Csák was the name of a gens (Latin for "clan"; nemzetség in Hungarian) in the Kingdom of Hungary.

Origin

The Gesta Hunnorum et Hungarorum ("Deeds of the Huns and Hungarians") records that the ancestor of the family was Szabolcs, son of chieftain Előd, the leader of one of the seven Magyar tribes.Pál Engel, Andrew Ayton, Tamás Pálosfalvi, The realm of St. Stephen: a history of medieval Hungary, 895-1526, 895-1526, I.B.Tauris, 2005, p. 85.

The gens divided into 12 branches and several families in the course of the centuries. The Csáky de Mihály family also belongs to the Csák gens.Iván Nagy, István Friebeisz, Magyarország családai: Czimerekkel és nemzékrendi táblákkal, Volumes 3-4, Kiadja Friebeisz I., 1858, p. 67

Notable members of the clan Csák, ancestor and denominator of the gens Csák Ugrin (12th century), ispán

Ugod branch The numbering means within the branch.

Luka Demetrius I (fl. 1217–1254), judge royal (1233–1234; 1242–1245) Ugod (fl. 1264–1270) Demetrius II (fl. 1277–1285; d. before 1287), wildgrave of Bakony (1281); married N Kőszegi Blessed Maurice (d. 20 March 1336), Dominican friar Csák II (d. before 1309), last male descendant Kunigunda or Kingus (fl. 1317), married Julius II Rátót (?) Michael (fl. 1270–1277), ispán of Nyitra County (according to Pál Engel) Unknown daughter (fl. 1232), married Csépán II Győr Csák I (fl. 1264–1270), wildgrave of Bakony (1270) (?) Adam Paul Peter (fl. c. 1305)

Kisfalud branch Ugrin (d. 1204), archbishop of Esztergom, maybe son of ispán Ugrin Nicholas, his testament of 1231 mentions archbishop Ugrin as his pater, but more likely that he was Nicholas' uncle

Dobóc (Orbova) branch The numbering means within the branch.

Peter I Dominic I (fl. 1262–1300), palatine for younger king Stephen (1266), possibly married N, daughter of Ivan Kőszegi Nicholas (fl. 1280) John ("the Red", fl. 1323) Michael II (fl. 1323) Stephen I ("Cimba", fl. 1280–1322) Dominic II (fl. 1325–1338, d. before 1351) Csala (fl. 1355) Clara (fl. 1355) Anna (fl. 1355–1356) Bagó (fl. 1355–1356) Peter III (fl. 1328–1351) Stephen II (fl. 1351–1356), died without descendants Peter II (fl. 1280, d. before 1308), married N, daughter of comes Ladislaus Michael I (fl. 1264–1277), ispán of Veszprém County (1272) Simon (fl. 1267) Beers (fl. 1267)

Újlak branch The numbering means within the branch.

Bás I, ispán Bás II Csák John (d. before 1324), judge royal (1311–1314) Ugrin II, archbishop of Spalato (1244–1248) Pous, master of the treasury for prince (1227–1233) then King Béla IV (1235), ban of Severin (1235) Ugrin III (c. 1240–1311), oligarch, judge royal, Voivode of Transylvania, Ban of Szörény, Macsó, master of the treasury, master of the horse Nicholas (d. 1359), judge royal (1359) Ladislaus (d. before 1364), last member Ugrin I (d. 1241), archbishop of Kalocsa, killed in the battle of Mohi

Trencsén branch The numbering means within the branch.

Matthew I (d. 1245/1249), first known member of the branch, master of the treasury (1242–1245) Mark I, ispán of Hont County (1247) Peter II (fl. 1279–1290) Stephen II (fl. 1279–1307) Mark II (fl. 1309) Peter III (fl. 1309–1332; d. before 1350), master of the horse (1314–1317) Ladislaus (fl. 1332) Peter IV (fl. 1332) Dominic (fl. 1332–1359), ancestor of the Dombai family Stephen III (fl. 1323–1329) Unknown daughter, married Roland III Rátót Maria (fl. 1301), married Ivánka Hont-Pázmány, then Zoeardus Zoárd Unknown daughter, married Jakab Cseszneky (1) and Lőrinte from the kindred Lőrinte (?) Stephen I, master of the stewards (1275–1276; 1277–1278) Matthew II (d. 1284), palatine, voivode of Transylvania, judge royal, ban of Slavonia, master of the treasury Unknown daughter (b. 1263, fl. 1271) Peter I (d. 1284), palatine, master of the stewards Matthew III (1260/65 – 1321), master of the horse (1293–1296), palatine (1296–1297, 1302–1310) and master of the treasury (1310–1311) Matthew IV (d. before 1318), married Gutha N Matthew V, married Kunigunda James Unknown daughter, wife of Desoh Csák (fl. 1291–1300), bearer of the sword (1293) Unknown daughter, wife of and mother of Stephen the Bohemian, Lord of Trencsén (1321)

Kendertó branch The numbering means within the branch.

Nicholas I Matthew I (fl. 1263) Nicholas II (fl. 1315–1336; d. before 1367), died without male descendants Matthew II (fl. 1336) Ladislaus (fl. 1336) Catherine (fl. 1336–1367), heir, married Demetrius Málasi Nicholas III (fl. 1367), canon of Fehérvár Michael (fl. 1367) Anne (fl. 1398), married Francis Apáti Elizabeth (fl. 1383), married Klemens, a citizen of Fehérvár a possible daughter

Nadab branch

Fragments

Gúg I Csák (fl. 1219–1246), ispán of Sopron County (1235–1240) Stephen (fl. 1228–1269, d. before 1276), Ban of Severin (1243); married N Győr Emeric (fl. 1272–1276), ispán of Somogy County (1272–1273) Gúg II (fl. 1237–1263) four other unidentified sons (fl. 1237)

References

Sources

Kristó, Gyula (editor): Korai Magyar Történeti Lexikon - 9-14. század (Encyclopedia of the Early Hungarian History - 9-14th centuries); Akadémiai Kiadó, 1994, Budapest; .

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