Szabari family
| House of Szabari | |
|---|---|
| Country | Kingdom of Hungary |
| Parent house | gens Hahót |
| Founded | c. 1310 |
| Founder | John I |
| Final ruler | Atyusz or Peter |
| Dissolution | c. 1384 |
Szabari or Szabary was the name of a short-lived lesser noble family in Zala County, Kingdom of Hungary in the 14th century.
The Szabari family originated from the notable gens Hahót. According to the fourteenth-century chronicle composition, the founder of the kindred, knight Hahold descended from the Counts of Orlamünde, arriving to Hungary in 1163 upon the invitation of Stephen III to help to defeat the rebelled Csák kindred. Hahold's grandson Blessed Buzád, who retired from politics and joined the Dominican Order, donated his estates of Buzádsziget and Szabar (today Zalaszabar) to his eldest son Buzád III on 14 February 1233. After the invasions of Ottokar II of Bohemia and the powerful Kőszegi family, who established dominion independently of the royal power since the early 1270s, Buzád III's son Atyusz resided permanently in Szabar. For his participation in the military campaign against Ottokar, he received the lands of Kerecseny and Palkonya from Ladislaus IV of Hungary.
Atyusz Hahót had a son from his first unidentified wife, John II Hahót who later adopted the surname Szabari ("of Szabar") in his documents (John I Szabari in genealogical sense), thus became the first member of the Szabari family. In 1292, among others, he was sent to the Kőszegis as a hostage in order to liberate Andrew III of Hungary. His father Atyusz died between 1302 and 1310. Despite being a sole heir, John had financial problems already in 1310, when he had to sell his estates of Szölc, Pácod and Budafa (today Zalalövő) to the Salamonvári family to pay the dowry of his stepmother, Atyusz's second wife. He also donated Buzádsziget to John Lőrinte in 1313 to settle his debt. On 27 June 1323, he also had to sell below fair value his land of Ivánc, near Felsőlendva (today Grad, Slovenia) to Nicholas Felsőlendvai, Ban of Slavonia, who commiserated John and handed over his small land of Baráti in Somogy County to him. In 1332, John owned Gelsesziget and Bagota in Zala County. He was last mentioned by sources in 1348. He died by 15 May 1353, as his wife Margaret Nagymartoni appeared then as his widow.
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