Kán is the name of a
Hungarian noble family which gave
bans (governors) to
Croatia
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and
Slavonia
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,
voivode
Voivode ( ), also spelled voivod, voievod or voevod and also known as vaivode ( ), voivoda, vojvoda, vaivada or wojewoda, is a title denoting a military leader or warlord in Central, Southeastern and Eastern Europe in use since the Early Mid ...
s to Transylvania, and
palatines
Palatines () were the citizens and princes of the Palatinates, Holy Roman States that served as capitals for the Holy Roman Emperor. After the fall of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806, the nationality referred more specifically to residents of the ...
to Hungary in the 13th and 14th centuries.
History
The Kán family were members of the Hermány clan. They crossed the Carpathian mountains together with
Árpád
Árpád (; 845 – 907) was the head of the confederation of the Magyar tribes at the turn of the 9th and 10th centuries. He might have been either the sacred ruler or '' kende'' of the Hungarians, or their military leader or '' g ...
, leader of the
Magyars
Hungarians, also known as Magyars, are an ethnic group native to Hungary (), who share a common culture, language and history. They also have a notable presence in former parts of the Kingdom of Hungary. The Hungarian language belongs to the ...
, and settled in
Pannonia
Pannonia (, ) was a Roman province, province of the Roman Empire bounded on the north and east by the Danube, on the west by Noricum and upper Roman Italy, Italy, and on the southward by Dalmatia (Roman province), Dalmatia and upper Moesia. It ...
in 895. They were Counts of
Siklós from the year 900.
Members
Notable members of the family include:
Transylvanian branch
*
Julius I (Hungarian: Gyula) Kán. Count of Siklós.
Ban of Croatia and Slavonia, 1213, 1229-1235.
Voivode of Transylvania
The Voivode of Transylvania (;Fallenbüchl 1988, p. 77. ;Zsoldos 2011, p. 36. ; ) was the highest-ranking official in Transylvania within the Kingdom of Hungary from the 12th century to the 16th century. Appointed by the King of Hun ...
, 1201-1214.
Palatine of Hungary, 1215–1218, 1222-1226.
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Ladislaus I (Hungarian: László) Kán, son of Julius I Kán. Count of Siklós. Palatine of Hungary, 1242-1245. Ban of Croatia and Slavonia, 1245-1246.
*
Julius II Kán, son of Julius I Kán. Count of Siklós. Voivode of Transylvania, 1230-1233.
*
Ladislaus II Kán (Hungarian: László) Kán, son of Ladislaus I Kán. Voivode of Transylvania, 1260–1267, 1275-1276.
*
Nicholas Kán, son of Ladislaus I Kán. Archbishop-elect of Esztergom in the 1270s.
*
Ladislaus III Kán, son of Ladislas II Kán. Married a princess of the
Piast
The House of Piast was the first historical ruling dynasty of Poland. The first documented Polish monarch was Duke Mieszko I (–992). The Piasts' royal rule in Poland ended in 1370 with the death of King Casimir III the Great.
Branches of ...
royal family of Poland. Voivode of Transylvania 1294-1315. He is thought incorrectly to be the founder of the
Lackfi or
Lacković family.
["László (9)", ''A Pallas Nagy Lexikona'', Budapest 1897]
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Siklós branch
*Simon
**Buchk
***Nicholas I
****Urban
****Cain
***Michael
****Blaise
***Peter I → Beremendi sub-branch
****Peter II
*****Stephen
**Julius I
***Nicholas II
**** Julius II ∞ Clara Aba, daughter of Finta Aba
****Peter III ∞ (1) unidentified; (2) Catherine Kaboli
*****''Siklósi family''
****Helena ∞ James Győr
*** ''a daughter'' ∞ Peter Tétény
Notes and references
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History of Baranya (region)