Farkas de Boldogfa

Coat of arms of the family Farkas de Boldogfa
Ferenc Farkas de Boldogfa (1838–1908), landowner, Comptroller and auditor of the Zala county
Zsófia Marton de Nemesnép (1842-1900) (right), wife of Ferenc Farkas de Boldogfa (1838-1908), and her mother Rozália Szluha de Verbó (1816-1883) (left), widow of József Marton de Nemesnép (1797-1858)

Farkas de Boldogfa, (in Hungarian: "boldogfai Farkas család"), is the name of a Hungarian noble family. Their members occupied diverse relevant roles in the county of Zala, in the former Kingdom of Hungary, as vice-ispáns of the county of Zala (alispán of Zala), Prothonotary of the county of Zala, members of the Hungarian Parliament, chief magistrates of the county's districts (főszolgabíró), Hussars etc.

Their early ancestors were frontier guards that received the nobility donation during the reign of the King Béla IV of Hungary in the 13th century. The noble family help small lands through the end of the Medieval times and lost wealth considerably during the Turkish invasions in the 16th century.[1] Their descendant, the nobleman Mihály Farkas, who fought against the Turkish invaders was the one that bought the states in Zalaboldogfa, in Zala county during the second half of the 17th century. he married the local noble lady Éva Péter de Ságod, who gave birth three sons to him. Their son, János Farkas de Boldogfa (†1724), jurist, landowner, chief magistrate of the district of Zalaegerszeg, was the first who used the Nobiliary particle "de Boldogfa" after the royal donation of the land in 1716 granted by Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, who was also the King of Hungary.[2] János' son, was Ferenc Farkas de Boldogfa (1713-1770), a jurist, landowner, vice-ispán of the county of Zala (alispán of Zala), and also one of the wealthiest landlords in the Zala county during Empress Maria Theresa's era, having through all his lands in total 70 families of serfs.[3][4] Ferenc inherited through his wife several states in Zala that belonged in the Medieval Times to the ancient and prestigious families Pogány de Cséb and Perneszy de Osztopán, ancestors of the noble lady.

Among the children of Ferenc Farkas de Boldogfa and Anna Rosty, two became priests: Ferenc Farkas de Boldogfa (1742-1807), a Jesuit priest, who was the master canon of the Diocese of Veszprém, and József Farkas de Boldogfa (1752-1809) Piarist priest, rector of the former University of Kolozsvár. Another of their children was János Farkas de Boldogfa (1741-1788), jurist, lawyer, landowner, Prothonotary of the county of Zala, which is the ancestor of the family's two branches that exist until the present time.

Notable members

Notes

  1. ↑ A 57 - Magyar Kancelláriai Levéltár - Libri regii - 6. kötet - 272a. oldal
  2. ↑ Archives of the Hungarian Chancellary - A 57 - Magyar Kancelláriai Levéltár - Libri regii - 31. kötet - 147 - 155. oldal
  3. ↑ Fónagy Zoltán. (2013). A Nemesi Birtokviszonyok az Úrbérendezés Korában. Adattár II. MTA. Budapest. (927-928. o.)
  4. ↑ Zala megye helytörténeti lexikona. Kéziratos regesztagyűjtemény. (Zalaszentmárton-Zovajka). Zél (Ma: Zalaszentgyörgy része) 26.522. 23
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