Country
Kingdom of Hungary
Austrian Empire
Austria-Hungary
County
Bratislava County
Titles
a nobleman
chevalier (vitéz)
baron
An ancient ancestor
Maurítius
Century
13th centuryMaternal dynasty
Karcsai
Branches
Morocz de Beketfalva
Morocz de Nagyabony
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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.
The Mórocz family were consistently loyal to the Habsburg monarchs.
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 Karcsa 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)
Mórocz de Beketfalva
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.
Mórocz de Nagyabony
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. The family also had one branch in the village of Eperjes (today Pozsonyeperjes).
Several noble families farmed in this village (e.g. Szüllő, Krascsenics, Csiba de Nagyabony, Egrÿ, Üregÿ, Nagy and others).
Wolfgang Mórocz de Beketfalva
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.
Mórocz family on the battlefield
Baron Emercius (Imré) Mórocz de Beketfalva (1699– † 1758), Imperial sub-marshal, Owner of the
hussar regiment. He became famous in the Battle of Cologne in 1757.
Carolus (Károly) Mórocz de Beketfalva(1700/1720 – † 1795), Hussar major. He became famous in the Napoleonic wars.
Chevalier (vitéz) Andreas (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
Róbert Mórocz, 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.