The Lackfi, Lacković, Laczkfi, Laczkfy or Laczkovich were a

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from

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and

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, which governed parts of

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(as

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) and held the title of

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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

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. The family also gave several

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(

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and

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included) and

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, and held the titles of

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and

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, Count of San Severino and Serra, as well as a

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. After

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'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,

of the Herman (Hermány) clan which are thought to have sprung from the Raabs family from

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later Lords of Nuremberg. The theory says they arrived in 995 together with Giselle of Bavaria and settled in the southern area of the

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. 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 Križevci County. Earlier it was thought that the family started with Ladislaus Kán as a branch of Kán kindred. The Lack de Szántó family was not related to the Lackfis.

Members

Notable members of the House of Lackfi include: * Lack,

(1328–1343). * Stephen I ( Croatian: Stjepan, Hungarian: István), Lord of Međimurje,

(1344–1350), Ban (governor) of Croatia, Slavonia, and Dalmatia (1350–1352). *

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(Croatian: Andrija, Hungarian: András), Voivode of Transylvania (1356–59), Viceroy of

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(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

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(1348–1349), Bishop of Zagreb (1349–1350),

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(1350–1356). * Stephen II (died 1397), Lord of Međimurje, Lendava, Vinica, and

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, Ban of Croatia (1371–1372; 1382–1386), Voivode of Transylvania (1372–1376),

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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).

References

External links

Timeline of feudal lords of Međimurje

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Origins

Members

See also

References

External links

Timeline of feudal lords of Međimurje