page_title: Újlaki family
section_title: Rise of the family
hierarchical_section_title: Újlaki family / Family history / Rise of the family
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Ružica grad
context_page_description: The House of Ilok, in old sources de Illoch, de Wylak, de Voilack etc., Hungarian: Újlaki was a Croatian noble family, descended in the male line from Gug, a member of the lower nobility in the region of Lower Slavonia during the 13th century.
  The Iločki, meaning "those of Ilok", rose to be a powerful and influential family in the Croato-Hungarian Kingdom during the period in the Late Middle Ages history marked by dynastic struggles for the possession of the throne and the Ottoman wars in Europe that affected the country. Notable members of the family were Bans of Croatia, Voivodes Transylvania, Palatines of Hungary, župans, king's chamberlains and king's chief retainers. One of them, Nikola Iločki, the most powerful and most famous member of the family, was nominal King of Bosnia from 1471 until 1477.
context_section_description: Gug had three sons: Ivan /John/, Grgur /Gregory/ and Stjepan /Stephen/. Ivan was first mentioned in 1281 as royal commissioner who introduced and helped Petar Pakrački /Petar of Pakrac/, Ban of Slavonia, to enter into possession of an estate at river Ilova. His sons Lovro /Laurence/, Ugrin, Egidije, Jakov /James/ and Ivan II took part in King Charles' military formations during several wars. Lovro, called Slaven (English: The Slav, Latin: Sclavus), Hungarian: Tót), achieved to be the king's flag-bearer since 1312, castellan of Šintava Castle (1328), župan (count) of Nitra (1340), Varaždin, Sopron and Vas, and finally the royal chamberlain (1344). His nickname, The Slav, confirms his Croatian origin. When he died in 1349, his three sons (Nikola I, Bartol /Bartholomew/ and Lenkus) managed to consolidate and improve the rising power of the family.
  Nikola I, called Kont, spent some time in Italy leading the army of king Louis I in his military campaigns and during his stay there earned this nickname (from Italian: conte = count). In the middle of 14th century Nikola-Kont became one of the leading magnates of the king and was given the new titles and properties. In the period between 1345 and 1351 he was royal cup-bearer, then Voivode (duke) of Transylvania (1351–1356) and finally Palatine of Hungary (1356–1367). In the meantime he served as Župan (count) of several counties in Croatia and Hungary (Sopron, Varaždin, Vas, Szolnok, Sáros etc.). In 1363 he commanded the army of the king in his Bosnia campaign against Tvrtko Kotromanić, Ban of Bosnia, and was defeated. Later, in 1365, he fougt the Bulgarians.
  When the Ilok branch of the Hungarian noble family Csák died out in 1364, king Louis I gave the Ilok fief to Nikola I and his nephew Ladislav /Ladislaus/, the son of Lenkus. So the Orahovički family transferred its seat to Ilok and soon after that they called themselves Iločki. Nikola's brothers Bartol (†1352) and Lenkus (†1359) served as royal cup-bearers and chief retainers. When Nikola I died in 1367, he was succeeded by two of his sons, Nikola II (†1397) and Bartol II (†1393), who did not reach the power and glory of their father. Two sons of Bartol from the next generation of the family, Ladislav (†1418) and Mirko /Emerik/ (†1419) were Bans of Macsó. Mirko's daughter Marta married Nikola Frankopan (†1432), the mighty Prince of Krk, Senj and Modruš, and bore him eleven children.
caption: Ružica Castle, was and still is one of biggest fortifications in Slavonia
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