[genus] Smaragd (Smaragdus) or Zsámbéki was the name of a gens (Latin for `clan`; nemzetség in Hungarian) in the Kingdom of Hungary. The ancestor of the clan was a French knight calling himself at that time `Ainordi (Aynard) de Champagne`, who settled down in Hungary around 1186 during the reign of Bela III of Hungary and received use of... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smaragd_(genus)