Nicholas Szécsi de Felsőlendva (''Széchy; '' hu, Miklós Szécsi; died after 1423) was a Hungarian nobleman from the influential
House of Szécsi
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He was the son of
Nicholas I Szécsi, the
Palatine of Hungary (1385–1386) and Margit Debreceni, granddaughter of former palatine
Dózsa Debreceni. He had three brothers, including
Frank, who served as
Royal treasurer between 1394 and 1396. Nicholas II married Helen Garay, daughter of
Nicholas I Garay
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, they had eight children, including Cardinal
Dénes Szécsi,
Archbishop of Esztergom
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Nicholas served as Royal treasurer from May to December 1397. He was the ''
ispán'' of
Zala County in 1402. He functioned as secular ''gubernator'' of the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Veszprém
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between 1403 and 1405. He was the
master of the doorkeepers
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for the Queen from 1406 to 1409. He was appointed
Master of the treasury in December 1408. He held that office until February 1410. he functioned as ispán of
Vas County (1406–1419),
Sopron County (1406–1410). He participated in the League of Siklós. He was a founding member of the
Order of the Dragon since 1408.
Sources
* Engel, Pál (1996). ''Magyarország világi archontológiája, 1301–1457, I.'' ("Secular Archontology of Hungary, 1301–1457, Volume I"). História, MTA Történettudományi Intézete. Budapest. .
* Markó, László: A magyar állam főméltóságai Szent Istvántól napjainkig – Életrajzi Lexikon ''p. 365.'' ''(The High Officers of the Hungarian State from Saint Stephen to the Present Days – A Biographical Encyclopedia)'' (2nd edition); Helikon Kiadó Kft., 2006, Budapest; .
* Soós, Ferenc (1999). ''Magyarország kincstartói, 1340–1540'' ("Royal treasurers of Hungary, 1340–1540"). Budapest.
14th-century births
15th-century deaths
Hungarian nobility
Nicholas 2
Order of the Dragon
Royal treasurers (Kingdom of Hungary)
Masters of the treasury (Kingdom of Hungary)
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