Németi (genus)

Németi (Nemty or Nempty) was the name of a minor gens (Latin for "clan"; nemzetség in Hungarian) in the Kingdom of Hungary, which possessed lands in the southern parts of Transdanubia, mainly Baranya and Valkó counties.

The ancient seat of the kindred was Németi (present-day a borough of Szalánta) which laid south to Pécs in Baranya County.

Both of them escorted the fleeing Béla IV of Hungary to the Dalmatian coast following the disastrous Battle of Mohi in April 1241.

Béla IV donated a portion in Vajszló in Baranya County to Ambrose for their loyalty and military service in 1244, separating the land from the accessories of the fort of Kovászd (Quazd).

[3] The Németi clan was involved in a lengthy lawsuit over Vajszló against the Dominican nunnery of Rabbits' Island, lasted from 1295 to 1384.

In 1296, the parties settled their relationship, Hector and Csák handed over their estates in Zselizkeresztúr (north of Szigetvár), Szentgál, Vajszló and Raven to James, who was also mentioned as a neighboring landowner near Geresd in 1312.

[3] By that time, James became a familiaris of John Kőszegi, who dominated southern Transdanubia de facto independently of the king.