The Lackfi, Laczkfi or Laczkfy ( hr, Lacković / ''Laczkovich'') was a

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and Croatia in personal union with Hungary, Croatia, which governed parts of Transylvania (as Count of the Székelys) and held the title of Voivode of Transylvania in the 14th century. The Lackfi family were one of the most prestigious families in 14th-century Kingdom of Hungary during the reign of the Capetian House of Anjou. The family also gave several Ban of Croatia, Bans of Croatia (Slavonia and Dalmatia included) and Hungarian occupation of Vidin, Bulgaria, and held the titles of Palatine of Hungary and Knez (title), Prince of Zadar, Count of San Severino and Serra, as well as a Viceroy to Kingdom of Naples. After Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor, Sigismund's accession to the throne and the Bloody Sabor of Križevci (1397), the family lost all of its political influence.

Origins

The family started with Lack Hermán, Lack, Count of the Székelys of the Herman (Hermány) clan which are thought to have sprung from the Raabs family from Burg Raabs an der Thaya, Raabs an der Thaya in Lower Austria later Burgraviate of Nuremberg, Lords of Nuremberg. The theory says they arrived in 995 together with Giselle of Bavaria and settled in the southern area of the Pannonian Basin. His descendants took the name of Lackfi which means son of Lack (Laczk). After having lost most of their influence following the Bloody Sabor of Križevci the remaining branch of the family settled on their Croatian estates in Koprivnica-Križevci County, Križevci County. Earlier it was thought that the family started with Ladislaus Kán as a branch of Kán, Kán kindred. The Lack de Szántó family was not related to the Lackfis.

Members

Notable members of the House of Lackfi include: * Lack Hermán, Lack, Count of the Székelys (1328–1343). * Stephen I Lackfi, Stephen I (Croatian language, Croatian: Stjepan, Hungarian language, Hungarian: István), Čakovec Castle, Lord of Međimurje, Voivode of Transylvania (1344–1350), Ban (title), Ban (governor) of Croatia, Slavonia, and Dalmatia (1350–1352). * Andrew Lackfi, Andrew (Croatian: Andrija, Hungarian: András), Voivode of Transylvania (1356–59), Viceroy of Naples (1350–1352). * Nicholas I (Croatian: Nikola, Hungarian: Miklós), Ban of Slavonia (1342–43), Voivode of Transylvania (1367–1369). * Denis I (Croatian: Dionizije, Hungarian: Dénes), Bishop of Knin (1348–1349), Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Zagreb, Bishop of Zagreb (1349–1350), Archbishop of Kalocsa (1350–1356). * Stephen II Lackfi, Stephen (died 1397), Čakovec Castle, Lord of Međimurje, Lendava, Vinica, and Keszthely, Ban of Croatia (1371–1372; 1382–1386), Voivode of Transylvania (1372–1376), Palatine (Kingdom of Hungary), Palatine of Hungary (1387–1392), Prince of Zadar (1383, 1387–88, 1391–92). * Emeric I (Croatian: Mirko, Hungarian: Imre), Voivode of Transylvania (1369–1372), Ban of Bulgaria (1365–1366), Ban of Croatia, Slavonia, and Dalmatia (1368), Prince of Zadar (1368–69). * Denis II (Croatian: Dionizije, Hungarian: Dénes), Voivode of Transylvania (1359–1367). * George I (Croatian: Juraj, Hungarian: György), Ban of Mačva/Macsó (1392–1393).

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lackfi Lackfi family,

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