Farkas de Boldogfa
Their members were landowners that occupied diverse relevant roles in the political, administrative and jurisdictional life at least during the last 400 years in the county of Zala, located in the former Kingdom of Hungary.
Their early ancestors were Roman Catholic border guards that lived in the towns of Unterwart (Hungarian: Alsóőrs) and Oberwart (Hungarian: Felsőőrs) in the Vas county of Hungary, in the small region known as Upper Őrség; they received nobility privileges during the reign of the King Béla IV of Hungary in the 13th century, after the Mongol invasion of 1241.
On July 1 1327 the King Charles I of Hungary donated the nobility to this Farkas family and to all the border guards that lived in these two towns.
The noble family possessed small lands through the end of the Medieval times and lost wealth considerably during the Turkish invasions in the 16th century.
Their descendant, the nobleman János Farkas de Alsóeőr, who lived in the beginning of the 17th century, was a landowner in Kančevci (Hungarian: Felsőszentbenedek), which was located in the Vas county.
[2] In the other hand, the descendants of Lukács Farkas used the Nobiliary particle "de Alsóeőr" in honor to their original state were the family hailed from and that were donated by the King on the 16th Century.
He occupied the office of chief magistrate of the district of Zalaegerszeg between 1712 and 1721, and he was the first one who used the Nobiliary particle "de Boldogfa" after the royal donation of the land on 22 March 1716 granted by Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, who was also the King of Hungary.
1672–1711), vicecaptain of the castle of Egervár, landowner and the noble lady Maria Terjék de Szenterzsébet (fl.
Another of their children was János Farkas de Boldogfa (1741–1788), jurist, lawyer, landowner, Prothonotary of the county of Zala between 1773 and 1786.
The new office was called "President of the Judiciary See of Zala county" (in Latin: "Inclyti Sedis Iudiciaria Comitatus Szaladiensis Praeses") and when it was created in 1787 János Farkas de Boldogfa was appointed to it.
János Farkas de Boldogfa is the common ancestor of the family's two branches that exist until the present time.
Their oldest son was Imre Farkas de Boldogfa (1811–1876), jurist, landowner, chief magistrate of the district of Zalaegerszeg (főszolgabíró).
One of them was Tibor Farkas de Boldogfa (1883–1940), who finished his general studies of school and high-school with particular teachers and in the Theresianum in Wien.
He strongly criticized the government of prime minister count István Bethlen and the high cult to regent Miklós Horthy, considering that these demonstrations of honor and respect actually belonged to the Hungarian King, who was not sitting in the throne for that time.
The oldest one was dr. István Farkas de Boldogfa (1875–1921) who finished his studies of law on 25 June 1901 in the Franz Joseph University of Cluj-Napoca (in Hungarian: Kolozsvár).
From his first marriage three children were born; among them was Endre Farkas de Boldogfa (1908–1994), Major of the General Staff of the Hungarian Armies during World War II.
Endre Farkas de Boldogfa married in 1942 the wealthy the Roman Catholic Gobelin tapestry artist Klára Lenz (1924–2013), member of the high Bourgeoisie of Budapest.
[16][17] He was a close friend of the Count Béla Teleki de Szék (1896–1969), who was the lord-lieutenant of Zala county (zalai főispán).
On 22 September 1920 Sándor Farkas de Boldogfa married the noble lady Katalin Csomasz de Adorjánháza (1897–1964),[18] who played also an important social role during the World War II in the county of Zala, as she was the president of the Hungarian Red Cross of the county, and other organizations as well.
