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{{Short description|Hungarian nobleman}}
{{For|his son, the Master of treasury|Nicholas II Szécsi}}
{{Infobox noble
|name            = Nicholas Szécsi
|native name     =
|title           = [[palatine (Kingdom of Hungary)|Palatine]]; [[Ban of Croatia and Dalmatia]]; [[Ban of Slavonia]]; [[Judge royal]]
|image           = Szécsi Miklós seal.jpg
|image_size            = 250px
|caption         = Seal of [[Judge royal]] Nicholas Szécsi
|succession      = [[Palatine (Kingdom of Hungary)|Palatine of Hungary]]
|reign           = September 1385 – October 1386
|coronation      =
|predecessor     = [[Nicholas I Garai|Nicholas Garai]]
|successor       = [[Stephen II Lackfi|Stephen Lackfi]]
|regent          =
|spouse          = Margaret Debreceni
|issue           = [[Nicholas II Szécsi|Nicholas II]]<br />[[Frank Szécsi|Frank]]
|noble family    = [[House of Szécsi]]
|father          = Peter Szécsi
|mother          = Sebe Debrői
|birth_date      = ''c.'' 1320
|birth_place     =
|death_date      = ''c.'' June or July 1387
|death_place     =
|place of burial =
|signature       =
}}
{{eastern name order|felsőlendvai Szécsi Miklós}}
'''Nicholas Szécsi de Felsőlendva''' (''Széchy; ''{{langx|hu|Miklós Szécsi}}; ''c.'' 1320 – ''c.'' June or July 1387) was a Hungarian nobleman from the influential [[House of Szécsi]].
Son of Peter, Count of [[Nógrád County (former)|Nógrád]], and Sebe Debrői. He married Margaret of [[Debrecen]], they had four children. He was sent to Poland by [[Louis I of Hungary|King Louis I]] in 1345, when the Czechs laid siege to [[Kraków]]. Between 1346 and 1349, he served as the [[ban of Croatia]].
He took part in the King's [[Neapolitan campaigns of Louis the Great|second Neapolitan campaign]], as well as in the unsuccessful 1352 campaign against the Lithuanian pagans, where he himself was wounded. Upon his return in 1354, he was made supreme count of [[Krassó County|Krassó]].
Between 1358 and 1366 he served as ban of Croatia again, after which he served as the [[ban of Slavonia]] between 1366 and 1368.
Szécsi followed the King to [[Rome]] in 1370. He was named the ban of Croatia again between 1377 and 1380. He was also the ''[[ispán]]'' of [[Vas County (former)|Vas]] and of [[Pozsony County|Pozsony]] between 1381 and 1382.
He served as [[judge royal]] three times and finished his career as [[palatine (Kingdom of Hungary)|palatine]] during the reign of Louis I's daughter [[Mary, Queen of Hungary|Mary]].
==Sources==
* {{in lang|hu}} Engel, Pál (1996). ''Magyarország világi archontológiája, 1301–1457, I.'' ("Secular Archontology of Hungary, 1301–1457, Volume I"). História, MTA Történettudományi Intézete. Budapest. {{ISBN|963-8312-44-0}}.
* {{in lang|hu}} Markó, László: A magyar állam főméltóságai Szent Istvántól napjainkig&nbsp;– Életrajzi Lexikon ''p. 253.'' ''(The High Officers of the Hungarian State from Saint Stephen to the Present Days&nbsp;– A Biographical Encyclopedia)'' (2nd edition); Helikon Kiadó Kft., 2006, Budapest; {{ISBN|963-547-085-1}}.
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{{S-hou|[[House of Szécsi]]|name=Nicholas I ||''c.'' 1320 ||''c.'' June or July 1387 }}
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{{S-bef|before=Denis Szécsi}}
{{S-ttl | title = [[Master of the stewards]] | years=1342–1346}}
{{S-aft|after=Ivánka Szécsi}}
{{S-bef|before=[[Nicholas VII Hahót|Nicholas Hahót]]}}
{{S-ttl | title =  [[Ban of Croatia and Dalmatia]]<br /> [[Ban of Slavonia]]| years=1346–1349}}
{{S-aft||after=[[Paul Ugali]]}}
{{S-bef|before=Stephen Losonci}}
{{S-ttl | title = [[Ban of Severin]] | years=1350–1355}}
{{S-aft||after=Denis Lackfi}}
{{S-bef|before=[[Nicholas I Drugeth|Nicholas Drugeth]]}}
{{S-ttl | title = [[Judge royal]] | years=1355–1358}}
{{S-aft|after=[[Nicholas Csák]]}}
{{S-bef|before=[[John Csúz]]}}
{{S-ttl | title = [[Ban of Croatia and Dalmatia]] | years=1358–1366}}
{{S-aft|after=[[Kónya Szécsényi]]}}
{{S-bef|before=Stephen Kanizsai<br /><small>governor</small>}}
{{S-ttl | title = [[Ban of Slavonia]] | years=1366–1368}}
{{S-aft|after=[[Peter Cudar]]}}
{{S-bef|before=[[Stephen Bebek]]}}
{{S-ttl | title = [[Judge royal]] | years=1369–1372}}
{{S-aft|after=[[James Szepesi]]}}
{{S-bef|rows=3|before=[[Charles III of Naples|Charles of Durazzo]]}}
{{S-ttl | title = [[Ban of Slavonia]] | years=1372–1373}}
{{S-aft|after=[[Peter Cudar]]}}
{{S-ttl | title = [[Ban of Croatia and Dalmatia]] | years=1374–1375}}
{{S-aft|after=[[Charles III of Naples|Charles of Durazzo]]}}
{{S-ttl | title = [[Ban of Croatia and Dalmatia]] | years=1376–1380}}
{{S-aft|after=[[Emeric I Bebek|Emeric Bebek]]}}
{{S-bef|before=[[James Szepesi]]}}
{{S-ttl | title = [[Judge royal]] | years=1381–1384}}
{{S-aft|after=[[Thomas Szentgyörgyi]]}}
{{S-bef|before=[[Nicholas I Garai|Nicholas Garai]]}}
{{S-ttl | title = [[Palatine (Kingdom of Hungary)|Palatine of Hungary]] | years=1385–1386}}
{{S-aft|after=[[Stephen II Lackfi|Stephen Lackfi]]}}
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