As a reward for their military achievements, the Hungarian crown granted titles of nobility to some Romanian knezes. Many of these nobles houses, such as the Drágffy (Drăgoștești, Kendeffy (Cândești), Majláth (Mailat) or Jósika families, assimilated into the Hungarian nobility by taking on the Hungarian language and converting to Catholicism.(Romanian) László Makkai . Colonizarea Transilvaniei (p.75)Răzvan Theodorescu. E o enormitate a afirma că ne-am născut ortodocşi (article in Historia magazine)
