Kán is the name of a Hungarian noble family which gave bans (governors) to

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and

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s to Transylvania, and

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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 Siklós ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=/, Šikloš, Шиклош) is the 4th largest town in Baranya county, Hungary. The Malkocs Bey Mosque was built by the order of the Malkoçoğlu family. Ottoman conquest During Sultân Süleymân's 1543 campa ...

from the year 900.

Members

Notable members of the family include:

Transylvanian branch

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(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.

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, 1215–1218, 1222-1226. * 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 Julius (II) from the kindred Kán (; died after 1234) was a Hungarian noble from the ''gens'' Kán, who served as master of the cupbearers between 1222 and 1228. His father was Julius I Kán, a powerful baron during the first third of the 13th cen ...

, 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

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royal family of Poland. Voivode of Transylvania 1294-1315. He is thought incorrectly to be the founder of the Lackfi or

Lacković Lacković may refer to: * House of Lacković The Lackfi, Lacković, Laczkfi, Laczkfy or Laczkovich were a noble family from Kingdom of Hungary and Croatia, which governed parts of Transylvania (as Count of the Székelys) and held the title of Voi ...

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 ****

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∞ Clara Aba, daughter of

Finta Aba Finta from the kindred Aba (; died 1287) was a Hungarian lord in the Kingdom of Hungary, who served as Palatine of Hungary from 1280 to 1281. He is best known for capturing King Ladislaus IV of Hungary in early 1280. Family Finta was born into t ...

****Peter III ∞ (1) unidentified; (2) Catherine Kaboli *****''Siklósi family'' ****Helena ∞ James Győr *** ''a daughter'' ∞ Peter Tétény

Notes and references

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