Móric; died after 1235) was a Hungarian noble in the first half of the 13th century, who had ascended to the upper elite from a lower social status as the faithful confidant of Andrew II of Hungary.
[1] It is plausible that he (or his unidentified ancestor) was granted the ancient estates of the kindred – including the eponymous village Pok (or Puk), which laid near Győr in Western Hungary.
Maurice I's grandson was the influential provincial lord Nicholas Pok, who acquired large-scale domains in Northern Transylvania and Carpathian Ruthenia at the turn of the 13th and 14th centuries.
By 20 August 1233, he was installed as Master of the stewards, when he was present among the King's companion in the forests of Bereg, where Andrew II vowed that he would not employ Jews and Muslims to administrate royal revenues.
[8] It is possible Maurice died by then, or lost political influence completely, when Andrew's son and opponent Béla had practically already taken control of the country before the death of his ailing father in September.