The Kacsics are the great kindred of Nógrád, whose ancestor King Coloman is said to have made ispán of the county.
Their oldest estate is the Szécsény domain on the upper Ipoly, with Géc, Rimóc and Almás; Fülek castle and the later Kacsics castles (Baglyaskő, Hollókő) are 13th-century. In the 1210s the brothers Simon and Michael are among the realm's leading lords; in 1200 the kindred's men are not pinned in office or in either brother's party.
Who he is
- Name
- heads in 1200 not pinned
- Title
- the Kacsics kindred (nemzetség)
- Since
- the early 12th century by the kindred's tradition
- Family
- By tradition King Coloman made Szalóc (Slauiz) of the kindred ispán of Nógrád.
- Confidence
- low
The brothers Simon (later ban, one of Queen Gertrude's murderers in 1213) and Michael (later ban and voivode) are the kindred's leaders in the 1210s; their position in 1199-1200 is not pinned.
Overlord
King Emeric of Hungary
What it holds
- the Szécsény domain: Szécsény, Géc, Rimóc, Almás
- estates in the upper Ipoly and Rima country (Libercse, Paróca; dates not pinned)
How it was acquired
Ancestral; by tradition from King Coloman's grant.
Allies and rivals
Not pinned for 1200.
How things stand that morning
Estates held; side not pinned.
Wealth
Farmland and woods of the upper Ipoly; no figures.
Military
Household retinues; no castle attested by 1200.
Threats
- none pinned for 1200
Places of note
- Szécsény: Centre of the kindred's oldest domain
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: Estates known from later charters; members around 1200 not documented.
On the map: Only the core domain is drawn.
Primary sources for Hungary
Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.
- Chronicle of Alberic of Trois-Fontaines, Alberic of Trois-Fontaines (about 1227 to 1241, at the Cistercian abbey of Trois-Fontaines in Champagne). The widest net of any Latin chronicle for 1200, compiled from dozens of sources, many now lost. Read online
- The Austrian and Salzburg annals (kept in the 12th and 13th centuries, with continuations to the late 13th century). A family of monastic annals from Austria, Styria and Salzburg, printed together. Read online
- The Hypatian Chronicle (the Kievan Chronicle compiled about 1200 at the Vydubichi monastery; the Galician-Volhynian Chronicle in the 13th century). The southern record. Read online
- History of the bishops of Salona and Split, by Thomas the Archdeacon, Thomas of Split (about 1266). Written two generations later by a Split churchman born about 1200. Read online
- History of the doges of Venice (about 1229, with a continuation). The earliest surviving Venetian narrative close to the events. Read online
- The Deeds of the Hungarians, by the Anonymous Notary of King Béla, Anonymus (P. magister) (about 1200 to 1210, the date disputed). Not a record of events but a picture of the kingdom's nobility and geography as a courtier of about 1200 wished to see it: the clans and their lands, the castles and counties, the Vlachs, Cumans and other peoples of the Carpathian basin, all projected back onto the conquest. Read online
- The Book of Census of the Roman Church, Cencius Camerarius (Cencio Savelli, later Pope Honorius III) (1192, with later additions). The papal rent roll: every church, monastery, town and kingdom that owed a census to Rome in 1192, diocese by diocese, with the sums, followed by lists of papal lands and castles, the ceremonial Ordo and copies of charters. Read online
- The Registers of Pope Innocent III for 1199 to 1201, Innocent III and the papal chancery (22 February 1199 to 21 February 1201). The pope's outgoing letters for the year, in his chancery's own copy, touching nearly every realm in the atlas. Read online
4 more in the sources library for Poland, Hungary and the Adriatic.
Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.