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The Szilágyi of Horogszeg (Hungarian: horogszegi Szilágyi) was an important Hungarian noble family of the Kingdom of Hungary and of Transylvania.[1]
History
The Szilágyi family comes from the region of the Szilágy-patak (present-day Sălaj River, part of Romania).
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Coat of Arms of Szilágyi Family
Coat of arms of Michael Szilágyi as Regent of Hungary
Most specialists agree that the family died out in the Middle Ages.[2] Zoltán W. Vityi says that the noble Szilágyis of Horogszeg who lived in Nyírgelse and Nyírmihálydi (in Szabolcs County in Hungary) in the 1930s were descended from the medieval noble family.[2]
Notable members
Matthias Corvinus, King of Hungary and Croatia, King of Bohemia, Duke of Austria, son of Erzsébet Szilágyi
- 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]
A 19th-century map of Kingdom of Hungary showing the location of Szilágy County
Present-day location of Sălaj County on the map of Romania
See also
References
- ↑ "The College of the Hereditary Nobility of Hungary". www.hungarianheraldry.org.
- 1 2 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
- 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
- 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
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