Emeric from the kindred Csák (; died after 1276) was a Hungarian lord in the 13th century, who served as ''

ispán The ispánRady 2000, p. 19.''Stephen Werbőczy: The Customary Law of the Renowned Kingdom of Hungary in Three Parts (1517)'', p. 450. or countEngel 2001, p. 40.Curta 2006, p. 355. (, , and ),Kirschbaum 2007, p. 315. deriving from title of župan, ...

'' of

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from 1272 to 1273.

Life and career

Emeric was born into an unidentified branch of the powerful and wealthy ''gens'' (clan) Csák, as the son of Stephen Csák and an unidentified granddaughter of the influential baron Pat Győr. His parents got married around 1228, consequently Emeric was born thereafter.Engel: ''Genealógia'' (Genus Csák 10., fragments) His father Stephen was a confidant of

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since the 1220s and held several court dignities in the upcoming decades. Emeric had no known siblings nor descendants. His father Stephen died sometime after 1269 or 1270. Emeric inherited his estates which mostly laid in

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. After the minor Ladislaus IV ascended the Hungarian throne, Emeric was appointed ''ispán'' of Somogy County in September 1272. He held the office until 12 May 1273, when he was replaced by Mojs, a confidant of Queen

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. Emeric sold his inherited estate Koromszó in

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(present-day a borough of

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in Baranya County) to the Kórógyi family in December 1276.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Csak, Emeric 13th-century Hungarian nobility Emeric