The Szilágyi of Horogszeg () was an old and important medieval Hungarian noble family, whose members occupied many significant political and military positions in the Kingdom of Hungary and Transylvania.
History The Szilágyi family traces its origin from the region of the Szilágy-patak (present-day Sălaj River, part of Romania). The family intermarried with other important houses of the region, such as House of Basarab, House of Hunyadi, House of Rozgonyi etc.
Most specialists agree that the family died out in the Middle Ages.A Zürichi Magyar Történelmi Egyesület kiadványa, A Zürichi Magyar Történelmi Egyesület Ötödik Magyar Őstörténeti Találkozó Előadásai és Iratai, Budapest – Zürich, 2005, p. 179, According to the Hungarian medieval scholar and author Zoltán W. Vityi, the noble Szilágyi de Horogszeg family who lived in Nyírgelse and Nyírmihálydi (in Szabolcs County in Hungary) in the 1930s were descendants of this medieval noble family.
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Notable members Ladislaus Szilágyi (15th century) of Horogszeg, captain of the fortress of Bradics Michael Szilágyi (1400–1460), Regent of the Kingdom of Hungary, Voivode of Transylvania, Ban of Macsó Jusztina Szilágyi, Second consort Vlad Tepes III Erzsébet Szilágyi, Queen Mother of Hungary, mother of king Matthias Corvinus Orsolya Szilágyi, wife of John Rozgonyi, voivode of Transylvania, Judge Royal of the Kingdom of Hungary Zsófia Szilágyi, wife of John Geréb de Vingárt, vice-voivode of Transylvania Margit (Erzsébet) Szilágyi, wife of Máté (Mátyus) Maróti, Ban de Macsó, Ispán of Bács, Baranya, Bodrog, Syrmia, Tolna and Valkó Counties(Hungarian) Engel, Pál (1996). Magyarország világi archontológiája, 1301–1457, I. ("Secular Archontology of Hungary, 1301–1457, Volume I"). História, MTA Történettudományi Intézete. p. 29. Budapest. Gergely Szilágyi, Lord of the Castle of Szarvaskő
See also Szilágyi – Hunyadi Liga List of titled noble families in the Kingdom of Hungary
References
Sources Bokor József (szerk.). A Pallas nagy lexikona. Arcanum: FolioNET Kft. , 1998 Radu R. Florescu, Raymond T. McNally, Dracula: Prince of many faces - His life and his times, p. 130 Kisfaludy Károly: Szilágyi Mihály szabadulása (színmű, Pest, 1822) Fraknói Vilmos: Michael Szilágyi, The uncle of King Matthias (Bp., 1913)
External links College of the Hereditary Nobility of Hungary and Transylvania For a list of surnames of the historical nobility of Hungary, see nobilitashungariae: List of Historical Surnames of the Hungarian Nobility / nobilitashungariae. A magyar történelmi nemesség családneveinek listájanobilitashungariae: List of Historical Surnames of the Hungarian Nobility The house of Matthias Corvinus, the only king born in Cluj, 9 March 2015