Szilágyi family

The Szilágyi of Horogszeg (horogszegi Szilágyi) was an important Hungarian noble family of the Kingdom of Hungary and of Transylvania.

History
The Szilágyi family comes from the region of the Szilágy-patak (present-day Sălaj River, part of Romania).



Most specialists agree that the family died out in the Middle Ages. Zoltán W. Vityi says that the noble Szilágyis of Horogszeg who lived in Nyírgelse and Nyírmihálydi (in Szabolcs County in Hungary) in the 1930s were descended from the medieval noble family.

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 was the 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