# Mórocz

The Mórocz family, also known as Mórócz, is a old Hungarian noble family from the northern part of the Kingdom of Hungary (today's southwest Slovakia). Several members of the family held significant positions in the Habsburg monarchy.

## History

The Mórocz family originated among the smaller conditional nobility (predialist) of the northern part of the Hungarian Kingdom (today's southwestern Slovakia), originally a branch of the family Mórocz-Karcsai (de genere Karcsay). Their first known ancestor was Maurícius (Móricz) from the Osl family, who was a landowner and castle knight in the Csallóköz area in western Hungary (today Žitný ostrov in southwestern Slovakia).
The name Mórocz was first used by Joannes Mórocz de Móroczkarcsa (1291). Joannes was the son of Maurícius and was a landowner of village by name Móroczkarcsa. Joannes was a conditional nobles (predialist) of the archbishopric of Esztergom. Joannes's descendants got "true noble" status later (1456,1572).
The Mórocz family was split to two branch:
* Mórocz de Beketfalva (the prestigue branch)
* Mórocz de Nagyabony (the medieval branch)
The Mórocz family were consistently loyal to the Habsburg monarchs.
Antonius and his father Petrus received a coat of arms and title from Maximilián II. in 1572 for faithful service. Since 1578 they have been the owners of a property in Beketfalva and the full surname of the family became Mórocz de Beketfalva. Beketfalva being a small village east of Bratislava (Hungarian: Pozsony, German: Pressburg), now capital of Slovakia. Antonius's wife was Anna Bessenyei de Galántha, the sister of Ilona Bessenyei de Galántha, the wife of Benedict Zerhas de Zerhashaz.
The family rose to prominence under Wolfgang Mórocz (1575–1648). During his rich career, Wolfgang was a sub-prefect of the Pressburg region, a councilor of the Hungarian Chamber, a regional sub-judge and a Hungarian vicepalatine. Nicolaus Eszterházy was Wolfgang's patron until his death in 1645. The Eszterházy family was the patron family of Mórocz family.
The branch of Mórocz family living in Nagyabony separated from Mórocz family from Beketfalva at the end of the 16th century. They were direct descendants of the medieval Mórocz-Karcsai family (got "true noble" status 1456). Georgius, Andreas, Lucas, Joannes and Petrus received a property (lat. „processus inferior insulanus“) in 1641 and a new coat of arms in 1651 from Ferdinand III. Nagyabony being a small village east of Bratislava. They have been the owners of a property in Nagyabony and the full surname of the family became Mórocz de Nagyabony. They were listed as landowners from Nagyabony in the historical records.

## Notable members

* Joannes (hu. János) de Móroczkarcsa (13th century), Landowner of village by name Móroczkarcsa, Conditional nobles (predialist) of the archbishopric of Esztergom.
* Wolfgang (hu. Farkas) Mórocz de Beketfalva (1575 – 1648), Vicepalatine of Hungary, Sub-prefect of Bratislava capital
* Stephanus (hu. István) Mórocz de Beketfalva (1600/1610–1683) ub-prefect of Bratislava capital, Deputy regional judge and Member of the royal court, husband of baroness Susan Amáde de Wárkony
* baron Emercius (hu. Imré) Mórocz de Beketfalva (1699–1758), Imperial sub-marshal, Owner of the hussar regiment. He became famous in the Battle of Cologne in 1757
* Karl (hu. Károly) Mórocz de Beketfalva (1700/1720 – † 1795), Hussar major. He became famous in the Napoleonic wars
* chevalier Andreas (hu. András) Mórocz de Nagyabony (1891-1958), Hero of WW1, Commander of the attack unit. He became famous in the Battle of Jagodina in 1914. He was knighted, Member of The Order of Vitéz.

## The Mórocz family in the present

The successor of the tradition of the family today is Róbert Mórocz (* 1985, Bratislava), unofficial full name chevalier (hu. vitéz) John Róbert Maria Mórocz de Nagyabony (German: ritter von, Hungarian: vitéz nemes). Róbert inherited the Chivalry from his great-grandfather, chevalier András Mórocz de Nagyabony (* 1891 – † 1958). He was knighted by Joseph Charles of Habsburg-Lorraine, Archduke of Austria and Crown Prince of Hungary, as a heritable successor of the bloodline in 2022 in Máriapócs (Hungary). Róbert is a member of the Order of Vitéz. His wife is dame Andrea Resek (married Mórocz Reseková), whose great-great-grandfather Karl Reszek was a long-time magistrate in Malacky (1856-1867), a town west of Bratislava region.