Andrew I Hont-Pázmány

[1] His father was comes Ivánka (I), the first reliably known member of the branch, who plausibly participated in the royal campaigns against the Principality of Halych during the reign of Andrew II of Hungary.

[3] Thomas and Andrew participated in the disastrous Battle of Mohi on 11 April 1241, when the invading Mongols destroyed the Hungarian royal army.

Accordingly, when the monarch fled the battlefield, Andrew handed over his nimble and full-strength horse to Béla IV, lagging behind on foot, turning to the pursuers.

[3] During the subsequent wars with the Duchy of Austria and the Republic of Venice, Andrew was entrusted to protect and guard the king's four-year-old firstborn son and heir Duke Stephen in Turóc in the winter of 1243.

By the second half of the decade, he erected his main stronghold in the ancient family estate, Gímes Castle (today Gýmeš, ruins near Jelenec, Slovakia).

His brother-in-law Demetrius Nánabeszter bequeathed the land Teremecs (present-day Chrenová, a borough of Nitra in Slovakia) to Andrew in his last will and testament.

[8] Andrew was styled as ispán of Bánya (Árkibánya) ispánate on several occasions in the upcoming decaded (1258, 1262–1273, 1274, 1275), which laid as a border castle region in the territory of Nyitra County.

[9] During the civil war (1264–1265) between Béla IV and his son junior king Stephen, Andrew remained a partisan of the elderly monarch, but also tried to balance between the two parties, because he maintained good relationship with the entire Árpád dynasty.

However, when Béla's daughter Duchess Anna and the royal general Henry Kőszegi occupied the fort of Patak (ruin near Sátoraljaújhely) and captured Stephen's wife, Elizabeth the Cuman and children, including the future Ladislaus IV in August 1264, Andrew sank into a delicate position.

Stephen's family – Queen Elizabeth, their son and four daughters – were transferred to Turóc Castle under the guard of Andrew upon the order of Duchess Anna who most fervently opposed his brother's aspirations.

For instance, he borrowed 100 silver marks to Elizabeth during her captivity and allowed the duke's courier Emeric Nádasd to inform Stephen in the shortest possible time about the fall of Patak and capture of his family.

Andrew and his sons successfully defended their castle of Gímes in August 1273, which was besieged by Ottokar's troops after a capture of several other forts and settlements in the region.