Csomaközy family

The Csomaközy family, also recorded in an earlier form as the Csomaközi family, was a Hungarian noble lineage belonging to the medieval kindred of Kaplon. The family was based in Szatmár County, a historical region of the Kingdom of Hungary. It is documented in surviving records from at least 1325, when members of the family received the localities of Myke, Kulchia, and Elia Kulchia. These grants place the family within the landholding and noble structure of medieval Hungary and provide the earliest surviving evidence cited for its history. The family name appears in variant forms over time, with Csomaközi representing an earlier spelling and Csomaközy a later form. As with many medieval Hungarian noble families, its identity was connected to kinship, landed possessions, and local territorial relationships rather than to a commercial enterprise or consumer-facing brand. The available reference material does not identify a founder, a continuous sequence of heads of family, a coat-of-arms tradition, a modern corporate successor, or an active organization operating under the name. The lineage became extinct in 1768 with the death of Zsigmond Csomaközy. On that basis, the family is treated as a historical and defunct noble house rather than an active brand. Its principal historical significance lies in its connection to the Kaplon kindred, its presence in Szatmár County, and the surviving record of its landholding interests from the fourteenth century onward. The supplied sources do not provide enough information to reconstruct a detailed genealogy, describe the family’s political or military activities, or establish a broader economic footprint.

The Csomaközy family was a noble lineage of the Kingdom of Hungary associated with the kindred of Kaplon. Its historical base was in Szatmár County, where the family held or received territorial possessions. The surviving evidence cited for the family begins in 1325. In that year, members of the lineage received the locations of Myke, Kulchia, and Elia Kulchia. These grants are the earliest remaining documentary data identified in the available account and indicate the family’s place within the landholding nobility of medieval Hungary. The family’s name is represented in more than one orthographic form. The earlier form is given as Csomaközi, while Csomaközy is identified as the later form. Such spelling variation reflects historical usage and does not, on the available evidence, indicate separate families. The lineage’s affiliation with the Kaplon kindred situates it within a broader medieval kinship network, although the supplied reference material does not provide a detailed account of the family’s exact genealogical branches or its relationship to other members of that kindred. The available historical summary contains no verified information about specific offices, military service, marriages, religious patronage, castles, or later political roles held by individual Csomaközy family members. It also does not document a modern continuation of the family as an institution, business, or organization. The family therefore belongs to the category of historical noble houses rather than commercial brands. The lineage ended in 1768, when Zsigmond Csomaközy died. His death is identified as the point at which the family became extinct. No later successor house, corporate entity, or active bearer organization is identified in the supplied material. Further research in Hungarian genealogical and county histories would be required to establish a fuller chronology of the family’s members, estates, title usage, and relationships to the Kaplon kindred.

• 1768

  Extinction of the lineage

  [1]Csomaközy familyen.wikipedia.org

  The family became extinct following the death of Zsigmond Csomaközy.

• Earliest surviving record

  [1]Csomaközy familyen.wikipedia.org

  The family is documented in surviving records from this year, when it received the locations of Myke, Kulchia, and Elia Kulchia.

Historical Hungarian noble family; not a commercial brand.

1. 1Csomaközy familyen.wikipedia.org