Gutkeled (spelling variants: Gut-Keled, Guthkeled, Guth-Keled) was the name of a gens (Latin for "clan"; nemzetség in Hungarian) in the Kingdom of Hungary, to which a number of Hungarian noble families belong.
History The primary source of their origins is the Gesta Hungarorum of Simon of Kéza, in which the author writes:
Sed postea, tempore Petri regis Kelad et Gut intrant tres frateres ex gente Svevorum procreati. De castello Stof sunt nativi. ″But afterwards, during the reign of king Peter, Kelad and Gut three brothers of Swabian descent immigrated. They were born at the castle of Stof.″
The castle "Stof" is assumed to be a corruption of Stauf, meaning either the Staufen Castle in Staufen im Breisgau or the Hohenstaufen Castle in Göppingen. The king mentioned is Péter Orseolo, placing the arrival of the Gutkeleds to Hungary sometime around the 1040s.Simon Kezai, Lázló Veszprémy, Frank Schaer (ed.), Gesta Hungarorum: The Deeds of the Hungarians (Central European Medieval Texts), Central European University Press 1999.
Noble families Some of the Hungarian noble families descending from the Gutkeleds are: Adonyi Apagyi Atyai Báthory Benyó Daróczi Diószegi Dobi Gacsályi Guthi Kenézy Kun Országs ( Horsák ) Pelbárthidi Rozsályi Szemesi Maróthy Várdai
Notable members Vid Gutkeled, King Solomon's chief advisor Apaj Gutkeled, Ban of Slavonia (1237–1239) Nicholas I Gutkeled, Ban of Slavonia (1240–1241), killed in the Battle of Mohi Stephen I Gutkeled, Ban of Slavonia (1248–1260) Nicholas II Gutkeled, Ban of Slavonia (1278–1279) Joachim Gutkeled, Ban of Slavonia (died in April 1277) Stephen II Gutkeled, Judge royal (1278–1279) Hodos Gutkeled, ispán of Zagreb County (1270–1272) Amadeus Gutkeled, ispán of Vas (1272–1273, 1275) and Zala counties (1276)
Family trees Rakamaz branch
N. N. Hodos (fl. 1270–1291) Ladislaus (fl. 1291–1310) → Szakolyi (Szokoli) family Lawrence (fl. 1310–1338) → Rakamazi Andrew ("the Bald") Briccius (fl. 1276–1320) ∞ N. Nadabi → Báthory family George (fl. 1276–1307) → Rakamazi de Encsencs Benedict ("the Red"; fl. 1279–1321) → Rakamazi de Szaniszló Catherine (fl. 1270–1311) ∞ Langeus, son of Vajda (d. before 1279) Stephen (fl. 1310) N. Felician I Michael (fl. 1310) → Zeleméri family John I Vid (fl. 1310) Dominic (fl. 1310) Felician II (fl. 1310) → Szalmadi family Lucas Felician III (fl. 1310) John II ("the Muth"; fl. 1310)
Amadé branch
Amadeus I ('the Black") Lothard I (fl. 1262–1284) ∞ N. Atyusz (fl. +1262) John Amadeus III (fl. 1326–1380) → Amadé de Várkony family Lothard II (fl. 1326–1380) → Várkonyi family Nicholas II (fl. 1326–1376) Stephen (Cletus; fl. 1326–1380) → Bősi family Amadeus II (fl. 1272–1276; d. before 1286) ∞ N. (fl. 1286–1332) Nicholas I (fl. 1292–1325†) ∞ N. Monoszló (fl. 1313) → Felsőlendvai family Ampud (d. before 1290) Bartholomew (fl. 1292–1325) → Marcaltövi family
Egyedmonostor branch
N. N. Cosmas I ("the Great") Cosmas II ("the Lesser"; fl. 1269–1321) Ivánka II (fl. 1307–1312†) → Pelbárthidi family Clara (fl. 1313) ∞ Emeric, son of Ivánka (fl. 1313) Elizabeth (fl. 1308–1313) ∞ Artolf Keresztúri (d. before 1313) Adony Ivánka I (fl. 1278–1325) ∞ married twice → Adonyi (Jankafalvi) family N. Dorog Peter I (fl. 1278–1284) → Hadházi family Nicholas (fl. 1278–1304) → Diószegi family Lawrence (fl. 1278–1297) → Dobi family Sem Lucas (fl. 1278) Peter II (fl. 1296)
Sárvármonostor branch
N. N. N. Dragun Stephen I (fl. 1242–1260†) Nicholas II (fl. 1263–1291) → Majádi Ladislaus (fl. 1278–1300) John (fl. 1278–1300) Joachim (fl. 1263–1277†) ∞ Maria Romanovna (m. 1269 or 1270) Clara (fl. 1322–1337) ∞ Roland Borsa (d. 1301) Stephen II (fl. 1263–1288; d. before 1291) ∞ unidentified (fl. 1300) Paul (fl. 1263–1291) Nicholas III (fl. 1300–1324) ∞ Barbara Somosi (fl. 1343) → Butkai family Stephen III (fl. 1300–1343) → Málcai (Márki) family Vid (fl. 1300–1334) → Ráskai family daughter Nicholas I Paul I (fl. 1246–1270) → Szilágy sub-branch Lothard (fl. 1272–1292) Ladislaus I (fl. 1292) Ladislaus II (fl. 1318) James (fl. 1317–1318) Paul II (fl. 1317–1318) John (fl. 1317–1318) Dominic (1282†) N. Apaj I (fl. 1229–1239) Apaj II (fl. 1248–1270) Apaj III (fl. 1274–1297) Stephen (fl. 1297–1342; d. before 1346) daughter ∞ Simon Kállai Ekcs (fl. 1284–1293) Nicholas (fl. 1229–1241†) Andrew I ("the Great"; fl. 1250–1252) Andrew II (fl. 1281–1312) → Bacskai (Bocskai) family Csépán Cletus (fl. 1250–1255; d. before 1265) ∞ unidentified (fl. 1265) Peter (fl. 1272–1317) Stephen (fl. 1272–1317) ∞ Elizabeth Szalánci → Bacskai (Anarcsi) family N. N. Tiba I Tiba II (fl. 1250–1253) Nicholas (fl. 1270–1295) Achilles (fl. 1310–1341) → Gacsályi family Gregory (fl. 1314) → Rozsályi family Tiba III (fl. 1280–1288) Ladislaus (fl. 1313–1322) Thomas (fl. 1313–1352) John (fl. 1313–1322) Peter (fl. 1313–1357) → Atyai (Zajtai, Salánki) family Michael (fl. 1313–1322) → Apagyi family N. Pelbartus I (fl. 1216–1238) ∞ Ohudalov Tomaj Pelbartus II (fl. 1250–1264; d. before 1280) Michael Ladislaus (fl. 1250) Aladar (fl. 1250–1284) Ladislaus (fl. 1284–1315) ∞ Margaret Pelejtei (fl. 1320–1325) → Várdai family Pelbartus III (fl. 1284–1340; d. before 1341) ∞ Elizabeth Mátyfalvi (d. before 1326) Elizabeth ∞ Ladislaus Fancsikai Margaret ∞ Charles Apáti John Andrew (fl. 1280)
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External links One of the Guthkeled coat-of-arms, similar devices were later used by most of the families.
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