Neumann Tibor: A Korlátköviek. Egy előkelő család története és politikai szereplése a 15-16. században - A Győri Egyházmegye Levéltár kiadványai. Források, feldolgozások 5. (Győr, 2007)
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232 The Korlátkövi family It has to be underlined that this paper is a family history in spite of the numerous research aspects: its aim is not to draw generally acceptable socio-historical conclusions about the noble families of the late middle ages. Although the author tried to compare his findings concerning the Korlátkövi’s with the phenomena observed in the case of other castle-owning families of Nitra county, a summarizing work may only be written after an examination has been made of several families having such power as the Korlátkövi’s. * * * The paper has eight chapters. The first chapter includes the objectives, a brief description of the research methods used, and a summary of the Hungarian and Slovakian special literature about the family. The second chapter deals with the origin of the family. The Korlátkövi’s were called Bucsänyi before obtaining their castle because their predecessor - descending from the Szegi lineage of the Hontpázmány kindred - settled in Bucany (Hungarian Bucsány, a village near Trnava, Nitra county) at the end of the 13th century. In the 14th century the Bucsänyi family broke up into three lineages - Bodok, Geese and Korlátkövi - among which only the Korlátkövi’s could obtain significant power in the county. The third chapter deals with the life of Oswald Bucsányi Sr., who established the wealth of the family. He was a simple nobleman with not much wealth since his father’s estates had been confiscated by the king following an uprising in 1403. He served Stibor of Stiboric and - after his death - Nicholas Újlaki, banus of Macsó, who appointed him to be the deputy banus of Macsó in 1443. Thus Oswald gained significant power the help of which he could redeem the castle of Korlát (Hung. Korlátkő, Nitra county) that he had been given by his master in 1445 with the obligation of redemption. The castle, situated in the Lesser Carpathians near the Moravian-Hungarian border, played an important role in the region nearby in the confused period following the death of King Albert (1438-1439), since one of the most important trade routes of the country was under its control. This paper demonstrates the history of the castle unlike the specialized literature so far. In 1443 a Moravian robber knight called Jan Mesenspek z Helßtejna raided the country with his troops to capture PieSt’any (Hung. Pöstyén, a market-town with ford of strategic significance on the river Vah) from Nicholas Újlaki referring to a debt. It has been rendered probable by the author that Újlaki gave Korlát (an estate of lesser value obtained in 1439) to him in exchange for Piesfany, because Korlát was considered a Bohemian estate right after then. In 1444 the castle was obtained by another Moravian adventurer, Jan z Moravan (or Janda as he was called by his contemporaries), who must have been a retainer (familiaris) of Pongrác of Szentmiklós, who owned several forts nearby. The castle was redeemed by Oswald Bucsányi in March-May 1446 for 4000 goldpieces - according to relevant sources -, that greatly contributed to peace in the region as well as the rise of the family. In the company of Újlaki Oswald Bucsányi participated in numerous political events. For example in 1448 he - together with Ladislas Töttös - was sent to
