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65-466: In the beginning it was only a square-shaped stone tower. The meaning behind "Salgó" is 'shine', however it is still not clear whether the name Salgó was the name of the volcanic peak on which the castle sits on, or that they started to call the place by this name after the tower was erected. A fortified tower at first stood on the site of the present-day castle. It was built by the Kacsics clan, who were

130-555: A 1959 article disputing the Croatian writer Oleg Mandić 's earlier work on the matter. The dispute and uncertainty over the Pacta conventa matches the overall uncertainty and dispute over the relationship between the Croatian and Hungarian kingdoms in the 10th and 11th century, with Croatian historian Ferdo Šišić and his followers assuming Tomislav of Croatia had ruled most of the area inhabited by Croats, including Slavonia , while

195-617: A 20-year peace treaty signed by knezes Radoš, Bogdan, Juraj and Semen. This triggered conflict on the land and sea in 1275. The activities in the intermediate years are unknown, besides that in April 1278 the islands of Hvar and Brač recognized Venetian authority, and the Omiš in 1281. At the end of the 13th century, the Omiš branch of the Kačić family was involved in the politics of more powerful authorities. Their local hereditary oligarchy disappeared, but

260-507: A basis of their rights to statehood . Klemenčič and Žagar think that although Croatia ceased to exist as an independent state, the Croatian nobility retained relatively strong powers. Klaić thinks that the Trogir manuscript, the earliest text of the alleged pact, is not the text of that surrender, but describes contemporary relations between king and nobility and then traced that current 14th century reality back to an initial agreement. After

325-429: A combination with "Kačić", as well had the title of " conte ". According to the genealogy, from Vukašin's sons Vukmir, Grubiša, Radoja and Radonja emerged three branches. Per settlement, Vukmir's descendants are known as Kačićs of Gradac , while those of Radonja and Grubiša are Kačićs of Brist . From the first branch emerged Jurčević, Viskić (Visko), Stipić, Pekić (Peko) and Bartolović (older Sladojević), while from

390-438: A dispute about an estate around Mosor. A conte Nicola Aprico , who was identified in two dispute settlements of Split during 1178–79, is considered to be the same knez Nikola. In 1190, Nikola established a peace treaty with Dubrovnik . Like the 1167 treaty with Kotor, the 1190 treaty granted safe and free navigation to Dubrovnik ships from Molunat to Orebić (Trstenica). The area of Omiš principality seems to have included

455-439: A huge pentagonal battlement (14 x 15 m) was built in the east side of the rock. Even this reinforced building could not resist an Ottoman attack. Legends were told, that Kara Hamza bey, the governor of Szécsény and Hatvan, took the castle by ruse. He made his soldiers lay tree trunks on to gun carriages and push them under the fortress. The soldiers in the tower thought that the trunks were real cannons as they could not see well in

520-498: A ruler with the Hungarians. The degree of Croatian autonomy fluctuated from time to time, as well as its borders. According to Daniel Power, Croatia became part of Hungary in the late 11th and early twelfth century. According to the country study on Hungary Croatia was never assimilated into Hungary; rather, it became an associate kingdom administered by a ban, or civil governor. In either case, Hungarian culture permeated Croatia,

585-505: A small tower (7.5 x 9.5 m) with a small castle-yard. It is thought that the cellar of the tower was used as a prison. A water-collecting cistern was constructed under the tower owing to difficulties with obtaining the water supply on a volcanic rock. This castle had two cisterns and the water was essential, not only for drinking but also fire fighting. In 1460 the Hussites captured the small fortress of Salgó. King Mathias recaptured it in

650-679: A temporary peace treaty with Kačići Omišani (Cacecli Almesiani). In 1232, Venetians mentioned that Dubrovnik was not allowed to accept Kačićs and Omišani, and if Venice were to send ships against Kačićs, Dubrovnik must join the Venetians with a ship of at least 50 people. Nikola of Hodimir and Pribislav of Malduč claimed bail in May 1239 for the Omišani who murdered Dubrovnik nobleman Grubeša and looted his ship. They also agreed to pay compensation for personal property that had been looted. In Omiš during

715-459: A treaty with Dubrovnik. According to the 1245 treaty, if the king called upon the Kačićs and Omišani to help in an attack on Dubrovnik, they would respond with the least possible forces. In 1252–54, Juraj helped Stefan Uroš I of Serbia in the war with Dubrovnik, as he was married to Stefan's daughter. In 1256, a dispute between knez Osor and the city Trogir about property in the village of Bijaći

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780-558: Is considered 1165, when the Byzantine chronicler John Kinnamos said that 57 cities in Croatia and Dalmatia as well the "nation Kačićs" came under the Byzantine rule. The Kačićs were mostly recorded in the scope of sales contracts and lands disputes, or as witnesses. In 1182, the first explicitly mentioned noblemen as members of the genus Kačić are Miroš Kačić (1166–82) and his son Dobroš, previously also Miroš's father Toljen (1164–66),

845-537: Is distinct from the similar-sounding name of another noble family, Kašić (Chasich), and its derivations (Kasig, Kasige). The Kačić's family can be traced to the Pacta conventa , an agreement dating from 1102 (or later), according to which the Kačićs were one of the twelve Croatian noble tribes (genus) who accepted the Hungarian king Coloman as the new king of Croatia. They were represented by comes Juraj Kačić ( Comittem Gurram de genere Chaçittorum ). According to

910-575: Is identified primarily in the mention of Šimun Kačić in a document from 1178, with father Nikola and brother Jakov, and with brothers Borislav, Bogdan and other family members in a document from 1190. In the next two or three generations, the genus branched into several lineages and families. First the Zagyvafői, Libercsei , and later Libercsei Tomposi, Libercsei Radó, Füleki, Ozdini, Etre, Kecsői/Berzencei, Hollókői, Salgói, and Bejei. Michael's son Falkos (1255) held properties at Szécsény and Nógrád, and

975-596: Is not known whether Ivan, son of Matej Kačić, mentioned in Dubrovnik 1285, was related to the Omišani Kačićs. After that, Kačićs are no longer mentioned. In 15th-century sources, Kačićs appear in the Makarska Riviera ( Krajina ), most likely as the descendants of Omiš branch Kačićs. According to the genealogy preserved by the most well known member of the family, Andrija Kačić Miošić , one branch of

1040-654: The Makarska Riviera (15th and 16th centuries). Another prominent branch of the family, Kacsics, was part of the Hungarian nobility and from it branched many families including Szécsényi . Family members of the Omiš branch were known for piracy in the Adriatic Sea , clashes with Venice , and were even accused of Patarene heresy. To the Makarska branch belonged the Croatian poet and Franciscian monk, Andrija Kačić Miošić , whose work Razgovor ugodni naroda slovinskog ( Pleasant Conversation of Slavic People , 1756)

1105-480: The Pacta conventa with King Coloman before his crowning as the Croatian king in Biograd . The Hungarian king offered "an agreement as pleases them" to the twelve noble Croatian tribes from the families of Čudomirić , Gusić , Kačić , Kukar , Jamomet , Lasničić , Lapčan and Karinjan , Mogorović , Poletčić , Snačić , Šubić , and Tugomirić . The agreement determined that the Croatian nobles who signed

1170-557: The Supetar Cartulary , they were one of six tribes which selected bans who, in turn, elected a new king in a case where the prior king died without leaving heirs. Some historians argued that the Croatian rex Slavac and other nobles with the title of Marianourm and Morsticum , often argued to be related to the Narentines , mentioned in the cartulary were originating from the tribe of Kačić. The first mention of Kačićs

1235-517: The murder of Queen Gertrude of Merania (24 September 1213); therefore, King Andrew II of Hungary confiscated his possessions. Supporters of Andrew II in his rebellion against the elder brother and then king Emeric may have included the noble family Kačić. With the new king's intention of spreading his circle of supporters, some members of the family were probably gifted with estates in Hungary. A relationship between Hungarian and Omiš Kačićs

1300-494: The 14th century). Baran's sons Vukašin, Vukić, Andrijaš and Baran were mentioned in historical documents; Bosnian king Stephen Ostoja , in 1417, confirmed the rights of his vassals Vukašin, Baran and Juraj Vukačić to Makar, Drvenik , Pasičina, Miluse, Lapčanj (Gradac), which were previously confirmed by Bosnian ban Stephen II Kotromanić and Bosnian king Tvrtko I . In July 1452, Grubiša sought for his family and all residents of Krajina to become Venetian vassals. Venice accepted

1365-519: The 19th century, a number of historians have claimed that the Pacta conventa was not a genuine document. In 1915 and then also in 1925, Milan Šufflay mentioned the document in some of his works, first declaring it an outright forgery, and later saying it was a 14th-century "addendum" to the manuscript of Thomas the Archdeacon . Hungarian historian János Karácsonyi thought it was a 14th-century forgery, Slovene historian Ljudmil Hauptmann dated

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1430-652: The Austrians never claimed they conquered Croatia by force and there appears to be little reason to doubt Croatian claims about the events of 1526. The intro of The Hungaro-Croatian Compromise of 1868 (the Nagodba ) starts as: "Since Croatia and Slavonia have alike de jure and de facto belonged for centuries to the Crown of St. Stephen ..." Although the Nagodba provided a measure of political autonomy to Croatia-Slavonia, it

1495-476: The Croatian-Hungarian border shifted often, and at times Hungary treated Croatia as a vassal state. In 1105 Coloman granted privileges to maritime cities in exchange for their submission. These included the election of their own bishops and priors which is later only confirmed by the king, prohibition of Hungarians settling in towns. Also, the cities did not pay tribute, while royal agents supervised

1560-480: The Hungarian historians Gyula Kristó , Bálint Hóman and János Karácsonyi thought the area between Drava and Sava belonged neither to Croatia nor to Hungary at the time, an opinion that Nada Klaić said she would not preclude, because the generic name "Slavonia" (lit. the land of the Slavs) may have implied so. Though the validity of the document is disputed, there was at least a non-written agreement that regulated

1625-425: The Hungarian king paid the expenses. The document's validity is questionable. While some claim the earliest text concerning the alleged agreement came from the second half of the 14th century others call it a late medieval forgery, not a twelfth-century source. While various items of the text seem anachronistic to some, other historians say these could be reworkings of a text from an actual agreement. Since

1690-623: The Hungarian-Croatian king Andrew II threatened retaliation with the royal army against knez Malduč and his relatives unless the piracy and heresy ended. In May 1221, Pope Honorius III sent legate Aconcius to the citizens of Split, among other cities, to prevent piracy and defend the Crusaders . In 1222, the pope sought help from residents of Dubrovnik against the activity of Bosnian heretics and Omiš pirates. His efforts, as well as those of Guncel, Archbishop of Split, resulted in

1755-421: The Kačićs probably continued to live in the area. The war with Venice at the end of the 1270s and the beginning of the 1280s led to their loss of Omiš in favor of princes from the Šubić noble family. The Omiš Kačićs are mentioned for the last time in 1294, when the Venetians wrote to Dubrovnik residents seeking compensation from Dubrovnik authorities who had failed to send an armed ship against Omiš pirates. It

1820-512: The Priest of Duklja . During the Ottoman rule, Kačićs were only partially mentioned, but still lived there. From the beginning of the 17th century, they can again be traced in the documents, but as family members of several branches descending from the coastal princes. In the 17th and 18th centuries, the family continued to branch out and become independent genera . Their names usually carried

1885-626: The Split monarch reported to Venice that Ottomans captured several delegates from Split, and that safely arrived in Mostar only thanks to knez Juraj Marković, an Ottoman subject and Venetian friend. Marković wrote from Makarska to Venice that he was knez for 15 years and always a friend of the Venetians. In the Marković collection and archive, D. Papalić found the Croatian redaction of the Chronicle of

1950-572: The Zadar-Biograd hinterland and the princely (knezes) Kačićs from Omiš remains uncertain, but the two families are considered to be related. The clearest established connection is the noble Hodimir, mentioned in 1207 in a charter of St. Peter's Church in Bubnjani near Tinj, whose son Nikola was an Omiš knez. In the 12th and 13th centuries Kačićs possessed lands in the Zadar hinterland, in

2015-521: The authenticity of the Pacta conventa, the contents of it correspond to the reality of rule in Croatia. However, some Hungarian and Serbian historians claim that Hungary annexed Croatia outright in 1102. According to Frederick Bernard Singleton, the Croatians have always maintained that they were never legally part of Hungary. In the eyes of Croatians, Croatia was a separate state which happened to share

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2080-535: The collection of custom duties without interfering in local politics. While Croatian historian Nada Klaić thinks that some sort of surrender occurred in 1102, giving the Croatians light terms, Slovenian historians Matjaž Klemenčič and Mitja Žagar believe the Pacta Conventa never actually existed, but the story about it was important to support the Croatian position later in the Habsburg monarchy as being

2145-607: The contents of the Pacta Conventa still correspond to the political situation of that time in Croatia. The document is preserved in the Hungarian National Museum in Budapest . After Petar Snačić , the last Croatian king of Croat descent, was killed on the battlefield in 1097, the Croats had refused to surrender. To end the war, an agreement was made, probably in 1102. The Croatian nobles allegedly concluded

2210-435: The crown of Dalmatia and Croatia in 1102. The crowning of Coloman forged a link between the Croatian and Hungarian crowns that lasted until the end of World War I. Croatians have maintained for centuries that Croatia remained a sovereign state despite the voluntary union of the two crowns. A number of Hungarian historians also accept the view that Croatia and Hungary entered in a personal union in 1102 and that, whatever

2275-532: The death of King Louis II at the Battle of Mohács in 1526, the Croatian parliament met at Cetin and elected Ferdinand of Austria king of Croatia. According to the Croatian historical narrative, the Croatian parliament took the opportunity in 1526 to reassert its autonomy from Hungary with the election of Ferdinand by the words:"...we joined the Holy Crown of Hungary by our own free will just as we do now,

2340-408: The document is of the fourteenth century, so some historians believe it is likely a forgery. The document titled Pacta conventa or Qualiter (the first word in the document) was found in a Trogir library. Until the 19th century it was considered that it dated to 1102. However, historians today hold that it is not an authentic document from 1102 and likely a forgery from the 14th century, but that

2405-414: The document to the 13th century, Croatian historians Miho Barada and Marko Kostrenčić thought it was made in 1102, while later Croatian historian Nada Klaić thought it was a forgery probably made in the 14th century. Croatian historian Stjepan Antoljak in turn said the Pacta was an incomplete historical source, but not a forgery. Nada Klaić elaborated her "lack of opinion" over the matter of 1102 in

2470-514: The document with King Coloman would retain their possessions and properties without interference. It also granted the mentioned families exemption from tax or tributes to the king. Each of the twelve noble Croatian tribes were obliged to answer the king's call if someone attacked his borders and send at least ten armed horsemen to war, as far as the Drava River ( Croatia 's northern boundary with Hungary ) at their own expense. Beyond that point,

2535-472: The early 11th century, the lands West of Nadin were ruled by the tribe Lapčan , while in the East by family Kašić. The family name of the Kačićs can be found in the toponyms Kačina Gorica, Kačišćina (alleged second name for Bistrovina), Kačićić ( Chacichich ) and Kačić ( Cacich ). In the 14th century the family members began to identify themselves by family names with the adjective "de generatione Cacich". In

2600-555: The family went to Hungary, and there fought with Zagar noble family. They returned to Dalmatia, one brother to Zadar, another to Šibenik, and the last two to the Makarska Riviera, where they started building castles in Gradac and Trpanj , as well as practicing piracy up to Apulia. The first known member of the Makarska branch was Vrsajko. According to the genealogy, the family branched out from his son Baran (second half of

2665-454: The fog. They then handed over Salgó Castle. In reality the fortress was shelled to ruins by the Ottoman army. They set the artillery on the top of the neighbouring hill, opposite to Salgó called Kis-Salgó (Small-Salgó) or Boszorkánykő (cliff of witches). Bálint Balassi , the great Hungarian poet, got into the fortress, while the Ottoman army was still stationed in the castle. After his death his sons Bálint and Ferenc Kövér could not decide who

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2730-545: The genus. However, it seems that the princely titles were held only by the Kačićs. They achieved a large degree of independence from the central government and imposed the name of Omiš and Kačić family over the entire region. Kačićs and Omiš citizens made a peace treaty with Venice in 1208, and the brothers Desislav, Radoš, Dragan, Bogdan and Sinko were mentioned by knez Sebena in the document. However, in February 1215, Kačićs were, for first time, cited for piracy. In 1220,

2795-645: The islands of Brač, Hvar and Vis , and probably at some point Korčula , but it is uncertain whether the land included coastal Poljica and Žrnovnica to the North and Makarska coast to the South. In the 13th century the center of the principality was Omiš, and with the title of Omiš knez ( comes ) the sources also mentioned the title of knez for the islands. In the 13th century the terms Kačićs ( Kačići ) and residents of Omiš ( Omišani ) are both mentioned, making it sometimes more difficult to reliably identify members of

2860-585: The judge of Tinj, Toliš Kačić with sons Juraj and Deško, Premko Kačić with sons Dragoš and Pribislav, and likely Otra with his son Dragoslav. The Kačić family originated in the Zadar hinterland near the Krka river, and when King Petar Krešimir IV mastered the Pagania , some members of the family likely relocated to the area between the Cetina and Neretva rivers. The social distinction between noble Kačićs in

2925-471: The lords around these hills in the 13th century. The building of this tower was because of the recurrent Mongol invasions in 1241 to 1242, since only fortified towns or castles could resist their attacks. Mongols were not capable of sieges. After one invasion, the King Béla IV ordered the fortifications of manor houses and towns as well as the building of new strongholds. Salgó then began development as

2990-481: The next period the Kačićs can be traced through three families. In the 15th to 17th centuries a branch settled in the wider area of Cazin and Bosanska Krupa , where in 1487 there was a dispute between them and the Babonić noble family. The last mention of Nadin Kačićs dates back to 1527, when Šimun (Simon) was in the citadel of Zadar, after pressure from the Ottoman conquest. The first known knez of Omiš, Nikola,

3055-473: The partisan of King Charles I . Consequently, the king granted him his relatives' possessions following victories over the oligarch. Pacta conventa (Croatia) Pacta conventa ( Latin for "agreed accords") was an agreement concluded between King Coloman of Hungary and the Croatian nobility in 1102 or afterwards, defining the status of Croatia in the union with Hungary . The earliest manuscript of

3120-709: The peace agreement by which the brothers of Osor left the ships to Split and renounced looting. This was also the time period of the Split potestas Gargano, and Malduč sons Pribislav and Osor in Hvar and Brač. In March 1244, the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II threatened conflict with the Omišani over damage incurred along the Apulian coast. In March 1245, knez Nikola of Hodimir, with 100 Omiš citizens and knezes Pribislav, Osor, Juraj, Radoš (son of Bogdan), Slomir, and Prodan (son of Dragan), made

3185-583: The pirates looted a ship on which the Archbishop of Trani was traveling to Dubrovnik. A similar incident occurred in 1273 when pirates commanded by Stanoj and Saracen looted the ship of bishop Kefalinije Henrik. Charles I of Naples signed an alliance with Split and Šibenik against Omiš pirates in June and September 1274. The citizens of Omiš responded by an alliance with Venice in August, in accordance with

3250-424: The relations between Hungary and Croatia in approximately the same way, since from 1102 until 1918 kings of Hungary were also kings of Croatia, represented by a governor (ban), but Croatia kept its own parliament (Sabor) and considerable autonomy. The source of inspiration for the text of the document must have been the political and social developments that had taken place over a 300-year period following 1102 when

3315-487: The request, confirmed their old customs, allowed the foundation of fort and port in Makar, and forgave older violence. Thus, the Kačićs and residents of Krajina fought at their own expense between Neretva and Cetina rivers, and gave taxes to Venice. A Venetian confidant on Hvar reported, in 1498, the Ottoman preparation of 25 ships for sea attack on Krajina and Kačićs. In the next year, they became Ottoman subjects. In 1500,

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3380-651: The ruins of the castle in 1845 the atmosphere of the ruins made him write his romantic poetry called Salgó . This is a tragic story about the Kompolti clan, the lords of Salgó, who tyrannized the region, which were under their power. The story is based on a traditional legend. Today Salgó Castle is a well-known tourist spot. 48°08′41″N 19°50′50″E  /  48.14472°N 19.84722°E  / 48.14472; 19.84722 Ka%C4%8Di%C4%87 noble family#Hungarian branch The Kačić family ( Croatian : Kačići , Hungarian : Kacsics , Latin : Cacich )

3445-499: The rule of Your Majesty". Croatian historians also argue that the struggle for ascendancy to the Habsburg throne at this time provides evidence of Croatia's political autonomy. In the Croatian legal interpretation of the personal union, Louis II didn't leave any heirs and the legal carrier of the union (the king) didn't exist anymore so the right to elect the king belonged once more to the Croatian nobility. Unlike Hungarian historians,

3510-404: The same year and gave it to Imre Szapolyai . This period commenced the golden age of Salgó castle. The lower castle-yard was further built and the upper castle-yard became roofed-over and became a living space. The lord of the castle did not live in the castle but his substitute, the castellan lived in the upper yard. In the lower castle-yard there were stables and storehouses. In the 16th century

3575-404: The same year, knez Nikola and his relatives made peace between Zachlumia and Split, agreeing to pay for damage earlier in the year when Malduš nephew Toljen ravaged Split. However, compensation for the ravages of Toljen was not paid, leading to conflict in the following year. After an unsuccessful attack on Omiš, the Split army captured Brač in the first half of 1240. The conflict continued until

3640-580: The second branch came Miošić, Aleksić (Alesić), Žarković and Barišić (Barešić). The Kačić-Bartolović or Bartulović branch is a member of Croatian Nobility Association, which was formed in 1995. Descended from Baran's son Vukić, in Kotišina, were Terzić, Šimunović (extinct in the 17th century), Marković, and probably Begić. From Baran's son Andrijaš emerged Šiljić (Šilje), Perić, Klarević (Čavelić), Baše (Bašić) and Filipčević. Kačićs from Makar divided into Andrijašević and Mitrović. Descended from Baran's son Baran

3705-550: The two kingdoms united under the Hungarian king, either by the choice of the Croat nobility or by Hungarian force. The Croatian nobility retained its laws and privileges including the restriction of military service that they owed to the king within the boundaries of Croatia. According to the Library of Congress country study on the former Yugoslavia, King Coloman crushed opposition after the death of Ladislaus I of Hungary and won

3770-467: The wider area of Tinj, Nadin , Kačina Gorica, Kokićani and Kamenjani. From the mid-14th to 15th century, their holdings expanded to include Podnadin, Bistrovina, Butina, Kačina Gorica, Suhovaram, Grguricavas and Krneza, and the wider area around those villages. The center of the genus was in Nadin, for some Zadar, Nin and possibly Pag , where " dominum Caçigh " is mentioned. According to M. Marković, in

3835-539: Was mentioned, along with his relatives and everyone under his lordship, in a peace treaty with Kotor from 1167. Knez Nikola's power and independence was strong enough to have Rogerije, the Archbishop of Split, executed in 1180. Family political influence at that time included Brač and Hvar , Breueco (Brenti, Brevko, Brečko)—also of genus Kačić—as well as the previous Šibenik iupanus (župan). Archbishop Rogerije, who also served Byzantine Emperor Manuel I Komnenos as representative governor of Croatia, had become involved in

3900-506: Was one of the most influential Croatian noble families, and was one of the Croatian " twelve noble tribes " described in the Pacta conventa and Supetar Cartulary . Historical sources refer to members of this family as nobles in the area of the Luka županija in the Zadar - Biograd hinterland (12th–16th centuries), as the lords ( knezes ) of Omiš (12th and 13th centuries), and as the lords of

3965-675: Was one of the most popular Croatian literary works for more than a century. Notable members of the Hungarian branch were Bans of Croatia and Slavonia . The family derives from the Slavic kača (snake). Based on etymology, it is likely that the Hungarian Kačićs (Kacsics) are originally of Slavic rather than Hungarian origin. Latin sources also refer to the name as de genere Chacittorum, generatione Cacich, genus Chacittorum, nobiles de Cacich, Caçici, Cacicii, Cacicli, Caciki, Cazethi, Cazichi, Cazziki, Chacichi and Kazzeti . The Kačić name

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4030-485: Was resolved by king Béla IV and ban Stjepan. In 1258, when the king confirmed rights to the Omišani, knezes Osor and Radoš were called "kingdom noblemen". Documents from 1261-62 describe an agreement in which Dubrovnik paid blood feud to the relatives of murdered Omišani, who promised not to cause any harm to the Dubrovnik residents. In 1267–68, the Doge warned the citizens of Split about helping Omiš pirates. In 1271,

4095-542: Was the family of Baranović. Several scholars considered that Hungarian Kacsics may have been descendants of Omiš Kačićs. They are mentioned in the early 13th century, in Northern counties Nógrád , Salgó and Hollókő . The first mentioned noblemen are brothers Michael Kacsics and Simon Kacsics , the Voivode of Transylvania (1209–1212; 1215) and Ban of Slavonia (1212; somewhere 1213–1218). Simon took part in

4160-548: Was the founder of genus Libercsei, from which emerged powerful Szécsényi , Geréb of Vingárta, and Farkas of Szeszárme. To the Szécsényi belonged Kónya , Ban of Croatia (1366–67), while to the Geréb belonged Matthias , also Ban of Croatia (1483–92). The members of the genus accepted the supremacy of Máté Csák III , one of the most powerful oligarchs of the kingdom, around 1300; only one of them, Thomas Szécsényi became

4225-465: Was the owner and a long-drawn lawsuit went on between them. In 1593 Michael Pálffy and Christof Tieffenbach reoccupied the castle. Bálint Balassi died in 1594 during the Siege of Esztergom . The nephew of Bálint inherited the ruins of the castle but he left it alone. The ruins became overgrown with grass and shrubs up until the 19th century when Sándor Petőfi another famous Hungarian poet climbed into

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