A Csákyak a két hazában: az erdélyi és a királyságbeli család a 17–18. században
The Csáky's in the Two Homelands

Summary/Abstract: The Csákys received their first domains in Bihor County from Sigismund of Luxembourg at the end of the 14th century: the castles and demesnes of Körösszeg and Adorján. The territory of the estates became part of the Principality of Transylvania in the 16th century, and the members of the family built their careers there. István Csáky received land donations during the Fifteen Years’ War, and in 1600 he became the chief captain of the country. In 1603, however, Csáky pledged a significant part of his Transylvanian estates, and together with his wife, Anna Wesselényi, he moved from the principality to the Kingdom of Hungary, where he acquired a pledged estate. He received the castles of Šaris and Szádvár from the monarch. He was the one who rose in rank before 1605 and acquired the baronial title, thus elevating himself and his descendants to the ranks of the aristocracy. After his sudden death, his widow Anna Wesselényi moved back to Transylvania and gave good upbringing to her sons, who started out at the court of Gábor Bethlen, but made their careers in the Kingdom: István became the lord of the castle of Spiš castle and Master of the Treasury, and László became the lord of Léva and the Judge Royal, and in 1638/39 they received the title of count. The two eldest sons of István remained in Upper Hungary, Ferenc became the chief captain of Upper Hungary, and István became the Judge Royal in 1686, the seven descendants of whom form the Hungarian branch. The third son, László moved to Transylvania and founded the Transylvanian branch of the Csáky family. Of the Hungarian Csáky family, two (Imre and Miklós) became ecclesiastical dignitaries, Tamás, Mihály, and György became military officers, while István and Zsigmond built secular careers, the latter becoming the Master of the Treasury. The members of the Transylvanian branch became chief ispáns (comes), then members of the governorate (István and Zsigmond), but with Imre Csáky the Transylvanian male branch died out (1742). The litigation between the two branches for the estates was halted by the marriage of the daughter of Kata Csáky, Rozália Bethlen and the grandson of the Master of the Treasury Zsigmond Csáky, János. The offspring, József Csáky and his son György created the second Transylvanian branch of the Csáky family. The legal proceedings ended in the 1830s. János, the son of György Csáky – Master of the Treasury and later Judge Royal – and his successors from the Upper Hungarian branch and János Jósika (husband of Rozália Csáky), representing the Transylvanian family, concluded an agreement. The ancestral estates of Bihor were thus permanently transferred to the Upper Hungarian branch, while the estates in Transylvania were used by the descendants of the Transylvanian branch.

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