Kakas Rátót
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Kakas Rátót | |
|---|---|
| Master of the horse | |
| Reign | 1303 |
| Predecessor | John Csák (?) |
| Successor | John Aba (?) |
| Died | 15 June 1312 Battle of Rozgony |
| Noble family | gens Rátót |
| Spouse(s) | N Visontai |
| Issue | John Kakas de Kaza |
| Father | Stephen I |
| Mother | first wife of his father |
Kakas from the kindred Rátót (Hungarian: Rátót nembeli Kakas; killed 15 June 1312) was a Hungarian nobleman and soldier at the turn of the 13th and 14th centuries, who served as Master of the horse in the court of pretender Wenceslaus during the era of Interregnum. Alongside his kinship, he joined Charles I later. He perished in Battle of Rozgony. He was the forefather of the Kakas de Kaza noble family.
Kakas (also Kokas or Kokos) was born into the prestigious and influential gens (clan) Rátót, as the son of Stephen I ("the Porc"), who was a strong confidant of Queen Elizabeth the Cuman and held several offices in her court since 1265.[1] It is plausible that Stephen's only known wife Aglent Smaragd was not the mother of Kakas; she was still alive in 1327, and was a Beguine nun at the Sibylla cloister in Buda. Her brothers, Ladislaus and Aynard were active courtiers even in 1350.[2] Kakas had four known brothers: the eldest one, Dominic II was considered actual head of the family and a powerful baron for decades. Lawrence was killed in the Battle of Lake Hód (near present-day Hódmezővásárhely) in 1282. Ladislaus was Ban of Slavonia in 1300 and ancestor of the Tari family. The youngest brother was Leustach III (also "the Great"). He was first mentioned by contemporary records only in 1338, thus he was presumably much younger than his late brothers, and his mother was perhaps Aglent Smaragd.[3]
Kakas married one of the unidentified daughters of Paul Visontai, who originated from the Kompolt branch of the gens (clan) Aba. They had a son John, who became the first member of the Kakas de Kaza noble family, which resided in Sajókaza. The family died out in 1488, while its cadet branch, the Gyulafi de Kaza family became extinct between 1522 and 1524.[4]
