Csák (genus)

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.

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.

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.

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.

Újlak branch

The numbering means within the branch.

Trencsén branch

The numbering means within the branch.

Kendertó branch

The numbering means within the branch.

Nadab branch

Fragments

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