Perneszy family
| House of Perneszy | |
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| Country | Kingdom of Hungary |
| Founded | 1206 |
| Founder | I. Budur |
The Perneszy de Osztopán family was an important and prestigious Hungarian noble family which gave many relevant personalities. Its members were high members of the nobility of the Kingdom of Hungary since the 13th century.
The Perneszy family's first known member is I. Budur (Bwdwr), a nobleman who lived in 1206. His grandson, Ladislas de Osztopán, son of another (II.) Budur, had several offsprings. One of his sons was I. Peter de Osztopán, who was the father of master I. Pető de Osztopán alias Perneszy de Osztpán who lived in 1354 in the Hungarian Somogy County. This I. Pető Perneszy married Katich Egudi, daughter of master John Egudi János, and increased his land possessions. I. Pető and Katich Egudi's grandson, Paul Perneszy de Osztopán, son of II. Peter Perneszy, became one of the most relevant members of the Perneszy family. Master Paul Perneszy was the landlord of the states in Kapós and in Pernesz, located in the valley Kis-Koppány: in total he possessed in total 22 states. Paul Perneszy became in 1444 vice-ispán of Somogy county, and was a personal assistant of the magnate Ladislaus Garai, who was the Palatine of Hungary. Between 1447 and 1460, Paul Perneszy became the vice-Palatine of Hungary, which was the third most important office in the Kingdom for that time. June 5th of 1439, he receive a coat of arms donation from King Albert of Hungary. During his live, master Paul Perneszy received many new states donations in Somogy county including: Mérő, Torvaj, Szenna, Szomajom, Kalocsafalva, Kiskára and Bárd. After a time, he became the personal assistant of Nicolas Újlaki, and Paul was the vice-ban of Croatia and Slavonia in 1464, until 1470 when he died. Paul Perneszy had a wife, Ursula Zápolya (Szapolyai), member of the aristocratic Zápolya family, who was the cousin Stephen Zápolya, Palatine of the Kingdom of Hungary between 1492 and 1499. As no documentation remained that named the mother of Paul's children, it cannot be known if Ursula Zápolya was in fact just a younger second wife, or the real mother of the children.
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