Stephen I Lackfi
Stephen (I) Lackfi (Hungarian: Lackfi (I.) István, Croatian: Stjepan I. Lacković; c. 1305 – 1353) was an influential nobleman and a successful military leader in the Kingdom of Hungary. He played a significant role in the Neapolitan campaigns of Louis the Great.
Stephen (I) Lackfi | |
|---|---|
| Lord of Simontornya | |
 Seal of Stephen I Lackfi, 1348 | |
| Voivode of Transylvania | |
| Reign | 1344–1350 |
| Predecessor | Nicholas Sirokai |
| Successor | Thomas Gönyűi |
| Born | c. 1305 |
| Died | 1353 |
| Noble family | House of Lackfi |
| Spouse(s) | 1, unidentified (died 1343) 2, Agnes Puchaim (since 1346) |
| Issue | |
| Father | Lack Hermán |
Early life
Stephen was the eldest son of Lack, or Ladislaus, of the Hermán kindred, who was Count of the Székelys from 1328, and his first unidentified wife.[1] Stephen was born around 1305.[2] He had seven younger brothers, including his strong ally and military co-leader Andrew, Voivode of Transylvania and Denis I, Archbishop of Kalocsa.
According to Simon of Kéza's Gesta Hunnorum et Hungarorum and the 14th-century Illuminated Chronicle, which was written in the 1350s, when Stephen's political career reached its peak and the Lackfis became the most powerful family in the royal court, the Hermán kindred descended from a knight Herman (Hermán), who originated from Nuremberg and settled down in the Kingdom of Hungary after escorting Gisela of Bavaria in 996, who became the wife of Stephen I of Hungary, the future first King of Hungary.
References
- Engel 2001, p. 182.
- Markó 2006, p. 412.
Sources
- Csukovits, Enikő (2016). "Lackfi István Apuliában [Stephen Lackfi in Apulia]". In Dáné, Veronka; Lupescu-Makó, Mária; Sipos, Gábor (eds.). Testimonio litteratum. Tanulmányok Jakó Zsigmond tiszteletére (in Hungarian). Erdélyi Múzeum Egyesület. pp. 61–68. ISBN 978-606-739-054-4.
- Engel, Pál (1996). Magyarország világi archontológiája, 1301–1457, I. [Secular Archontology of Hungary, 1301–1457, Volume I] (in Hungarian). História, MTA Történettudományi Intézete. ISBN 963-8312-44-0.
- Engel, Pál (2001). The Realm of St Stephen: A History of Medieval Hungary, 895–1526. I.B. Tauris Publishers. ISBN 1-86064-061-3.
- Farkas, Csaba (2018). "Egy udvari katonabáró I. Károly szolgálatában. Lackfi István és az Anjouk Magyarországa [A Royal Court Baron in Arms. Stephen Lackfi's and the Angevin's Hungary]". In Szanka, Brigitta; Szolnoki, Zoltán; Nagy, Zsolt Dezső (eds.). Középkortörténeti tanulmányok 10. A X. Medievisztikai PhD-konferencia (Szeged, 2017. június 7–9.) előadásai (in Hungarian). University of Szeged. pp. 13–33.
- Kristó, Gyula (1988). Az Anjou-kor háborúi [Wars in the Age of the Angevins] (in Hungarian). Zrínyi Kiadó. ISBN 963-326-905-9.
- Markó, László (2006). A magyar állam főméltóságai Szent Istvántól napjainkig: Életrajzi Lexikon [Great Officers of State in Hungary from King Saint Stephen to Our Days: A Biographical Encyclopedia] (in Hungarian). Helikon Kiadó. ISBN 963-547-085-1.
Stephen I Born: c. 1305 Died: 1353 | ||
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Blaise Fonyi |
Master of the horse 1326–1343 |
Succeeded by Denis Lackfi |
| Preceded by Thomas Szécsényi |
Master of the treasury 1342 |
Succeeded by Thomas Szécsényi |
| Master of the treasury 1343–1344 |
Succeeded by Lawrence Raholcai | |
| Preceded by Nicholas Sirokai |
Voivode of Transylvania 1344–1350 |
Succeeded by Thomas Gönyűi |
| Preceded by Paul Ugali |
Ban of Croatia and Slavonia 1350–1353 |
Succeeded by Nicholas Hahót |
| Preceded by Oliver Paksi |
Master of the treasury 1353 |
Succeeded by Cikó Kartal |