Székely from Kövend

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The alliance coat of arms of the Székely / Zekel-Széchy by Zacharias Bartsch, Steiermärkisches Wappenbuch from 1567

The Székely von Kövend were a Hungarian-Austrian noble family and originally came from Transylvania . Descendants of the family settled in Styria at the end of the 15th century and from then on called themselves "Zekel". Later they named themselves after their new Lower Styrian manorial rule Friedau ( Ormosd in Hungarian ), (today Ormož in Slovenia ) as barons of Friedau.

history

According to legend, Blasius (Blas) Székely, the ancestor of the family, was related by marriage to the legendary Hungarian general Johann (János) Hunyadi through his wife, a daughter of the Wallachian boyar Johann Woik Buthi and his wife Elisabeth Morsinai . On September 5, 1449 Blasius fell in battle against the Bohemian military leader Johann Giskra von Brandeis near Kosice . He left five sons and three daughters.

Jakob, the progenitor of the Styrian line, was born as the second youngest son of Blasius Székely around 1440 in Kövend, Transylvania. He spent most of his life in the military and fought as a Hungarian military leader, first for his uncle Johann Hunyadi and later for his son, the Hungarian King Matthias Corvinus , his cousin . Jakob did particularly well in the war against Emperor Friedrich III. , which raged for more than ten years (1477-1490) and in which he conquered the cities of Radkersburg and Pettau for the Stefanskrone . For this he was appointed captain of these important fortress places by King Matthias and was awarded several manors, such as Friedau and Ankenstein Castle, as fiefs .

After the death of King Matthias (1490), Jakob Székely first followed Prince Johann Corvinus , but soon fell out with him and now joined the Habsburgs . Emperor Friedrich III. finally left him the rule of Friedau for 24,000 guilders and King Maximilian confirmed this ownership to him in 1494. Jakob now moved entirely to Friedau and incorporated his Hungarian name Székely into German by crossing out the first and last letters and calling himself "Zekel" from now on.

Jakob was married to Margarethe, a daughter of Nikolaus (Miklós) Széchy von Oberlimbach (Felsölendva, today Grad in Slovenia) and had two sons and six daughters with her. In 1504 he died at the age of 64 at his castle in Olsnitz (today Murska Sobota in Slovenia).

genealogy

Tribe list

Family members

  • Jakob (* around 1440, † 1504), Hungarian and imperial military leader, captain of the cities of Radkersburg and Pettau.
  • Lukas (* 1500, † 1575), imperial military leader, commander of the entire military border between the Adriatic Sea and the Drava .

literature

  • Andrej Hozjan: Lukas Székely / Zekel de Kövend, Freiherr von Friedau, 1500-1574 / 1575 , in: Rutengangs, Studien zur Geschichtlichen Landeskunde , (Ed.) Historical Provincial Commission for Styria Vol. 54, Graz, 2010, ISBN 978-3- 901251-34-4 .
  • Hans Pirchegger: Lower Styria in the history of their dominions and guilds, cities and markets . R. Oldenbourg publishing house, Munich, 1962.
  • Matija Slekovec: The Szekely or Zekel von Kevent, barons of Friedau . South Styrian Post, Marburg, 1894.
  • Matija Slekovec: Sekelji. Radoslovna in životopisna razprava . Samozaložba, Ljubljana, 1893.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The spelling of the name occurs in documents and in the older German-language literature in numerous variants, such as: Zachl, Zackl, Zakl, Zakhl, Zakhll, Zakel, Zägkhl, zäkhl, Zaggl, Zäggl, Zekhl, even Zöggl. In Slovenian and Yugoslav historiography, the name was changed to Sekelj.
  2. ↑ Also written in sources as Khevend, Kevent, Kewend, or Kuent.