Conrad (I) from the kindred Szák (; died after 1269) was a Hungarian noble in the 13th century, who served as ''

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'' of

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from 1264 to 1267.

Family and career

Conrad (I) was born into the ''gens'' (clan) Szák as the only known son of Albeus.Engel: ''Genealógia'' (Genus Szák, Várong branch) The kindred possessed lands in

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, primarily in Tolna and

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counties, centered around the namesake estate Szák. Conrad had two sons, John (I) and Conrad (II). The Várongi noble family, which became extinct in the first third of the 15th century, descended from John. Conrad is first mentioned by a royal charter of King

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in May 1240, when he already served as Cup-bearer of the Queen's Court. The document narrates that when Queen

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gave birth to

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, the firstborn son of the royal couple sometime around October 1239, Conrad hurried to the royal court in order to inform Béla IV of the birth of his son. As a result, the king donated the village of Podár in

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(today a wasteland near

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) to Conrad. The land was separated from the royal caste lordship of Sopron. His relative, Herrand Szák (son of

Nicholas Szák Nicholas from the kindred Szák (; died March 1241) was a powerful Hungarian baron in the first decades of the 13th century. As a confidant of King Andrew II, he served as Palatine of Hungary from 1219 to 1222 and for a brief period in 1226. Dur ...

) died without male descendants sometime before 1250, thus his possessions escheated to the Crown. Béla IV granted three of his former estates – Terjén, Gyalán and

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– to Conrad in April 1250, with the consent of Queen Maria. Former historiographical works incorrectly claimed that Conrad Szák functioned as Master of the stewards in the queenly court in 1253. In fact, his namesake contemporary,

Conrad Győr Conrad (I) from the kindred Győr (; 1299/1302) was a Hungarian lord in the 13th century, who served as Master of the cupbearers between around 1254 and 1260. Also known as Conrad of Óvár () in contemporary documents, he was the progenitor of th ...

held this dignity in that year. He served as ''ispán'' of Győr County from around 1264 to 1267. His relative, Pousa Szák bequeathed his estate in Bere (laid in present-day

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) in Veszprém County to Conrad in 1269.

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Conrad Conrad may refer to: People * Conrad (name) * Saint Conrad (disambiguation) Places United States * Conrad, Illinois, an unincorporated community * Conrad, Iowa, a city * Conrad, Montana, a city * Conrad Glacier, Washington Elsewher ...

Year of birth unknown 13th-century deaths