Editing Báthory family (section)

==Origins==

The Báthory family belonged to the ''[[Gutkeled]]'', a clan of [[Kingdom of Hungary|Hungarian Kingdom]] nobles, which traced its descent to the [[Swabia]]n brothers ''Gut'' and ''Kelad'', who immigrated into the Kingdom of Hungary from the castle ''Stof'' (probably [[Staufen, Germany|Staufen im Breisgau]] or [[Hohenstaufen]] in [[Württemberg]]) during the reign of [[Peter Urseolo of Hungary|King Peter]] (reigned 1038–1046), who himself was partly of [[Venice|Venetian]] descent.<ref name="Gesta">Simon Kezai, Lázló Veszprémy, Frank Schaer (ed.), ''Gesta Hungarorum: The Deeds of the Hungarians'' (Central European Medieval Texts). Central European University Press, 1999. {{ISBN|963-9116-31-9}}</ref>

In 1279, King [[Ladislaus IV of Hungary|Ladislaus IV]] rewarded Andrew's brother [[Hodos Gutkeled|Hodos]]
and Andrew's sons George (d. 1307), Benedict (d. 1321) and [[Briccius Báthory|Briccius]] (d. 1322) for their military services by granting them [[Nyírbátor|Bátor]] in the county of [[Szabolcs County|Szabolcs]]. Bátor had been the estate of Vajda son of Lángos, who had married a relative of Andrew but died without issue.<ref name="Wertner">Moritz Wertner, "Urgeschlechter in Siebenbürgen.", in ''Archiv des Vereins für siebenbürgische Landeskunde''. Neue Folge, Bd. 29, Heft 1 (1899), Hermannstadt 1899, pp. 156-235 - also excerpted in Farin, ''Heroine des Grauens'', p. 356-358.</ref>

In 1310, Bátor came into the sole possession of Briccius when he reached an agreement with his nephew Michael and his cousin Vid to divide the joint possessions. After this, Briccius and his descendants named themselves ''Báthory'', i.e. "of Bátor".<ref name="Stramberg"/>