Kán is the name of a Hungarian noble family which gave bans (governors) to

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and

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s to Transylvania, and

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to Hungary in the 13th and 14th centuries.

History

The Kán family were members of the Hermány clan. They crossed the Carpathian mountains together with

Árpád Árpád (; 845 – 907) was the head of the confederation of the Magyar tribes at the turn of the 9th and 10th centuries. He might have been either the sacred ruler or ''kende'' of the Hungarians, or their military leader or '' gy ...

, leader of the

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, and settled in

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in 895. They were Counts of

Siklós Siklós ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=/, Šikloš, Шиклош) is the 4th largest town in Baranya county, Hungary. The Malkocs Bey Mosque was built by the order of the Malkoçoğlu family. Notable people * George Mikes, British author most famous f ...

from the year 900.

Members

Notable members of the family include:

Transylvanian branch

Julius I Pope Julius I was the bishop of Rome from 6 February 337 to his death on 12 April 352. He is notable for asserting the authority of the pope over the Arian Eastern bishops, as well as a dubious claim that he set 25 December as the official birthd ...

(Hungarian: Gyula) Kán. Count of Siklós. Ban of Croatia and Slavonia, 1213, 1229-1235.

Voivode of Transylvania The Voivode of Transylvania (german: Vojwode von Siebenbürgen;Fallenbüchl 1988, p. 77. hu, erdélyi vajda;Zsoldos 2011, p. 36. la, voivoda Transsylvaniae; ro, voievodul Transilvaniei) was the highest-ranking official in Transylvania wit ...

, 1201-1214.

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, 1215–1218, 1222-1226. * Ladislaus I (Hungarian: László) Kán, son of Julius I Kán. Count of Siklós. Palatine of Hungary, 1242-1245. Ban of Croatia and Slavonia, 1245-1246. *

Julius II Kán Julius (II) from the kindred Kán ( hu, Kán nembeli (II.) Gyula; died after 1234) was a Hungarian noble from the ''gens'' Kán, who served as master of the cupbearers between 1222 and 1228. His father was Julius I Kán, a powerful baron during th ...

, son of Julius I Kán. Count of Siklós. Voivode of Transylvania, 1230-1233. *

Ladislaus II Kán Ladislaus (II) from the kindred Kán ( hu, Kán nembeli (II.) László; died 3 January 1278) was a Hungarian baron and landowner, member of the ''gens'' Kán. Biography He was the son of palatine Ladislaus I (d. after 1247) and an unidentified ...

(Hungarian: László) Kán, son of Ladislaus I Kán. Voivode of Transylvania, 1260–1267, 1275-1276. *

Nicholas Kán Nicholas from the kindred Kán ( hu, Kán nembeli Miklós; died December 1279) was a Hungarian prelate in the second half of the 13th century, who served as Archbishop-elect of Esztergom in 1273, and from 1276 until 1278. Simultaneously, he held ...

, son of Ladislaus I Kán. Archbishop-elect of Esztergom in the 1270s. *

Ladislaus III Kán Ladislaus (III) Kán (? – before 13 May 1315) ( hu, Kán (III) László, ro, Ladislau Kán al III-lea), was a Hungarian oligarch in the Kingdom of Hungary who ruled ''de facto'' independently Transylvania. He held the office of Voivode of ...

, son of Ladislas II Kán. Married a princess of the

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royal family of Poland. Voivode of Transylvania 1294-1315. He is thought incorrectly to be the founder of the

Lackfi The Lackfi, Laczkfi or Laczkfy ( hr, Lacković / ''Laczkovich'') was a noble family from Kingdom of Hungary and Croatia, which governed parts of Transylvania (as Count of the Székelys) and held the title of Voivode of Transylvania in the 14th cent ...

Lacković The Lackfi, Laczkfi or Laczkfy ( hr, Lacković / ''Laczkovich'') was a noble family from Kingdom of Hungary and Croatia, which governed parts of Transylvania (as Count of the Székelys) and held the title of Voivode of Transylvania in the 14th cent ...

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Siklós branch

*Simon **Buchk (fl. ''c''. 1251) ***Nicholas I ****Urban (fl. 1281) ****Cain (fl. 1281) ***Michael ****Blaise (fl. 1281) ***Peter I --> Beremendi sub-branch ****Peter II (fl. 1281–1296) *****Stephen (fl. 1293) **Julius I (fl. ''c''. 1251) ***Nicholas II (fl. 1266–1288) ****

Julius II Pope Julius II ( la, Iulius II; it, Giulio II; born Giuliano della Rovere; 5 December 144321 February 1513) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 1503 to his death in February 1513. Nicknamed the Warrior Pope or the ...

(fl. 1283–1298) ∞ Clara Aba, daughter of

Finta Aba Finta from the kindred Aba ( hu, Aba nembeli Finta; died 1287) was a Hungarian lord in the Kingdom of Hungary, who served as Palatine of Hungary from 1280 to 1281. He is best known for capturing King Ladislaus IV of Hungary in early 1280. Family ...

****Peter III (fl. 1283–1341) ∞ (1) unidentified; (2) Catherine Kaboli *****''Siklósi family'' ****Helena (fl. 1298–1336) ∞

James Győr James from the kindred Győr ( hu, Győr nembeli Jakab; died 1314 or 1315) was a Hungarian nobleman at the turn of the 13th and 14th centuries, who served as Master of the cupbearers in 1291. Also known as James of Óvár ( hu, Óvári Jakab) then ...

*** ''a daughter'' ∞

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Notes and references

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kan History of Baranya (region)