"Spero Meliora Caducis"

The coat of arms on the left was granted to Székhelyi Mailáth Miklós (Nicolaus) in 1643, the earliest identifiable ancestor from whom this family descended and who was the first to use the title "de Székhely". The other coat of arms was granted to Székhelyi Mailáth József (1735-1810) in 1785.

The Székhelyi Mailáth were administrators, and held positions ranging from Lord Chief Justice, Chancellors, corvette ship's captain, cavalry officers, royal legal advisors, Lord Lieutenants, county officials and one was even a bishop in Transylvania, another was a writer and historian.

Click on the chart to access some data and history of family members.

This family first appeared in the castle counties of Bars and Hont (areas in red below) of 17th. century Royal Hungary; both counties now lie almost entirely in Slovakia.

For specific information on the Székhelyi Mailáth family please contact

Paul Mailáth paul@ mailath.com
George Mailáth george@mailath.com.au

There is a discussion group you might like to join at

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mailathfamily/

The county coat-of-arms are from the site by András Szeitz and Don Mabry.

Last updated 22 December 2005

Maintainer T. Majlath