Hont-Pázmány

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Hont-Pázmány was the name of a gens ("clan") in the Kingdom of Hungary. The Gesta Hunnorum et Hungarorum ("Deeds of the Huns and Hungarians") mentiones that the ancestors of the family (the brothers Hont and Pázmány) arrived, in the late 9th century, to the court of Grand Prince Géza of the Magyars from the Duchy of Swabia (in the Holy Roman Empire). Later, they assisted Géza's son, the future King Stephen I of Hungary against his relative, the pagan Koppány who claimed for Géza's inheritance. The brothers were granted possessions on the north-western parts of the kingdom (primarily in present-day Slovakia). Hont county was named after one of them.

By the 13th century, the gens divided into 12 branches. Several prominent families of the kingdom (e.g., Szentgyörgyi) descended from the gens.

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• Kristó, Gyula (editor): Korai Magyar Történeti Lexikon - 9-14. század (Encyclopedia of the Early Hungarian History - 9-14th centuries); Akadémiai Kiadó, 1994, Budapest; ISBN 963 05 6722 9.