Having had the crown restored to her daughter, Elizabeth immediately proceeded to reward those who had helped her, giving a castle in Jelenec to Blaise Forgach, the Master of the Cupbearers, whose blow had mortally wounded Charles.
After the death of Štefan Lučenský, his daughter Anne inherited the county and married Zsigmund Forgách.
From 1553 until the abolishment of serfdom by Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor in 1781 Hertník belonged for the most part to the Forgách (Forgáč, Forgács) family.