Elefánthy Family
The House of Elefánthy (also spelled ''Elefánty'' or ''Elefánti'') were one of the oldest noble family, noble families in the Kingdom of Hungary. At their peak during the Middle Ages the family rose to an influential and wealthy position. Origins The exact origins of the family are unknown. Some authors believe the Elefánthy to be a branch of the Ludány kindred, which itself was a branch of the genus Hont-Pázmány. The eminent 18th-century polymath Matthias Bel, in his ''Notitia Hungariae novae historic-geographia'', writes that a 12th-century ancestor of the family was part of Coloman, King of Hungary, King Coloman's delegation to Sicily to propose a royal marriage. This ancestor was gifted an elephant in Sicily, which he brought back and presented to the King, who in return gave him the original estates in Nyitra County. A more recent theory as to the unique name and coat of arms of the family suggests that Elefánth could have been a personal name, derived from the French ...
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