last will and testament. Herrand's only daughter, Elizabeth married to Gregory Rumi from the Tengerdi kinship. Through his sons, Denis (III) the White-headed became forefather of the prestigious Hédervári family. Both the descendants of Desiderius and Nicholas II bore the Hédervári surname. Desiderius was first mentioned in 1285, when he was granted the land of Bodak in Csilizköz (Medzičiližie; today a southern region of Žitný ostrov in Slovakia). Abandoning the forced alliance with the Kőszegis, he became an ardent partisan of Charles I of Hungary, as a result lost several lands temporarily during the clashes against the Kőszegi family. He sacrificed his life to enable the king's escape during the disastrous Battle of Posada in November 1330. Nicholas II served as ispán of Győr County from 1324 to 1330. The Héderváris' main branch ascended from him, which survived the Middle Ages and flourished until the late 17th century. Family tree Wolfer I (fl. 1157) --> Kőszegi branch Hencse I (fl. 1196–98) Henry I (fl. 1208–12) Henry II (fl. 1237–74†), first member of the Kőszegi family Michael (fl. 1212) Hencse II (fl. 1233–37) Lawrence II (fl. 1233) Virunt (fl. 1233–37) (?) Simon (fl. 1198) (?) Lawrence I (fl. 1198) (?) John I (fl. 1208) (?) Wolfer II (fl. 1198–1208) (?) N (?) Fabian (fl. 1212) (?) Benz (fl. 1212) Héder I (fl. 1146–64) --> Hédervári branch Denis I (fl. 1198) Denis II Héder III (fl. 1252–79) ∞ daughter of Vekhard John II (fl. 1274–84) Herrand (fl. 1255–76) Dominic (fl. 1268–69) James II (fl. 1297) John IV (died before 1371) Stephen III (died before 1371) Nicholas I (fl. 1326†) Elizabeth ∞ Gregory Rumi Denis III ("the White-headed") Desiderius (fl. 1285–1330†), ancestor of the Hédervári family Nicholas II (fl. 1309–30†), ancestor of the Hédervári family Andrew (fl. 1324–26†) Héder II (fl. 1210–23) James I (fl. 1255–78) ∞ Nabut Monoszló Lawrence IV (Bokodi; fl. 1278–1311) Stephen II (fl. 1336) ∞ Chuna Szőlősi John III (fl. 1336) Egidius (fl. 1278) Henry III (fl. 1278–89) Stephen I (fl. 1278) Lawrence III (fl. 1255) Héder IV (fl. 1309) Ladislaus Anne (fl. 1394) ∞ Peter Bocskai Margaret (fl. 1309–10) ∞ Solomon Dárói a daughter (fl. 1255) ∞ Pousa Bár-Kalán References Sources Primary sources Simon of Kéza: The Deeds of the Hungarians (Edited and translated by László Veszprémy and Frank Schaer with a study by Jenő Szűcs) (1999). CEU Press. . The Hungarian Illuminated Chronicle: Chronica de Gestis Hungarorum