Wolfurt család

The Scottish family of McDecor the Wolf left Scotland and settled in Germany, to escape political persecution, and where the name was changed to Wolfesford and Wolfurt. The family seat became the village of Wolfurt, near Bregentz in the Tyrol, where to-day stands a partly ruined castle, and the family itself became one of the most powerful and honored of the time. The first authentic record of them is found in 1241, when Kuno von Wolfurt witnessed a deed by which Konrad von Pfaffers ceded a fief to Ulrich von Vare. This branch figured largely in the history of the time. In 1348 Ulrich von Wolfurt, at the head of his Teutonic knights, fought in the service of King Louis of Hungary, against Queen Joanna of Naples, in the conflict precipitated by the murder of Andreas, brother of King Louis, and consort of Queen Joanna, of which she was suspected. Ulrich von Wolfurt was appointed governor of Lower Italy, and rendered gallant service at the siege of Naples, holding out against all the bribes of Queen Joanna, until compelled to surrender through lack of food. In 1352 Ulrich von Wolfurt was sent by Louis as a peace envoy to the Vatican, and on his return to the Hungarian court was rewarded by the King with the country of Castro Ferro. .... folytatás

Vöröskő vára: 1352-ben Nagy Lajos a német származású Wolfurt Eglolf lovagnak adományozta, mivel a báró a nápolyi hadjáratok idején 4000 zsoldossal segítette a királyt.

• A1. Wolf von Wolfurt, élt:1339/1353, m. Guta von Schellenberg;
  • B1. Eglolf von Wolfurt, élt:1353/1389, m. Elisabeth von Landegg;
    • C1. Ulrich von Wolfurt, óvári várnagy, élt:1373/1417, m. Héderváry Katalin;  ==>  Héderváry család
      • D1. vöröskői Wolfurt Zsuzsanna, élt:1435, m. Széchy Miklós;  <==  Széchy család
      • D2. vöröskői Wolfurt Anna, m. Pilgrim von Puchheim;  <==  von Puchheim család
      • D3. vöröskői Wolfurt Ilona, m. Rozgonyi István;  <==  Rozgonyi család