History of the Mórocz family - Landowners of Nagyabony - Róbert Mórocz

The Members of Mórocz de Nagyabony belonged to the old hungarian noble family (régi nemes csalad). They were co-owners and landowners of the village of Velke Blahovo (nagyabonyi közbirtokosok), therefore they wrote the predicate "de Nagyabony" (from Velke Blahovo). The predicate clearly defined and allowed the identification of the members of the family. The Mórocz of Velke Blahovo (Mórocz de Nagy Abony) could be seen as representative of a typical medieval curial family of the Csallokoz region. Of antiquity and deeds of which the noblest Western European houses would be proud of, it is a Hungarian speciality that these families gradually became pauperised and over the centuries lost much of their wealth, though maintained their mentality. The canker in the state of affairs was, simply, Hungarian inheritance laws. This stipulated that all sons and daughters inherited equally, and it thus impoverished most of the Hungarian nobility. Velke Blahovo is one of the oldest villages in the region "Csallóköz". The first mention dates back to 1162. It was a noble village that joined the Végvár system and played an important military role by ensuring continuous defensive readiness against the Turks. Mórocz family was awarded the motif of a sword and an armored arm in their coat of arms for the excellent fulfillment of these tasks and bravery. The first records of the family members in Velke Blahovo (Nagyabony, Naghaban) date from the 15th century. The first known ancestor is Michael de Nagyabony (1488) a nobleman from Velke Blahovo. His son Mauricio de Nagyabony (Móricz) gave the family the surname. Benedictus Mórocz de Nagyabony, the son of Mauricio, was the first to use the surname "Mórocz", which is derived from his father's first name. Benedictus had estates in the areas called Gaathzeg, Naghozthal and Nadwár in the Velke Blahovo district.

T he nobleman Benedictus Morocz of Nagyabony is mentioned in a lawsuit in Bratislava count in 1511. The royal charter is mentioned Blasium Móricz (Mórocz) of Nagyabony in 1525. The nobleman Simon Sott put his part of a noble estate for 32 hungarian forints for 99 years to the nobleman Blasium Morocz of Nagyabony in deposit in 1638. Georgius, Andreas, Lucas, Joannes and Peter Morocz recived a royal donation on June 4 1641 from the emperor a king Ferdinand III in Nagy-Abony and the coat of arms in 1651. This coat of arms is a knight holding a sword. The armored arm holding a sword in coat of arms refers to the valiant role shown in the battles against the Turks dating back to the 17th century.

N agy-Abony, once a noble village joined the Végvár system and played an important military role by providing continuous defense readiness. The family members adopted the noble surname "Nagyabonyi" after their estate in Nagy-Abony. Ambrus Mórocz and Georgius Mórocz received a new estate from the emperor a king Charles VI in 1718-1719. The Mórocz family during the noble investigation produced Ferdinand's donation letter dated June 4, 1641. The Mórocz were the owners of the "processus inferior insulanus". András Mórocz of Nagyabony was a hero of the First World War. András Mórocz became a member of the Order of Knights (Order of Vitéz) in 1939. He took part the recapture of Transylvania in the rank of captain in 1940. Currently, his great-grandson, Róbert Mórocz of Nagyabony is the successor of bloodline in Order of Vitéz.

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vitéz Róbert Mórocz de Nagyabony, Róbert Mórocz of Nagyabony, a descendant of the Mórocz of Nagyabony family and a member of the Order of Vitéz under the patronage of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine.