Nicholas Szák
Nicholas Szák | |
|---|---|
| Palatine of Hungary | |
| Reign | 1219–1222 1226 |
| Predecessor | Julius Kán (1st and 2nd term) |
| Successor | Theodore Csanád (1st term) Denis, son of Ampud (2nd term) |
| Died | March 1241 |
| Noble family | gens Szák |
| Issue | Herrand |
| Father | Barc |
Nicholas from the kindred Szák (Hungarian: Szák nembeli Miklós; died March 1241) was a powerful Hungarian baron in the first decades of the 13th century. As a confidant of King Andrew II, he served as Palatine of Hungary from 1219 to 1222 and for a brief period in 1226. During his first term, he initiated a comprehensive reform of the judicial system.
He lost political influence when King Béla IV ascended the Hungarian throne in 1235. Nicholas was killed on the eve of the First Mongol invasion of Hungary in March 1241, confronting the Cumans, who decided to leave Hungary and destroyed many villages on their way towards the Balkan Peninsula after the assassination of their khan Köten.