he hold several dignities during his reign. The family was named after its possession,Szécsény . The male line of the family ended in1460 .Notable members of the family
Thomas Szécsényi (cca. 1285-1354), the son of Farkas Szécsényi, joined King Charles I against the powerful
Máté Csák in 1301; therefore, his relatives who followed Máté Csák occupied his inherited possessions in Nógrád county. He fought at the Battle of Rozgony/Rozhanovce (15 June 1312 ) when the king's armies defeated the allied troops of Máté Csák andAmade Aba 's sons. Shortly afterwards, the king granted Thomas the possession ofHollókő that had been confiscated from his relatives. In1316 , he occupied theVisegrád Castle from Máté Csák. He became the head "(ispán)" of Arad, Bács and Szerém counties (1318 ) and the Magistrate of theCumans (1319 ). In1320 , he was appointed to the Master of the Queen's Treasury "(királynéi tárnokmester)". Around that time, he married one of Queen Elisabeth's relatives, Anna of Oświęcim as his second wife. Following Máté Csák's death (1321 ), the king granted him several castles and possessions in Heves, Gömör and Nógrád counties; thus, he received Ajnácskő (today "Hajnáčka" inSlovakia ) , Baglyaskő, Bene, Somoskő (today "Šomoška" in Slovakia) and Sztrahora Castles. In the same year, he became the Voivode of Transylvania. He supressed the rebellion of theTransylvanian Saxons (1324 ) and the king granted him Salgó Castle (today "Sibiel" inRomania ). In 1342, he was appointed to the office of Master of the King's Treasury "(tárnokmester)" and in 1349, he became the High Justiciar of the Kingdom "(országbíró)".ources
*Markó, László: A magyar állam főméltóságai Szent Istvántól napjainkig - Életrajzi Lexikon "(The High Officers of the Hungarian State from Saint Stephen to the Present Days - A Biographical Encyclopedia)"; Magyar Könyvklub, 2000, Budapest; ISBN 963 547 085 1.
*Engel, Pál: Magyarország világi archontológiája (1301-1457) "(The Temporal Archontology of Hungary (1301-1457))"; História - MTA Történettudományi Intézete, 1996, Budapest; ISBN 963 8312 43 2.External links
*http://genealogy.euweb.cz/hung/szecsenyi.html
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