Kakas Rátót
Kakas from the kindred Rátót (; killed 15 June 1312) was a Hungarian nobleman and soldier at the turn of the 13th and 14th centuries, who served as Master of the horse in the court of pretender Wenceslaus during the era of Interregnum. Alongside his kinship, he joined Charles I later. He perished in Battle of Rozgony. He was the forefather of the Kakas de Kaza noble family. Family Kakas (also Kokas or Kokos) was born into the prestigious and influential ''gens'' (clan) Rátót, as the son of Stephen I ("the Porc"), who was a strong confidant of Queen Elizabeth the Cuman and held several offices in her court since 1265. It is plausible that Stephen's only known wife Aglent Smaragd was not the mother of Kakas; she was still alive in 1327, and was a Beguine nun at the Sibylla cloister in Buda. Her brothers, Ladislaus and Aynard were active courtiers even in 1350. Kakas had four known brothers: the eldest one, Dominic II was considered actual head of the family and a powerful baron ...
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