The Széchy family or Szécsi was an old
Hungarian noble family in the
Kingdom of Hungary
The Kingdom of Hungary was a monarchy in Central Europe that existed for nearly a millennium, from 1000 to 1946 and was a key part of the Habsburg monarchy from 1526-1918. The Principality of Hungary emerged as a Christian kingdom upon the Coro ...
with notable members in the 13th, 14th and 15th centuries. The members of the Széchy family held high offices at the church and the royal court.
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History
The family had two branches (the branch Széchy de Rimavská Seč, Rimaszécs and branch Széchy de Felsőlindva). They family derived from the Balogh genus (clan) and their first names were Zech, Zechi, Zeechi according to the documents. The family came up from the beginning of the 13th. Documents justify that Joanka de genere Balogh lived in the era of Béla IV of Hungary
Béla IV (1206 – 3 May 1270) was King of Hungary and King of Croatia, Croatia between 1235 and 1270, and Duke of Styria from 1254 to 1258. As the oldest son of Andrew II of Hungary, King Andrew II, he was crowned upon the initiative of a group ...
.
Notable members of the family
Branch of Felsőlindva
*Nicholas Szécsi
Nicholas Szécsi de Felsőlendva (''Széchy; ''; ''c.'' 1320 – ''c.'' June or July 1387) was a Hungarian nobleman from the influential House of Szécsi.
Son of Peter, Count of Nógrád, and Sebe Debrői. He married Margaret of Debrecen, they ...
* Nicholas (II) Szécsi
*Frank Szécsi
Frank Szécsi de Felsőlendva (''Széchy''; died 28 September 1396) was a Hungarian nobleman from the influential House of Szécsi. He was the son of Nicholas I Szécsi, the Palatine of Hungary (1385–1386) and Margit Debreceni, granddaughte ...
*Dénes Szécsi
Dénes Szécsi de Felsőlendva (or ''Széchy; ''c. 1410 – 1 February 1465) was a Hungarian prelate and cardinal, who served as Archbishop of Esztergom from 1440 to 1465. He was the first Primate of Hungary since 1452 when donated the title an ...
Branch of Rimaszécs
*Dénes I.
See also
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References
External links
Lexicon of Pallas
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