The Szentgyörgyi, also Szentgyörgyi és Bazini, was a noble family of the

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in the 13-16th centuries. The ancestor of the family, Thomas descended from the ''gens'' ("clan")

Hont-Pázmány Hont-Pázmány (Hunt-Poznan) was the name of a ''gens'' ("clan") in the Kingdom of Hungary. The ''Gesta Hunnorum et Hungarorum''mentions that the ancestors of the family, the brothers Hont (Hunt) and Pázmány (Pazman), originally from the Duchy o ...

and he was the head ''(ispán)'' of

Nyitra County Nyitra County ( hu, Nyitra vármegye; german: link=no, Neutraer Gespanschaft/Komitat Neutra; la, Comitatus Nitriensis; sk, Nitriansky komitát / Nitrianska stolica / Nitrianska župa) was an administrative county (Comitatus (Kingdom of Hungary ...

around 1208. The family was named after its two castles, Szentgyörgy ( sk, Biely Kameň, german: Sankt Georgen) and

Bazin Bazin may refer to Places *Bazin, Zanjan, a village in Iran *Gazan Bazin, Hormozgan, a village in Iran *Kingdom of Bazin, a medieval Beja polity *Bazin, Hungarian name of Pezinok, in Slovakia Other *Bazin (surname) Bazin is a French surname of Ger ...

( sk, Pezinok, german: Bösing), built in the 12th century. The possession of the castles ensured that the family could maintain its aristocratic status even among the anarchic conditions of the kingdom during the period between 1290 and 1320. In 1459, the members of the family became counts of the

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; and afterwards, they were mentioned as counts even in documents issued by the

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although this title was not recognised in the kingdom at that time.

Notable members of the family

Count Zsigmond Szentgyörgyi de Szentgyörgy et Bazin (?-1493) was appointed as Master of the Cup-bearers ''(pohárnokmester)'', together with Simon Cudar, in 1456. Later, he became a supporter of the Emperor Frederick III, a claimant for the crown against King

Matthias I of Hungary Matthias Corvinus, also called Matthias I ( hu, Hunyadi Mátyás, ro, Matia/Matei Corvin, hr, Matija/Matijaš Korvin, sk, Matej Korvín, cz, Matyáš Korvín; ), was King of Hungary and Croatia from 1458 to 1490. After conducting several mi ...

, between 1459 and 1463. Following the Peace of Wiener Neustadt (19 July 1463), he and his brothers accepted the rule of King Matthias, who appointed him (together with his brother, John and Bertold Ellerbach) to Voivod of Transylvania in 1465. The

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of Transylvania rebelled against King Matthias, who had introduced new taxes, in 1467 and he allied himself with them. However the king suppressed the revolt soon after. Sigismund was allowed to keep his possessions, but he was deprived of his office. Count János Szentgyörgyi de Szentgyörgy et Bazin (?-1492), Count Sigismund's brother, was also a supporter of the Emperor Frederick III until 1463. King Matthias, who appointed him (together with his brother, Sigismund and Bertold Ellerbach) to Voivod of Transylvania in 1465. The nobles of Transylvania, who rebelled against King Matthias, were planning to offer the crown to John in 1467. But King Matthias lead his troops to the province and quickly suppressed the revolt. John surrendered without resistance and he, like his brother, was allowed to keep his possessions. He too was deprived of his office.

Sources

* Markó, László: ''A magyar állam főméltóságai Szent Istvántól napjainkig - Életrajzi Lexikon'' ''(''means:'' "The High Officers of the Hungarian State from Saint Stephen to the Present Days - A Biographical Encyclopedia")'';

Magyar Könyvklub Magyar may refer to: * Hungarians * Hungarian language * Magyar tribes, fundamental political units of Hungarians between the period of leaving the Ural Mountains and the entrance of the Carpathian Basin * Zoltán Magyar Zoltán Magyar (born ...

, 2000, Budapest; . * Engel, Pál: ''Magyarország világi archontológiája (1301-1457)'' ''(''means:'' "The Temporal Archontology of Hungary (1301-1457)")''; História -

MTA Történettudományi Intézete MTA may refer to: Organizations Transportation * Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the public transport agency in the metropolitan area of New York City, United States * Metropolitan Transit Authority (disambiguation), which may refer to sev ...

, 1996, Budapest; .

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Szentgyorgyi Voivodes of Transylvania Hungarian nobility Hont-Pázmány (genus)

Notable members of the family

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