Kaplon (genus)
| Genus (gens) Kaplon | |
|---|---|
| Country | Principality of Hungary Kingdom of Hungary |
| Founded | c. 895 |
| Founder | Kaplon (Cupan) |
| Dissolution | 14th century |
| Cadet branches | a, Károly branch
b, Lele branch
c, Nagymihály branch
d, Imreg branch
e, Sályi branch
g, Vitka branch
|
Kaplon, also Kaplony or Kaplyon (Caplon, Coplyon, Caplan, Coplyan, Kaplyn, Koplon, Koplen, Kopplyan), was the name of a gens (Latin for "clan"; nemzetség in Hungarian) in the Kingdom of Hungary. The founder and ancestor of the genus was Kaplon (or Cupan), the second son of Kond, who was one of the seven chieftains of the Magyars according to Anonymus, author of the Gesta Hungarorum. The clan's original tribal area was the Nyírség, northeastern part of the Great Hungarian Plain.
The distinguished and influential Károlyi family originates from the Genus Kaplon. Among others, the Sztáray, Barlabássy, Bagossy, Csomaközy, Vadai and Vetési families were also from that clan and had spread northward, eastward and southward.