Bela Rudnay

* Szenice, October 1, 1857 – † Budapest, June 14, 1932 / lawyer, police chief, family historian ; ; He completed his law studies at the University of Budapest in 1878. He then became the sub-notary of Nyitra County, in 1880 the chief clerk, in 1884 the chief accountant in Nyitra, in 1887 the chief notary of Nyitra County. In 1892 he was elected a member of parliament, in 1894 he was appointed the chief governor of Hont and Nógrád counties, in 1896 he became the chief captain of the state police in Budapest. In 1906 he was the royal commissioner of the capital under the Fejérváry government, but he retired that year. In 1910 he became a member of parliament again with a national labor party program. He mainly wrote family history studies. In 1920, he organized an armed unit in the vicinity of Léva to fight against the Czech occupation. He was captured and then deported to Hungary. ; ; His main works: ; Regulations of the Public Law Authority of Nitra County (I–III.), collected and published, 1888–1890, ; The Zsámbokréthyak, 1908, ; The Csermenyek and the criminal courts of the peasantry in the 16th and 17th centuries, 1909, ; The lawsuits of Újfalussyak and Rudnayak against the Petrőczyek 1513–1591, 1910.