The coat-of-arms of the Hungarian Gutkeled clan
Gutkeled (spelling variants: Gut-Keled, Guthkeled, Guth-Keled) was the name of a ''gens'' (
Latin
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for "clan"; ''nemzetség'' in
Hungarian) in the
Kingdom of Hungary
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, to which a number of Hungarian noble families belong.
History
The primary source of their origins is the
Gesta Hungarorum
''Gesta Hungarorum'', or ''The Deeds of the Hungarians'', is the earliest book about Kingdom of Hungary, Hungarian history which has survived for posterity. Its genre is not chronicle, but ''gesta'', meaning "deeds" or "acts", which is a medie ...
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
Swabia
Swabia ; , colloquially ''Schwabenland'' or ''Ländle''; archaic English also Suabia or Svebia is a cultural, historic and linguistic region in southwestern Germany.
The name is ultimately derived from the medieval Duchy of Swabia, one of ...
n 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
Hohenstaufen Castle () is a ruined castle in Göppingen in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The hill castle was built in the 11th century, on a conical hill between the Rems and Fils rivers (both tributaries of the Neckar) in what was then the Duch ...
in
Göppingen
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. 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
*
Apaj Gutkeled,
Ban of Slavonia
Ban of Slavonia (; ; ) sometimes also Ban of "Whole Slavonia" (; ; ), was the title of the governor of a territory part of the medieval Kingdom of Hungary and Croatia in union with Hungary, Kingdom of Croatia.
From 1102, the title Ban (title), ...
(1237–1239)
*
Nicholas I Gutkeled
Nicholas (I) from the kindred Gutkeled (; died 11 April 1241) was a Hungarian baron in the first third of the 13th century, who served as Ban of Slavonia from 1239 or 1240 to 1241, during the reign of Béla IV of Hungary. He was killed in the Battl ...
, Ban of Slavonia (1240–1241), killed in the
Battle of Mohi
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*
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
The ispánRady 2000, p. 19.''Stephen Werbőczy: The Customary Law of the Renowned Kingdom of Hungary in Three Parts (1517)'', p. 450. or countEngel 2001, p. 40.Curta 2006, p. 355. (, , and ),Kirschbaum 2007, p. 315. deriving from title of župan, ...
'' of
Zagreb County
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(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
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(fl. 1263–1291) --> ''Majádi''
*******Ladislaus (fl. 1278–1300)
*******John (fl. 1278–1300)
******
Joachim
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(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
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* Paul (surname), a list of people
* Paul the Apostle, an apostle who wrote many of the books of the New Testament
* Ray Hildebrand, half of the singing duo ...
(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
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(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)
Notes
External links
* One of the Guthkele
coat-of-arms similar devices were later used by most of the families.
References
*
{{Noble kindreds in the Kingdom of Hungary
Gutkeled clan
Hungarian people of German descent