Stephen I Lackfi

{{Short description|Hungarian nobleman and military leader}} {{Infobox nobility | name = Stephen (I) Lackfi | native name = | title = ''Lord of Simontornya'' | image = Seal of Stephen I Lackfi.PNG | caption = Seal of Stephen I Lackfi, 1348 | succession = Voivode of Transylvania | reign = 1344–1350 | coronation = | predecessor =Nicholas Sirokai | successor =Thomas Gönyűi | regent = | spouse =1, ''unidentified'' (died 1343) 2, Agnes Puchaim (since 1346) | issue =(1) Denis II (1) Nicholas II (1) Emeric II (1) Stephen II (2) Ladislaus II (2) Catherine | noble family = House of Lackfi | father = Lack Hermán | mother = | birth_date = {{circa}} 1305 | birth_place = | death_date = 1353 | death_place = | place of burial= | signature = }} '''Stephen (I) Lackfi''' ({{langx|hu|Lackfi (I.) István}}, {{langx|hr|Stjepan I. Lacković}}; {{circa}} 1305{{spaced ndash}}1353) was an influential Hungarian nobleman and a successful military leader in the Kingdom of Hungary. He played a significant role in the Neapolitan campaigns of Louis the Great.

== 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.{{sfn|Engel|2001|p=182}} Stephen was born around 1305.{{sfn|Markó|2006|p=412}} 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 == {{Reflist|2}}

== Sources == {{Refbegin}} *{{cite book |last=Csukovits |first=Enikő |editor1-last=Dáné |editor1-first=Veronka |editor2-last=Lupescu-Makó |editor2-first=Mária |editor3-last=Sipos |editor3-first=Gábor |title=Testimonio litteratum. Tanulmányok Jakó Zsigmond tiszteletére |publisher=Erdélyi Múzeum Egyesület |year=2016 |pages=61–68 |chapter=Lackfi István Apuliában [Stephen Lackfi in Apulia] |isbn=978-606-739-054-4 |language=hu}} *{{cite book |last=Engel |first=Pál |year=1996 |title=Magyarország világi archontológiája, 1301–1457, I. ''[Secular Archontology of Hungary, 1301–1457, Volume I]'' |publisher=História, MTA Történettudományi Intézete |isbn=963-8312-44-0 |language=hu}} *{{cite book |last=Engel |first=Pál |year=2001 |title=The Realm of St Stephen: A History of Medieval Hungary, 895–1526 |publisher= I.B. Tauris Publishers |isbn=1-86064-061-3}} *{{cite book |last=Farkas |first=Csaba |editor1-last=Szanka |editor1-first=Brigitta |editor2-last=Szolnoki |editor2-first=Zoltán | editor3-last=Nagy |editor3-first=Zsolt Dezső |title=Középkortörténeti tanulmányok 10. A X. Medievisztikai PhD-konferencia (Szeged, 2017. június 7–9.) előadásai |publisher=University of Szeged |year=2018 |pages=13–33 |chapter=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''] |language=hu |isbn=978-963-315-376-5 }} *{{cite book |last=Farkas |first=Csaba |editor1-last=Thoroczkay |editor1-first=Gábor |title=Középkortörténeti tanulmányok 11. A XI. Medievisztikai PhD-konferencia (Szeged, 2019. május 30–31.) válogatott előadásai |publisher=University of Szeged |year=2021 |pages=71–88 |chapter=Erdély Lackfi István vajdaságának éveiben (1344–1350) [''Transylvania under the voivodeship of Stephan Lackfi (1344–1350)''] |language=hu |isbn=978-615-6194-02-2 }} *{{cite book |last=Kristó |first=Gyula |author-link=Gyula Kristó |year=1988 |title=Az Anjou-kor háborúi ''[Wars in the Age of the Angevins]'' |publisher=Zrínyi Kiadó |language=hu |isbn=963-326-905-9 }} *{{cite book |last=Markó |first=László |year=2006 |title=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]'' |publisher=Helikon Kiadó |isbn=963-547-085-1 |language=hu}} {{Refend}}

{{s-start}} {{S-hou|House of Lackfi|name=Stephen I ||''c''. 1305 ||1353 }} {{s-off}} {{S-bef|before=Blaise Fonyi}} {{S-ttl|title=Master of the horse|years=1326–1343}} {{S-aft|after=Denis Lackfi}} |- {{S-bef|rows=2|before=Thomas Szécsényi}} {{S-ttl|title=Master of the treasury|years=1342}} {{S-aft|after=Thomas Szécsényi}} |- {{S-ttl|title=Master of the treasury|years=1343–1344}} {{S-aft|after=Lawrence Raholcai}} |- {{S-bef|before=Nicholas Sirokai}} {{S-ttl|title=Voivode of Transylvania|years=1344–1350}} {{S-aft|after=Thomas Gönyűi}} |- {{S-bef|before=Paul Ugali}} {{S-ttl|title=Ban of Croatia and Slavonia|years=1350–1353}} {{S-aft|after=Nicholas Hahót}} |- {{S-bef|before=Oliver Paksi}} {{S-ttl|title=Master of the treasury|years=1353}} {{S-aft|after=Cikó Kartal}} {{s-end}}

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