Péc or Pécz (also ''Peech'' or ''Pech'') was the name of a ''gens'' (Latin for "clan"; ''nemzetség'' in Hungarian) in the

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. The powerful and illustrious

Marcali Marcali (german: Martzal) is a town in Somogy County, Hungary, and the seat of Marcali District. The settlement is part of the Balatonboglár wine region. Geography It lies 14 km south of Lake Balaton, next to the main road 68 and the ''Som ...

and

Apponyi The Apponyi, also Apponyi de Nagy-Appony, were a prominent and powerful Hungarian family group of the high upper nobility of the Kingdom of Hungary, whose's members remained notable even after the kingdom's dismemberment in the successor states o ...

noble families descended from this kindred. The clan had large-scale possessions in several counties of

Transdanubia Transdanubia ( hu, Dunántúl; german: Transdanubien, hr, Prekodunavlje or ', sk, Zadunajsko :sk:Zadunajsko) is a traditional region of Hungary. It is also referred to as Hungarian Pannonia, or Pannonian Hungary. Administrative divisions Trad ...

, in addition to

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and other parts of the

History and family tree

Zala branch

The clan originated from Sokoró Hills, in the southern region of

Győr County Győr county (in Hungarian: ''Győr (vár)megye'') was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary, situated mostly on the right (south) side of the Danube river. Its territory is now part of Hungary, except seven villages on th ...

, their ancient clan estates laid in present-day Felpéc and Kajárpéc. The earliest known member of the kindred was Lucas I, who lived in the early 13th century. He is apparently the founder of the clan too. Based on the clan's coat-of-arms (narrow silver stripe in blue shield), it is possible that Lucas was a knight from

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, who arrived to Hungary during the early reign of

Andrew II of Hungary Andrew II ( hu, II. András, hr, Andrija II., sk, Ondrej II., uk, Андрій II; 117721 September 1235), also known as Andrew of Jerusalem, was King of Hungary and Croatia between 1205 and 1235. He ruled the Principality of Halych from 1188 ...

. For his military service, he was granted lands in Győr County and the surrounding regions. Depending on his origin (German or French), Lucas might have come to the country as an accompanist of either

Gertrude of Merania Gertrude of Merania ( 1185 – 28 September 1213) was Queen of Hungary as the first wife of Andrew II from 1205 until her assassination. She was regent during her husband's absence. Life She was the daughter of the Bavarian Count Berthold IV ...

(1205) or

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(1215), the first and second spouse of Andrew II, respectively. His career and life is difficult to outline: it is presumable that he is identical with that Lucas, who served as

Master of the cupbearers The master of the cupbearers or master of the cup-bearers (german: Königliche Oberst-Grossmundschenke, hu, főpohárnok, sk, pohárnik and la, pincernarum regalium magistri or magister pincernarum) was one of the high officials of the royal ho ...

in the royal court from 1229 to 1230. Lucas' eldest son was

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, who owned

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sometimes before 1248. Ludbreg later became a residence of his son Peter, who erected a castle above the village and adopted his surname after his lands' centre. This branch died out with George's grandson

Nicholas Ludbregi Nicholas Ludbregi ( hu, Ludbregi Miklós; 1290s – 1357) was a Hungarian noble, landowner and soldier in Slavonia in the first half of the 14th century. Family background Nicholas was born into the Zala branch of the ''gens'' Péc in the 1290s a ...

in 1357, thereafter Ludbreg and other lands became the property of Ban

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and his descendants. The most powerful member of the kindred was George's another son

Denis Denis may refer to: People * Saint Denis of Paris, 3rd-century Christian martyr and first bishop of Paris * Denis the Areopagite, Biblical figure * Denis, son of Ampud (died 1236), baron in the Kingdom of Hungary * Denis the Carthusian (1402–14 ...

. Initially, he was a confidant of '' rex iunior''

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, but later joined the partisans of the elderly

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 actively participated in the military campaigns against Austria and Bohemia. He served as

Palatine of Hungary The Palatine of Hungary ( hu, nádor or , german: Landespalatin, la, palatinus regni Hungariae) was the highest-ranking office in the Kingdom of Hungary from the beginning of the 11th century to 1848. Initially, Palatines were represe ...

and other high-ranking positions several times during the era of feudal anarchy. His son,

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was ''ispán'' of

Veszprém County Veszprém ( hu, Veszprém megye, ; german: Komitat Wesprim (Weißbrunn)) is an administrative county (''megye'') in Hungary. Veszprém is also the name of the capital city of Veszprém county. Veszprém county Veszprém county lies in western ...

as a confidant of Queen Mother

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in 1295, while his unidentified daughter married

Stephen Hahót Stephen (I) from the kindred Hahót ( hu, Hahót nembeli (I.) István; fl. 1272–97) was a Hungarian noble, who served as ''ispán'' of Varaždin County in 1297. Career Stephen was born into the Hahold branch of the ''gens'' Hahót as the son o ...

. Through their only son

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, they were ancestors of the powerful Bánfi (Bánffy) de Alsólendva noble family.Engel: ''Genealógia'' (Genus Hahót 1.) George's third son was Serfesd, who owned Nevna (or Névna), present-day Levanjska Varoš in

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. His only son

Ladislaus Nevnai Ladislaus Nevnai ( hu, Nevnai László, hr, Ladislav de Neona; died after 1324) was a Hungarian nobleman and landowner in Slavonia at the turn of the 13th and 14th centuries. Through his daughters, he was an ancestor of the powerful Treutel and ...

held estates in Valkó and Požega counties, including Orjava (today Orljavac, Croatia), and was considered one of the richest landowners of the region. He fathered two daughters, Catherine and an unidentified girl. Their marriages to Nicholas Treutel and Andrew Garai, respectively, have prompted the rise of the Treutel kinship and the Palatinal branch of the

Garai family Garai or Garay ( hr, Gorjanski) were a Hungarian-Croatian noble family, a branch of the Dorozsma (Durusma) clan, with notable members in the 14th and 15th centuries. They were lords of Csesznek. Origin The family was descended from the Dorozsma ...

. Ladislaus Nevnai handed over his estate of Nevna to his son-in-law Nicholas Treutel in 1324. It is presumable, he died shortly thereafter without male descendants, ending the Nevnai family line after two generations.Engel: ''Genealógia'' (Genus Péc 1. Zala branch) George's younger brother was Mark I, who appeared in contemporary documents in the period between 1240 and 1245. Alongside two other local nobles, he unsuccessfully filed a lawsuit for the ownership of some portions of Kajár (present-day Kajárpéc) in 1240; Béla IV ruled in favor of the

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, referring to St. Ladislaus' royal charters from the late 11th century. He had five sons; Gregory was one of the military leaders of the Bulgarian campaign in 1266. He was Ban of Barancs and Kucsó in 1272–73, then

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in 1288. It is plausible that he built the castle of Szentgyörgy in order to protect his landholdings against the

Kőszegi family The Kőszegi ( hr, Gisingovci) was a noble family in the Kingdom of Hungary and the Kingdom of Croatia in the 13–14th centuries. The ancestor of the family, Henry the Great descended from the ''gens'' ("clan") Héder. Henry's paternal great-gra ...

. However they besieged and captured the fort from Gregory's only son Joachim around 1315. Through his only son Stephen, Joachim was the forefather of the illustrious Marcali family, which became prominent in the 15th century. The family died out in 1487.Engel: ''Genealógia'' (Genus Péc 2. Marcali branch) Mark I's second son Mark II (fl. 1275) remained insignificant member of the clan. His granddaughters' filial quarter was divided between his brothers' surviving branches in 1349. The third son,

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was considered an influential baron at the turn of the 13th and 14th centuries, during the era of Interregnum. He had no descendants. Stephen I was the ancestor of the Berzencei (or Musinai) family and its cadet branches, the Lorántfis and Sándorfis.Engel: ''Genealógia'' (Genus Péc 3. Berzencei usinaibranch) Lucas III 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 1289 to 1291 and in 1298. He and his brother Apor besieged and captured Tátika Castle (located near Zalaszántó), which belonged to the property of the

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. Thereafter, Lucas and his offspring were sometimes called with the title "of Tátika".Engel: ''Genealógia'' (Genus Péc 4. Szentgyörgyi branch) However the castle was lost to the

by 1314, when

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owned the fort. Lucas had five sons; one of them

took the Szentgyörgyi surname, and became the first member of that short-lived family. * Lucas I, possibly

(1229–30) **

(fl. 1232–56), ''

'' of

(1243–44) ***

(fl. 1256–85; d. before 1288),

(1273–74, 1277–78, 1283–84) ****

(fl. 1292–1321; d. before 1327), ''

'' of

(1295) ****''a daughter'' ∞

***Serfesd Nevnai ****

(fl. 1284–1324) ∞ Yolanda Kórógyi *****Catherine (fl. 1324) ∞ Nicholas Treutel *****''a daughter'' ∞ Andrew Garai ***Peter Ludbregi (fl. 1278) ****

(fl. 1317–57†) ∞ Tetis Bednyai **Mark I (fl. 1240–45) *** Gregory (fl. 1266–96 or 1309),

(1288) ****Joachim (fl. 1311–21), ancestor of the Marcali family ***Mark II (fl. 1275) ****Roland *****''daughters'' (fl. 1341) ***

(fl. 1280–1307†),

(1298–99, 1304–07) ***Stephen I ("Lég"; fl. 1289–96), ancestor of the Berzencei family *** Lucas III (also Lucas of Tátika; fl. 1289–98), ''

'' of

(1289–91, 1298) ****Desiderius (fl. 1311–60) **** Apor Szentgyörgyi (fl. 1341–60) ****Stephen II (fl. 1341–53) ****Egidius (fl. 1341–53) ****Nicholas (fl. 1341–53) **Lucas II (also Lucas the Great) ***Ladislaus Kustáni (fl. 1274) *** Benedict Szőlősi (fl. 1274) ***''Lucas IV (?)'', see ''Ibrányi'' branch below

Apponyi branch

*Ivanka (fl. 1250) **Aladar (1294†), first member of the Őri (then Apponyi) family **Ladislaus (also Ladislaus of Hrussó; fl. 1295–1317), castellan of Privigye (today Prievidza,

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; 1308) ** Peter I (fl. 1295) *** Michael (fl. 1317–26) *** Stephen (fl. 1317–26) *** Peter II (fl. 1323–24) ** John (fl. 1295–1333)

Ibrányi branch

References

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