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Berke ( hu, nagybarkóci Berke; german: Berke von Nagybarkóc) family was an old Hungarian noble family in the
Slovene March (
Vas County, nowadays:
Prekmurje
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,
Slovenia
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). They were
landowners and
banker
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s.
On 10 December 1609 Ambrosius Berke was elevated into nobility, however older documents shows that this might be only a confirmation of nobility, because in years 1417 and 1427 we can find mentions of ''Péter de Berke'' and ''Jakab Berke'', who were ''homo regius (királyi ember)''. In 1610 the family was written into
Vas County noble register. In 1690
king Leopold I
* nl, Leopold Joris Christiaan Frederik
* en, Leopold George Christian Frederick
, image = NICAISE Leopold ANV.jpg
, caption = Portrait by Nicaise de Keyser, 1856
, reign = 21 July 1831 –
, predecessor = Erasme Loui ...
donated the place of
Nagybarkóc to Péter Berke.
At the end of the 19th century they have established a bank in Vas County.
Balaž Berke,
Ferenc Berke
Ferenc Xaver Berke de Nagybarkóc ( sl, Franc Berke; Prekmurje Slovene: ''Ferenc Xaver Berke''; c. 1764 – 10 February 1841) was a Hungarian Slovene Lutheran pastor and writer.
Life
Born in Sembiborci (Sebeborci), he was the son of János Berke ...
and János Berke, members of the Berke family were Slovenian writers (they wrote in Vend dialect). József Berke was also a member of Hungarian parliament from 1869–1872, then Count Szapáry has won the elections. But 3 years later Berke has won again 1875–1878 and 1878–1881.
Hungarian families
Prekmurje Slovenes
Hungarian nobility