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From: "Rika and Kevin" <>
Subject: [HUNGARY-L] Vitez
Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2002 20:34:59 -1000


I have 2 ancestors that were called Vitez on a wedding entry in a church register. This was in 1826 and the 2 were Janos Fay and his father-in-law Mihaly Karsa.
Janos would have been 26; Mihaly abt. 46. The wedding was in Zsujta in Abuaj megye.
Would anyone have any idea how they would have earned this title? I don't know of any wars in this period (1800-1826) involving Hungary.
The document:
Devertserbe lakó Helvetikus v Tekintetes követ Tekintetes Nemzetes és Vitézl Fáy Fáy Jánós Úr eljegyezvén magának Helybeli Földes Úrnak Tekintetes Nemzetes és Vitézl Szent Király Szabadjai Karsa Mihály Urnak, Borbála Kisasszonyát, á Tekintetes Nemes Aba-Uj vármegye Ondy vice Ispánnya Czászári Királyi Tanátsos Nagyságos K. Vajdai Szentimrey Gábor Úrnak, mind á három kihirdetést illetö Dispensatiója mellett öszve eskettetteli Tekintetes Nemzetes és Vitézl F Fiscális Téglássy József és Tekintetes Nemzetes és Vitézl Nagy Réti Darvas Jósef Urnak jelenléttekben.
(I've had it translated; I'm just curious about the Vitez honorific)
Mahalo and take care, Kevin

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