Stephen Hahót
Stephen (I) Hahót, from the Hahót clan’s Hahold branch, was a Hungarian noble who flourished from 1272 to 1297. He was the son of Hahold IV and had a brother named Matthew. He married a daughter of Palatine Denis Péc.
After his father’s death, King Ladislaus IV in 1278 confirmed Stephen as the owner of the ruined castles Lenti and Alsólendva (now Lendava, Slovenia) and the surrounding lands; these castles had been burned in 1272 by Ottokar II of Bohemia.
A loyal supporter of Andrew III after his 1290 coronation, Stephen fought with the king against Austria and helped siege Pettau (Ptuj, Slovenia), where his horse was injured but he survived thanks to Peter Gosztolyai, who lent him his horse. On 14 July 1291, Andrew granted land to the soldier’s widow and orphans at Stephen’s request. Stephen is also connected with a fort near Zagreb called Potul.
He attended the 1291 peace between Andrew III and Albert of Austria and is noted as a chancellor of the royal stewards in that year. He fought the Kőszegi family in later years and served as ispán of Varaždin County in 1297, representing royal power against the Kőszegi.
After 1297 he disappears from records. By around 1314, John Kőszegi besieged and occupied Alsólendva; it is unknown whether Stephen was alive then. Stephen’s son Nicholas VII later recovered Alsólendva from Charles I and became Ban of Croatia and Slavonia, founding the Bánfi de Alsólendva line.
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