Apor Szentgyörgyi ( hu, Szentgyörgyi Apor; died after 1360) was a Hungarian noble in the 14th century. He was also known as Apor of Tátika.
Life
Apor was the first member of the short-lived Szentgyörgyi family, which originated from the Zala branch of the extended
''gens'' (clan) Péc, which had large-scale possessions in several counties of
Transdanubia, in addition to other parts of the
Kingdom of Hungary. He was a son of
Lucas III Péc, who served as ''
ispán'' of
Zala County in the 1290s. He had four brothers, Desiderius, Stephen II, Egidius and Nicholas, who had no known descendants.
[Engel: ''Genealógia'' (Genus Péc 4. Szentgyörgyi branch)]
He took the surname Szentgyörgyi. He is first mentioned by contemporary records in 1341. He was ''
familiaris'' in the episcopal court of
John Garai
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,
Bishop of Veszprém
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. He served as castellan of
Sümeg
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Twin towns – sister cities
Sümeg is twinned with:
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* Sovata
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in 1347. He was last mentioned by sources in 1360, when unlawfully seized the village of Maros from the
Diocese of Veszprém, alongside his brother Desiderius. He had three sons, but the Szentgyörgyi family became extinct by the 1360s.
Family
*Apor (fl. 1341–60)
**Peter (fl. 1353–64)
**John (fl. 1353–64)
**Stephen (mentioned as "late" in 1431)
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14th-century Hungarian people
Péc (genus)