Nicholas (I) from the kindred Gutkeled ( hu, Gutkeled nembeli (I.) Miklós; died 11 April 1241) was a Hungarian baron in the first third of the 13th century, who served as

Ban of Slavonia Ban of Slavonia ( hr, Slavonski ban; hu, szlavón bán; la, Sclavoniæ banus) or the Ban of "Whole Slavonia" ( hr, ban cijele Slavonije; hu, egész Szlavónia bánja; la, totius Sclavoniæ banus) was the title of the governor of a territor ...

from 1239 or 1240 to 1241, during the reign of

Béla IV of Hungary Béla IV (1206 – 3 May 1270) was King of Hungary and Croatia between 1235 and 1270, and Duke of Styria from 1254 to 1258. As the oldest son of King Andrew II, he was crowned upon the initiative of a group of influential noblemen in his father ...

. He was killed in the

Battle of Mohi The Battle of Mohi (11 April 1241), also known as Battle of the Sajó River''A Global Chronology of Conflict: From the Ancient World to the Modern Middle East'', Vol. I, ed. Spencer C. Tucker, (ABC-CLIO, 2010), 279; "Although Mongol losses in t ...

Family

Nicholas was born into the Sárvármonostor branch of the powerful ''gens'' (clan) Gutkeled. His parentage is unknown. His brothers were Apaj and Csépán. One of his cousins was Dragun, progenitor of the Majád branch. Nicholas and his unidentified wife had a son Andrew "the Great", progenitor of the Bocskai de Keresztúr and Bocskai de Büssü noble families, which kinship is not identical with the family of

Stephen Bocskai Stephen Bocskai or Bocskay ( hu, Bocskai István; 1 January 155729 December 1606) was Prince of Transylvania and Hungary from 1605 to 1606. He was born to a Hungarian noble family. His father's estates were located in the eastern regions of th ...

Prince of Transylvania The Prince of Transylvania ( hu, erdélyi fejedelem, german: Fürst von Siebenbürgen, la, princeps Transsylvaniae, ro, principele TransilvanieiFallenbüchl 1988, p. 77.) was the head of state of the Principality of Transylvania from the last d ...

, who descended from the clan Baksa.Engel: ''Genealógia'' (Genus Gutkeled 5. Sárvármonostor branch)

Career

Similarly to his brothers, Nicholas possessed lands in the area between

Legrad Legrad () is a municipality in northern Croatia, located north of Koprivnica and east of Ludbreg in the Koprivnica–Križevci County. There are 2,241 inhabitants in the municipality, absolute majority of which are Croats at 97.4%, with the larges ...

and

Rasinja Rasinja is a settlement and an eponymous municipality in northern Croatia in Koprivnica–Križevci County, located halfway between Koprivnica and Ludbreg. Population The municipality's total population is 3,267 (2011 census), in the following ...

Slavonia Slavonia (; hr, Slavonija) is, with Dalmatia, Croatia proper, and Istria, one of the four historical regions of Croatia. Taking up the east of the country, it roughly corresponds with five Croatian counties: Brod-Posavina, Osijek-Baranja ...

(present-day in

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). Nicholas was a confidant of Prince

Coloman Coloman, es, Colomán (german: Koloman (also Slovak, Czech, Croatian), it, Colomanno, ca, Colomà; hu, Kálmán) The Germanic origin name Coloman used by Germans since the 9th century. * Coloman, King of Hungary * Coloman of Galicia-Lodomeria ...

, who held the title of

Duke of Slavonia The Duke of Slavonia ( hr, slavonski herceg; la, dux Slavoniae), also Duke of Dalmatia and Croatia ( hr, herceg Hrvatske i Dalmacije; la, dux Dalmatiae et Croatiae) and sometimes Duke of "Whole Slavonia", Dalmatia and Croatia ( hr, herceg cijele S ...

since 1226. Nicholas served as ''

ispán The ispánRady 2000, p. 19.''Stephen Werbőczy: The Customary Law of the Renowned Kingdom of Hungary in Three Parts (1517)'', p. 450. or countEngel 2001, p. 40.Curta 2006, p. 355. ( hu, ispán, la, comes or comes parochialis, and sk, župan)Kirs ...

'' of

Zala County Zala ( hu, Zala megye, ; ; ) is an administrative county (comitatus or ''megye'') in south-western Hungary. It is named after the Zala River. It shares borders with Croatia ( Koprivnica–Križevci and Međimurje Counties) and Slovenia (Lendava ...

from 1229 to 1234; the territory then belonged to Coloman's realm. He was referred to as treasurer of the ducal court from 1237 to 1240. Following the plausible death of his brother Apaj, Nicholas was appointed Ban of Slavonia in 1239 or 1240. Alongside his lord, he fought in the Battle of Mohi against the

Mongol The Mongols ( mn, Монголчууд, , , ; ; russian: Монголы) are an East Asian ethnic group native to Mongolia, Inner Mongolia in China and the Buryatia Republic of the Russian Federation. The Mongols are the principal member of ...

invaders on 11 April 1241. He was killed in the battlefield. His only known son Andrew (I) was styled as

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of the Sárvár family monastery in 1250, then patron of the provostry of Lelesz (present-day Leles,

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) in 1252. He acquired the village Báka in

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. His son, Andrew (II) lived in Báka. He handed over his estate Ásvány in

Ung County Ung County (in Latin: ''comitatus Unghvariensis''; Hungarian: ''Ung (vár)megye''; also in Slovak: ''Užský komitát/ Užská župa / Užská stolica''; ro, Comitatul Ung) was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its ...

(today Tysaashvan in

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) to

Thomas Baksa Thomas (III) from the kindred Baksa ( hu, Baksa nembeli (III.) Tamás; died after 1288) was a Hungarian lord in the second half of the 13th century. He was a supporter of Stephen V of Hungary. Family Thomas was born into the ''gens'' (clan) Bak ...

as a compensation in 1286, because he killed one of Thomas' priests and robbed another one servant. Since the 1290s, he resided in Bacska (today Bačka, Slovakia). Subsequently, his descendants bore the family name Bacskai later Bocskai.

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