Orbász (I) from the kindred Báncsa () was a Hungarian nobleman, who served as ''

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around 1216. He was the earliest known ancestor of the late 14th-century powerful Horvat (or Horváti) family.

Life

Orbász (also Orbas or Vrbas) was born into the ''gens'' (clan) Báncsa, an original settler family from

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). He had a brother Benedict (or Beke). Their parents are unidentified, thus Orbász and Benedict were the first known members of the kindred.Engel: ''Genealógia'' (Genus Báncsa) Orbász had three or four children from his unidentified marriage. The eldest one was

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, an influential prelate in the mid-13th century, who became the first Hungarian cardinal in history, and the kindred reached its peak under his guidance.

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held the office of ''ispán'' of

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in 1244 (in the same time, when his elder brother Stephen served as

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). Through Orbász's youngest son Peter I, the kindred continued to exist in Hungary. The Horvátis, who became infamous during the last stage of the Angevin period, descended from his branch. It is possible Orbász had a fourth, unidentified child, parent of Cardinal Báncsa's other mentioned cousins. The earlier Hungarian historiography, based on genealogist János Karácsonyi's notice, considered that Orbász was first mentioned by contemporary records as a ''comes'' in 1213. It is plausible that he is identical with that certain Orbász, who served as ''

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in 1216. Cardinal Stephen mentioned his father only once in a charter of 1252, which narrates he was involved in a lawsuit in early 1240s in the case of ownership right over the estate Urkuta against Györk Atyusz, son of Ban Atyusz III Atyusz. Accordingly, Stephen had established a mass-endowment for his late father's spiritual salvation and financed its operation from the income of Urkuta. Orbász was buried in the lobby of the St. Adalbert Cathedral in

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