Derencsényi family

House of Derencsényi
Country	Kingdom of Hungary Kingdom of Croatia
Parent house	Genus Balog(h)
Titles	Ban of Croatia
Founded	14th century
Founder	Peter
Final ruler	Stephen
Dissolution	16th century

The Derencsényi (Croatian: Derenčin) was a Hungarian noble family from the 14th century to the end of the 16th century.

Origins

The Derencsényi family belonged to the Balog, a clan of Hungarian nobles, which traced its descent to a German knight, Altmann von Friedberg who immigrated into Hungary during the second reign of King Peter (1044–1046).^[1]

The first member of the family was Peter Derencsényi ("of Derencsény"), Vice-voivode of Transylvania who obtained the lordship of Derencsény, Gömör County (today: Drienčany, Slovakia). The Derencsényis also possessed Eszterény (today part of Hrušovo) and Laponya.^[2]

Paul Derencsényi lost Derencsény and Kápolna because of his tyrannical behavior in 1544. The related House of Szécsi (Széchy) acquired those lands. The last member of the family was Stephen in the end of the 16th century.

Notable members of the family

• Nicholas Derencsényi (c. 1354 – c. 1380): Count of the Székelys (1377–1380)^[3]
• Emeric Derencsényi (c. 1394 – c. 1434): Ispán (Count; comes) of Gömör County
• Emeric Derencsényi (? – 11 September 1493): Ban of Croatia and Dalmatia, Ban of Slavonia (1493), killed in the Battle of Krbava Field

References

1. Simon Kezai, Lázló Veszprémy, Frank Schaer (ed.), Gesta Hungarorum: The Deeds of the Hungarians (Central European Medieval Texts). Central European University Press, 1999. ISBN 963-9116-31-9
2. Karácsonyi, János: Gömör vármegye nemesi családai.
3. Engel 1996, p. 192.

External links

• Marek, Miroslav. "Derencsényi family". Genealogy.EU. External link in |publisher= (help)
• Engel, Pál (1996). Magyarország világi archontológiája, 1301–1457, I. ("Secular Archontology of the Kingdom of Hungary, 1301–1457, Volume I."). História, MTA Történettudományi Intézete. Budapest. ISBN 963-8312-44-0.