The Szilágyi of Horogszeg (Hungarian: horogszegi Szilágyi) was an old and important medieval Hungarian noble family, whose members occupied many significant political and military positions in the Kingdom of Hungary and in the Principality of Transylvania.[1]
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History
editThe Szilágyi family traces it's origin from the region of the Szilágy-patak (present-day Sălaj River, part of Romania). The family intermarried with other important houses of the region, such as House of Basarab, House of Hunyadi, House of Rozgonyi etc.
Most specialists agree that the family died out in the Middle Ages.[2] According to Zoltán W. Vityi, the noble Szilágyi de Horogszeg family who lived in Nyírgelse and Nyírmihálydi (in Szabolcs County in Hungary) in the 1930s were descendants of this medieval noble family.[2]
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Coat of arms of Michael Szilágyi as Regent of Hungary -
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Erzsébet Szilágyi with her son Matthias
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Notable members
edit- Ladislaus Szilágyi (15th century) of Horogszeg, captain of the fortress of Bradics
- Michael Szilágyi (1400–1460), Regent of the Kingdom of Hungary, Voivode of Transylvania, Ban of Macsó
- Jusztina Szilágyi, Second consort Vlad Tepes III
- Erzsébet Szilágyi, Queen Mother of Hungary, mother of king Matthias Corvinus
- Orsolya Szilágyi, wife of John Rozgonyi, voivode of Transylvania, Judge Royal of the Kingdom of Hungary
- Zsófia Szilágyi was the wife of John Geréb de Vingárt,[3] vice-voivode of Transylvania
- Margit (Erzsébet) Szilágyi, wife of Máté (Mátyus) Maróti, Ban de Macsó, Ispán of Bács, Baranya, Bodrog, Syrmia, Tolna and Valkó Counties[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "The College of the Hereditary Nobility of Hungary". www.hungarianheraldry.org.
- ^ a b A Zürichi Magyar Történelmi Egyesület kiadványa, A Zürichi Magyar Történelmi Egyesület Ötödik Magyar Őstörténeti Találkozó Előadásai és Iratai, Budapest – Zürich, 2005, p. 179, ISBN 963 9349 09 7
- ^ Sümegi József (28 December 2012). "Vingárti Geréb Péter" (PDF). Retrieved 24 October 2015.
- ^ (Hungarian) Engel, Pál (1996). Magyarország világi archontológiája, 1301–1457, I. ("Secular Archontology of Hungary, 1301–1457, Volume I"). História, MTA Történettudományi Intézete. p. 29. Budapest. ISBN 963-8312-44-0
Sources
edit- Bokor József (szerk.). A Pallas nagy lexikona. Arcanum: FolioNET Kft. ISBN 963 85923 2 X, 1998
- Radu R. Florescu, Raymond T. McNally, Dracula: Prince of many faces - His life and his times, p. 130
- Kisfaludy Károly: Szilágyi Mihály szabadulása (színmű, Pest, 1822)
- Fraknói Vilmos: Michael Szilágyi, The uncle of King Matthias (Bp., 1913)
External links
edit- College of the Hereditary Nobility of Hungary and Transylvania
- For a list of surnames of the historical nobility of Hungary, see nobilitashungariae: List of Historical Surnames of the Hungarian Nobility / nobilitashungariae. A magyar történelmi nemesség családneveinek listájanobilitashungariae: List of Historical Surnames of the Hungarian Nobility
- The house of Matthias Corvinus, the only king born in Cluj, 9 March 2015