Elizabeth Lackfi

Elizabeth Lackfi (died 27 December 1428) was a Hungarian noble lady of the Lackfi family.

Elizabeth was daughter of Emeric I Lackfi, general starost of Ruthenia and Ban of Dalmatia (Transylvanian Voivodship) and of Hungary.^[1]

She was married to Spytek of Melsztyn, the voivode of Cracow, until his death in battle in 1399.^[2][3] Subsequently, she married Jan Piast, Duke of Ziębice.^[4]

She was listed as a matriculant of the University of Crakow, though this may have been honorary.^[5]

Children:

• Jadwiga z Melsztyna
• Dorota z Melsztyna
• Katarzyna z Melsztyna
• Spytek z Melsztyna
• Jan z Melsztyna i Rabsztyna

In Poland she became known as Elżbieta Węgierka or Elżbieta Bebek.

References

1. Engal, Pal; Engel, Pal; Ayton, Andrew; Engel, Pál (2001-02-23). The Realm of St Stephen: A History of Medieval Hungary, 895-1526. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-0-85771-621-7.
2. Frost, Robert I. (2018-07-16). The Oxford History of Poland-Lithuania: Volume I. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-256814-4.
3. Kolodziejczyk, Dariusz (2011-06-22). The Crimean Khanate and Poland-Lithuania: International Diplomacy on the European Periphery (15th-18th Century). A Study of Peace Treaties Followed by Annotated Documents. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-19190-7.
4. Társaság, Magyar Heraldikai és Geneológiai (1905). Közlöny (in Hungarian).
5. Knoll, Paul (2016-08-09). "A Pearl of Powerful Learning": The University of Cracow in the Fifteenth Century. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-32601-9.