Décsey


The Décsey family is a Hungarian noble family originating from the Transylvanian village of Maros-Décse around the late 13th or early 14th century. The full surname and name of the noble house is Décsey de Maros-Décse et Nagy-Doba.

Origins

Though the exact origins of the family is not known, it is possible that the family dates to the Magyar settling of the area. They were nobles of both the Kingdom of Hungary and the Principality of Transylvania and had properties in Maros-Décse, Enyed, Kis-Doba and Nagy-Doba.
The first documented mention of a member of the Décsey family still in existence is of Péter Décsey, who had received a grant of land from Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund as a gift for services to the Bán of Timișoara, Pipo of Ozora in 1413.

Notable members

When Balthasar died in 1591, his father Ferencz Décsey had a memorial created in the Reformed Church of Maros-Décse. The memorial shows the family Coat of Arms as well as a eulogy to Balthasar written in Latin. Much of the Latin inscriptions have faded or have been damaged, but the following can be read from the stone memorial:

Coat of arms

Arms: Argent, growing from a mount in base vert, a dead tree entwined with a serpent proper, crowned or.
The helm ducally crowned.
Mantling: Dexter, or and azure; sinister, argent and gules.