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Csesznek
Csesznek (; german: Zeßnegg, hr, Česneg, sk, Česnek) is a village in Zirc District Zirc ( hu, Zirci járás) is a district in north-eastern part of Veszprém County. ''Zirc'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Central Transdanubia Statistical Region. Geography Zirc D ..., Veszprém (county), Veszprém county, Hungary. The village is known for its medieval castle. Etymology The name comes from Slavic languages, Slavic ''čestnik'' – a privileged person, an office bearer, nowadays also an elder family member at the wedding. History The medieval castle of Csesznek was built around 1263 by the Jakab Cseszneky who was the Swordbearer (ceremonial), swordbearer of the King Béla IV. He and his descendants have been named after the castle Cseszneky (surname), Cseszneky. Between 1326 and 1392 it was a royal castle, when Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor, King Sigismund offered it to the House of Garai in lieu of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cseszneky (surname)
Cseszneky is a surname of Hungarian origin. Notable people * Benedek Cseszneky, office holder, diplomat * György Cseszneky, castellan of Tata and Győr * Gyula Cseszneky (1914-ca 1970) poet, translator, Macedonian Voivode * Imre Cseszneky, agriculturalist, horse breeder * Jakab Cseszneky, royal swordbearer, lord of Trencsén Castle, builder of Csesznek Castle * János Cseszneky, infantry commander, castellan of Győr * Mátyás Cseszneky, cavalry commander * Mihály Cseszneky, vice-castellan of Várpalota * Mihály Cseszneky de Milvány (1910–1975), industrialist See also * Csesznek Csesznek (; german: Zeßnegg, hr, Česneg, sk, Česnek) is a village in Zirc District Zirc ( hu, Zirci járás) is a district in north-eastern part of Veszprém County. ''Zirc'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. Th ... {{DEFAULTSORT:Cseszneky (surname) Surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cseszneky
Cseszneky is a surname of Hungarian origin. Notable people * Benedek Cseszneky, office holder, diplomat * György Cseszneky, castellan of Tata and Győr * Gyula Cseszneky (1914-ca 1970) poet, translator, Macedonian Voivode * Imre Cseszneky, agriculturalist, horse breeder * Jakab Cseszneky, royal swordbearer, lord of Trencsén Castle, builder of Csesznek Castle * János Cseszneky, infantry commander, castellan of Győr * Mátyás Cseszneky, cavalry commander * Mihály Cseszneky, vice-castellan of Várpalota * Mihály Cseszneky de Milvány (1910–1975), industrialist See also * Csesznek Csesznek (; german: Zeßnegg, hr, Česneg, sk, Česnek) is a village in Zirc District Zirc ( hu, Zirci járás) is a district in north-eastern part of Veszprém County. ''Zirc'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. Th ... {{DEFAULTSORT:Cseszneky (surname) Surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jakab Cseszneky
Jakab Cseszneky de Csesznek et Visk was a Hungarian aristocrat and first Lord of Csesznek in the 13th century. Jakab was the son of ''Mihály'', member of the clan Bána, and equerry of Andrew II of Hungary. He became the swordbearer of the King Béla IV and held also the title Count of Trencsén. About 1263 he constructed the famous gothic Castle of Csesznek in the Bakony mountains. Jakab Cseszneky and his descendants have been called after the castle: Cseszneky. His wife was the daughter of Mark I, member of the clan Csák. His sons, Miklós, Lőrinc, Szomor and Mihály were important supporters of the Kings Ladislaus IV of Hungary and Charles I of Hungary and fought bravely against Máté Csák III Mate may refer to: Science * Mate, one of a pair of animals involved in: ** Mate choice, intersexual selection ** Mating * Multi-antimicrobial extrusion protein, or MATE, an efflux transporter family of proteins Person or title * Friendship * ..., the powerful Hungarian fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lőrinc Wathay
Lőrinc Wathay (? - 1573) was a Hungarian nobleman and castellan of Csesznek. He served as a military officer in Kassa and Transylvania and after Bálint Török was captured by the Ottomans The Ottoman Turks ( tr, Osmanlı Türkleri), were the Turkic founding and sociopolitically the most dominant ethnic group of the Ottoman Empire ( 1299/1302–1922). Reliable information about the early history of Ottoman Turks remains scarce, ..., King Ferdinand I appointed him castellan of Csesznek. Wathay fortified the castle and strengthened the guard, thus he was able to repel the Turkish siege in 1561. He died in an accident in 1573, when an old cannon exploded in the castle. His wife was Klára Csabi, and their son Ferenc Wathay was also a famous commander and author of the ''Songbook of Ferenc Wathay''. Sources The statue of Lőrinc WathayGeocaching: CsesznekBethlen Gábor Hagyományőrség Hungarian soldiers Hungarian nobility 1573 deaths Year of birth unknown {{Hun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dániel Esterházy (1585–1654)
Baron Dániel Esterházy de Galántha (26 July 1585 – 14 June 1654) was a Hungarian noble, son of Ispán, Vice-ispán (Viscount; ''vicecomes'') of Pozsony County Ferenc Esterházy (1533–1604), Ferenc Esterházy. He was the founder of the ''Csesznek branch'' of the House of Esterházy. His brother was, among others, Nikolaus, Count Esterházy who served as Palatine of Hungary. Life He participated in Stephen Bocskay, Bocskay's War of Independence at the age of twenty. Later, he was a supporter of Gabriel Bethlen, Prince of Transylvania. As a result, he had a conflict with his brother, Nikolaus (Miklós). However Bethlen imprisoned him because of his sympathy for Palatine György Thurzó's royalist party. Dániel escaped from the prison. Dániel was created Baron in 1613. In 1635, King of Hungary, King Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor, Ferdinand II gave him the castle of Csesznek which was then a stronghold of Győr (Raab). Baron Dániel founded the ''Csesznek branch''. Family ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Garai
Garai or Garay ( hr, Gorjanski) were a Hungarian-Croatian noble family, a branch of the Dorozsma (Durusma) clan, with notable members in the 14th and 15th centuries. They were lords of Csesznek. Origin The family was descended from the Dorozsma kindred. Béla, Duke of Slavonia, granted the eponymous domain of Gara in Valkó County (now Gorjani in Croatia) to ''Comes'' John and his brother, Stephen, in 1269. The charter of grant mentioned that Stephen was the duke's swordbearer. Stephen's sons, Andrew and Paul, were the ancestors of the two branches of the family. Andrew, the founder of the "Palatine" branch, did not hold offices. He married an unnamed daughter of Ladislaus Nevnai and Yolanda Kórógyi. Nevnai held estates in Valkó and Pozsega Counties. Andrew fathered two sons, Nicholas and Paul, but the latter died young. Their maternal grandmother bequeathed her estates in Baranya County to them. Andrew's brother, Paul, founded the "Bánfi" branch of the family. Notable m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bálint Török
Bálint Török de Enying (25 September 1502 in Szigetvár – 1551 in Istanbul) was a Hungarian aristocrat, Ban of Nándorfehérvár (Belgrade), and between 1527–1542 the Lord of Csesznek Csesznek (; german: Zeßnegg, hr, Česneg, sk, Česnek) is a village in Zirc District Zirc ( hu, Zirci járás) is a district in north-eastern part of Veszprém County. ''Zirc'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. Th .... Sources *Bessenyei József: ''A Héttorony foglya'' *(MTA) ''Magyarország történeti kronológiája'' (II. kötet) *Bethlen Farkas: ''Erdély története'' *Nagy Iván: ''Magyarország családai czímerekkel és nemzedékrendi táblákkal'' *Hóman Bálint-Szekfű Gyula: ''Magyar történet'' (III. kötet) Hungarian nobility Voivodes of Transylvania 1502 births 1551 deaths Eastern Hungarian Kingdom {{hungary-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zirc District
Zirc ( hu, Zirci járás) is a district in north-eastern part of Veszprém County. ''Zirc'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Central Transdanubia Statistical Region. Geography Zirc District borders with Pannonhalma District ''(Győr-Moson-Sopron County)'' and Kisbér District ''(Komárom-Esztergom County)'' to the north, Mór District ''(Fejér County)'' and Várpalota District to the east, Veszprém District to the south, Pápa District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Zirc District is 15. Municipalities The district has 1 town and 14 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013) The bolded municipality is city. See also *List of cities and towns in Hungary Hungary has 3,152 municipalities as of July 15, 2013: 346 towns (Hungarian term: ''város'', plural: ''városok''; the terminology doesn't distinguish between cities and towns – the term town is used in official translations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen II Csák
Stephen (II) from the kindred Csák ( hu, Csák nembeli (II.) István; d. 1307/09)Zsoldos 2011, p. 311. was a Hungarian noble who served as Wildgrave of Bakony in 1280.Zsoldos 2011, p. 129. Biography He was born into the Trencsén branch of the ''gens'' Csák as the second son of Mark I. He had a brother Peter II and two sisters, including Maria, the wife of Ivánka Hont-Pázmány. His cousin was the oligarch Matthew III. Stephen had four children: Mark II; Peter III, who functioned as master of the horse between 1314 and 1317; Stephen III and a daughter, who married Roland III Rátót, son of palatine Roland II Rátót.Engel: ''Genealógia'' (Genus Csák 6., Trencsén branch 1.) Stephen and his descendants remained landowners near the ancient estate of the genus, Csákvár, while his cousins, Matthew III and Csák acquired possessions in the north-western counties of the Kingdom of Hungary, where later Matthew III, as the most powerful oligarch, ruled ''de facto'' indepe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sándor Simonyi-Semadam
Sándor Simonyi-Semadam (23 March 1864 – 4 June 1946) was a Hungarian politician who served as prime minister for a few months in 1920. He signed the Treaty of Trianon after World War I on 4 June 1920. By this treaty, Hungary lost a considerable part of its territory. Simonyi was a member of the Hungarian-Nippon Society, a society for creating cultural links between Japan and Hungary. On 4 June 1946, Simonyi-Semadam died at his home in Budapest. References Simonyi-Semadam Sándor – Sulinet.hu* Magyar életrajzi lexikon See also *Simonyi Simonyi is a surname of Hungarian origin, and may refer to the following prominent figures who bear that name: * András Simonyi, Hungarian ambassador to the United States * André Simonyi, Hungarian-French former football player * Charles Simonyi ... 1864 births 1946 deaths People from Veszprém County Prime Ministers of Hungary Hungarian Interior Ministers Foreign ministers of Hungary Burials at Farkasréti Cemete ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthias Corvinus
Matthias Corvinus, also called Matthias I ( hu, Hunyadi Mátyás, ro, Matia/Matei Corvin, hr, Matija/Matijaš Korvin, sk, Matej Korvín, cz, Matyáš Korvín; ), was King of Hungary and Croatia from 1458 to 1490. After conducting several military campaigns, he was elected King of Bohemia in 1469 and adopted the title Duke of Austria in 1487. He was the son of John Hunyadi, Regent of Hungary, who died in 1456. In 1457, Matthias was imprisoned along with his older brother, Ladislaus Hunyadi, on the orders of King Ladislaus the Posthumous. Ladislaus Hunyadi was executed, causing a rebellion that forced King Ladislaus to flee Hungary. After the King died unexpectedly, Matthias's uncle Michael Szilágyi persuaded the Estates to unanimously proclaim the 14-year-old Matthias as king on 24 January 1458. He began his rule under his uncle's guardianship, but he took effective control of government within two weeks. As king, Matthias waged wars against the Czech mercenaries who domina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ottomans
The Ottoman Turks ( tr, Osmanlı Türkleri), were the Turkic founding and sociopolitically the most dominant ethnic group of the Ottoman Empire ( 1299/1302–1922). Reliable information about the early history of Ottoman Turks remains scarce, but they take their Turkish name, ''Osmanlı'' ("Osman" became altered in some European languages as "Ottoman"), from the house of Osman I (reigned 1299–1326), the founder of the House of Osman, the ruling dynasty of the Ottoman Empire for its entire 624 years. Expanding from its base in Söğüt, the Ottoman principality began incorporating other Turkish-speaking Muslims and non-Turkish Christians. Crossing into Europe from the 1350s, coming to dominate the Mediterranean Sea and, in 1453, invading Constantinople (the capital city of the Byzantine Empire), the Ottoman Turks blocked all major land routes between Asia and Europe. Western Europeans had to find other ways to trade with the East. Brief history The "Ottomans" first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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