The Hahóti family was the name of a short-lived minor Hungarian noble family in Zala County, Kingdom of Hungary in the 14th century.

History

The Hahóti family originated from the Arnold branch of the notable ''gens'' Hahót. According to the fourteenth-century chronicle composition, the founder of the kindred, knight Hahold descended from the Counts of Orlamünde, arriving to Hungary in 1163 upon the invitation of Stephen III to help to defeat the rebelled Csák kindred. Hahold's great-grandson Keled (or Cletus) served as Vice-ban of Slavonia in 1234. He had two children Keled II and Violant. Keled II was involved in a lengthy lawsuit with some members of Ják clan – the sons of Ebed, ancestors of the Niczky family – sometime between 1267 and 1270, for unknown reasons. Béla IV of Hungary also ordered his arrest. Subsequently, the litigants reached an out-of-court settlement through the mediation of Lawrence Aba, the '' ispán'' of Sopron County, and his five co-judges. Keled had to pay 25 marks as a compensation and sentenced to 25-day imprisonment to the Vasvár prison. Keled was mentioned as a "royal man" in 1275. He is considered as the first member of the Hahóti family, descended from the Arnold branch, as a royal charter from 1277 referred to him as Hahóti (lit. "of Hahót"). During that time, he inherited a part of Nick from his kindred and involved in a lawsuit against the Ják clan and his own cousin,

Nicholas III Hahót Nicholas (III) from the kindred Hahót ( hu, Hahót nembeli (III.) Miklós; died 1291) was a Hungarian noble and landowner, whose rebellion against the newly crowned Stephen V of Hungary in 1270 was a dress rehearsal for the era of feudal anarchy ...

. The last male member of the family John died in 1376 without heirs. On 13 March 1377, King

Louis I of Hungary Louis I, also Louis the Great ( hu, Nagy Lajos; hr, Ludovik Veliki; sk, Ľudovít Veľký) or Louis the Hungarian ( pl, Ludwik Węgierski; 5 March 132610 September 1382), was King of Hungary and Croatia from 1342 and King of Poland from 1370 ...

granted the status of a son to his only daughter Anne who married Nicholas de Surdis (or Lipoveci), a nephew of

John de Surdis John de Surdis ( hu, De Surdis János, it, Giovanni de Surdis; died 1378) was an Italian-born Hungarian prelate in the 14th century. He served as Bishop of Vác from 1363 to 1375, Bishop of Győr from 1375 to 1376, then Archbishop of Esztergom ...

Archbishop of Esztergom In Christian denominations, an archbishop is a bishop of higher rank or office. In most cases, such as the Catholic Church, there are many archbishops who either have jurisdiction over an ecclesiastical province in addition to their own archdioc ...

. The members of the Söjtöri (or also Hahóti) family protested against the method and filed a lawsuit in the royal court, without success.

Family tree

*Keled (fl. 1270–77) ** Arnold (fl. 1293–1327) ** Michael (fl. 1293–1327), married Elizabeth N (fl. 1360) *** Nicholas (fl. 1331–51) *** John (fl. 1331–76), married Helen N (fl. 1360–80) **** Anne (fl. 1360–1412); '' praefectio in filium'', married Nicholas de Surdis *** ''a daughter'', married John Berzencei *** ''a daughter'', married John Balai from the ''gens'' Szalók

Other Hahótis

The Söjtöri (or Falkosi) family of the Buzád branch, which descended from Herbord, son of Lancelot, was frequently also called as "Hahóti" throughout the 14th century by royal charters. Another member of the kindred, Nicholas V (fl. 1342) was also called Hahóti. His grandfather was Csák I, Lancelot's elder brother. After a ''praefectio in filium'', his daughter Klara granted the village of Buzádsziget. Following that she mortgaged the estate to her husband John Koltai and his brother George. The living members of the Buzád branch (Söjtöris, Csányis and Szabaris) protested against the king's rule, but after a court decision they forced to hand over their property in Buzádsziget and Hahót to her.

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