Pápa (also ''Papa'') was the name of a ''gens'' (Latin for "clan"; ''nemzetség'' in Hungarian) in the
Kingdom of Hungary
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, in the
Árpádian era.
History
According to written records from the
13th century
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The Mongol Empire was founded by Genghis Khan, which stretched ...
, the ancestor of the kindred was a certain Popo (Pápa), a Bavarian knight who participated in
Stephen I of Hungary
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's war against
Koppány. Historian András Kubinyi argued that after the victory, Popo became the first head of the royal manor, established in
Veszprém County
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Veszprém county
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, which is today known as
Pápa
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(thus the town was named after him).
[Kristó 1996, p. 13.]
The kindred remained in the minor local nobility, the only notable member was
Benedict, son of Syka (or Sike), who served as
vice-judge royal () in 1244, under
Demetrius Csák.
[Zsoldos 2011, p. 30.] In 1272, Paul I received the estate of Eund which belonged to
Sopron Castle until then. The kindred also owned lands in
Mezőlak and
Acsád.
Ladislaus I was the first member of the Mezőlak branch and was also father of
Nicholas Zámbó. Nicholas' nephews, John and Lawrence also took the Zámbó surname.
Lawrence Zámbó served as provost of
Pressburg
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(today
Bratislava
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,
Slovakia
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) from 1384 to 1402.
Members
* Syka (or Sike)
[Engel: ''Genealógia'' (Genus Pápa, Zámbó de Mezőlak branch)]
**
Benedict,
vice-judge royal (1244)
** Lampert I
*** Paul I (
fl.
''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...
1272–1286), married Elizabeth N (
fl.
''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...
1304)
**** Nicholas I (died b. 1317), married twice: N, then
Elizabeth Osl
***** Stephen I (
fl.
''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...
1317)
***** Bungo (
fl.
''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...
1317)
**** Mark (
fl.
''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...
1304)
**** Ladislaus I (
fl.
''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...
1317), Mezőlak branch
***** Martin (
fl.
''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...
1347–1366)
****** Zámbó family
***** Ladislaus II (
fl.
''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...
1347)
*****
Nicholas Zámbó (
fl.
''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...
1347–1395, died 1395),
Royal treasurer (1377–1382),
Master of the treasury
The master of the treasury or treasurerSegeš 2002, p. 316.Rady 2000, p. 113. (Fallenbüchl 1988, p. 80. or , ,Zsoldos 2011, p. 61. , or , )General Encyclopedia of the Yugoslav Lexicographical Institute, second edition, sixth volume SKA-ŽV. p 3 ...
(1382–1384 and 1385–1388)
***** Stephen II (
fl.
''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...
1347–1374)
**** Paul II (
fl.
''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...
1347)
**** unidentified daughter, married Hector II Nórápi, castellan of Hölgykő (
fl.
''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...
1304–1317)
*** Matthew I (
fl.
''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...
1286)
*** Lampert II (
fl.
''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...
1286)
**** Matthew II (
fl.
''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...
1310–1347)
***** Lawrence (
fl.
''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...
1347)
***** Nicholas II (
fl.
''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...
1347)
***** John (
fl.
''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...
1347)
References
Sources
* János Karácsonyi: ''A magyar nemzetségek a XIV. század közepéig.'' Budapest: Magyar Tudományos Akadémia. 1900–1901.
*
Kristó, Gyula (1996). "Néhány megjegyzés Pápa korai középkoráról" In: Hermann, István (ed.): ''Tanulmányok Pápa város történetéből 2.'',
Local Government of Pápa. pp. 6–13.
* Zsoldos, Attila (2011). ''Magyarország világi archontológiája, 1000–1301'' ("Secular Archontology of Hungary, 1000–1301"). História, MTA Történettudományi Intézete. Budapest.
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