Ivánka had several siblings, John and Thomas (III) entered ecclesiastical and court career, respectively, while the other brothers – Andrew (II), the ancestor of the Forgách family, and Nicholas (I) supported their political orientation with military service.
However, King Andrew III and his escort, including Ivánka, were captured and imprisoned by Ivan Kőszegi during their journey to Slavonia for a brief time in August 1292.
[4] The Hont-Pázmány clan involved in resolving the crisis and was among those loyal barons and nobles who offered their relatives or familiares as hostages to Ivan in order to liberate Andrew III.
[5] The Hont-Pázmány brothers jointly owned the lordship of Gímes Castle (near present-day Jelenec, Slovakia) and the surrounding landholdings and villages in Nyitra and Bars counties.
Following a failed royal campaign led by Demetrius Balassa against the Csák territory, the oligarch's troops invaded the central parts of Upper Hungary.