The Dávid Family was a Hungarian noble family in the Kingdom of Hungary

Kingdom of Hungary

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, who owned estates in the Turóc County, Upper Hungary

Upper Hungary

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 (today Turiec

Turiec

Turóc , , /comitatus Thurociensis) is the name of a historic administrative county of the Kingdom of Hungary...

 region, present-day Slovakia

Slovakia

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). In the 13th century, the Dávids were one of the many Hungarian local noble families with title zeman

Zeman

Zeman and zemianka , pronounced in Slovak, Hungarian nemes , and Latin nobilis, were the corresponding words for the title of the lowest-ranking nobility in the Kingdom of Hungary...

 (the lowest-ranking nobility in the Kingdom, placed under the baron

Baron

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). The ancestors of the Dávid family were an older noble family of Záturecký from Záturčie (now part of Martin

Martin, Slovakia

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, Slovakia). Dávids had a properties and manor houses in Záturčie, Istebné

Istebné

Istebné is a village and municipality in Dolný Kubín District in the Zilina Region of northern Slovakia....

, Turčiansky Peter

Turciansky Peter

Turčiansky Peter is a village and municipality in Martin District in the Žilina Region of northern Slovakia.-Geography:The municipality lies at an altitude of 439 metres and covers an area of 4.618km². It has a population of about 319 people....

, Sasinkovo

Sasinkovo

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, Malý Báb and Veľky Báb

Báb, Nitra District

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.

In 1772 Karol (Charles) Dávid and his son Anton were promoted to Barons by Holy Roman Empress Maria Theresa of Austria, the Queen of Hungary.