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Ferenc Esterházy (1533–1604)
Ferenc Esterházy de Galántha ( en, Francis Esterházy of Galántha; 1533–1604) was a Hungarian noble, who served as Vice-ispán (Viscount; ''vicecomes'') of Pozsony County since 1579. He was the ancestor of the wealthy and prestigious House of Esterházy. His parents were Benedek Zerhas de Zerhashaz (or Eszterhas), from the kindred of Salamon, and Ilona Bessenyei de Galántha. He was the first from his family who used the title of "Galántha" (''galánthai'') when he inherited the lordship of Galánta (today: ''Galanta, Slovakia'') from his mother. Following his father's death in 1553, he built a Renaissance-style mansion in 1600. Another, Neo-Gothic castle situated in the town built by two of his sons, Dániel and Pál in 1633. Ferenc participated in the 1596 campaign against the Ottoman Empire. He served in the army under commander Count Miklós Pálffy. His son, István was killed in the Battle of Keresztes on 26 October 1596. Family Ferenc Esterházy married to Zs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Esterházy
A house is a single-unit residential building. It may range in complexity from a rudimentary hut to a complex structure of wood, masonry, concrete or other material, outfitted with plumbing, electrical, and heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems.Schoenauer, Norbert (2000). ''6,000 Years of Housing'' (rev. ed.) (New York: W.W. Norton & Company). Houses use a range of different roofing systems to keep precipitation such as rain from getting into the dwelling space. Houses may have doors or locks to secure the dwelling space and protect its inhabitants and contents from burglars or other trespassers. Most conventional modern houses in Western cultures will contain one or more bedrooms and bathrooms, a kitchen or cooking area, and a living room. A house may have a separate dining room, or the eating area may be integrated into another room. Some large houses in North America have a recreation room. In traditional agriculture-oriented societies, domestic animals such ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miklós Pálffy (1552–1600)
Nikolaus VI Graf Pálffy von Erdőd ( hu, VI. gróf erdődi Pálffy Miklós) (1 March 1657 – 20 February 1732) was a Hungarian nobleman, Imperial Field marshal and Palatine of Hungary. Early life He was the eldest son of Count Miklós IV Pálffy von Erdőd (1619–1679) and Maria Eleonora von Harrach zu Rohrau und Thannhausen (1634–1693). János Pálffy was his younger brother. Career Like his father, he pursued a military career and joined the Habsburg Army. He participated in the Battle of Vienna and the following actions, until he became commander of the Esztergom Fortress in 1687. In 1688, he participated in the campaign against the Turks under Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria and fought in the Siege of Belgrade (1688), Battle of Batočina, Battle of Niš (1689) and Battle of Slankamen. As a reward, he became ''Schlosshauptmann von Pressburg'' (Captain of Pressburg Castle) in 1694, a Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece in 1711, Palatine of Hunga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1604 Deaths
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1533 Births
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Géza Pálffy
Géza Pálffy (; born 9 February 1971) is a Hungarian historian, full (university) professor. He has long been active in research of the relationship between the Habsburg monarchy and Kingdom of Hungary in the 16–17th centuries. He works as a scientist both in Hungary and around the world, and has published in several languages: English, German, Slovak, Croatian, Romanian, French, Russian, Italian, Czech, Turkish and Hungarian. Biography and career He took M. A. degrees at the Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), Faculty of Arts in History (1994) and archival studies in 1995. During his academic years he also learned Turcology and Slavistics because he was interested in the history of Ottoman Empire, and its relations with Kingdom of Hungary. He has been working at the Institute of History of Research Centre for the Humanities of Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest since his graduation. In 1999 he completed his PhD degree in History and then was awarded Doctor of S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zólyom County
Zólyom county (in Latin: ''comitatus Zoliensis'', in Hungarian ''Zólyom (vár)megye'', in Slovak ''Zvolenský komitát/ Zvolenská stolica/ Zvolenská župa'', in German ''Sohler Gespanschaft/Komitat Sohl'') was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now in central Slovakia. Geography Zólyom county shared borders with the counties of Bars, Turóc, Liptó, Gömör-Kishont, Nógrád and Hont. The county's territory was situated along the central Garam river, approximately between (excluding) Korpona and (including) Breznóbánya. Its area was 2634 km2 around 1910. The county was characterised by extensive mining activities. Capitals The capital of the county was the castle of Pusztavár near Zólyom, then from the late 15th century the Zvolen Castle ( hu, Zólyomi vár) and from the 1760s the town of Besztercebánya. History Zólyom county arose as a Hungarian comitatus in the 14th century, when most parts of the terri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manor In Galanta (Galánta)
Manor may refer to: Land ownership *Manorialism or "manor system", the method of land ownership (or "tenure") in parts of medieval Europe, notably England *Lord of the manor, the owner of an agreed area of land (or "manor") under manorialism *Manor house, the main residence of the lord of the manor *Estate (land), the land (and buildings) that belong to large house, synonymous with the modern understanding of a manor. *Manor (in Colonial America), a form of tenure restricted to certain Proprietary colonies *Manor (in 17th-century Canada), the land tenure unit under the Seigneurial system of New France Places * Manor railway station, a former railway station in Victoria, Australia * Manor, Saskatchewan, Canada * Manor, India, a census town in Palghar District, Maharashtra * The Manor, a luxury neighborhood in Western Hanoi, Vietnam United Kingdom * Manor (Sefton ward), a municipal borough of Sefton ward, Merseyside, England * Manor, Scottish Borders, a parish in Peeblesshire, S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turóc County
Turóc ( Hungarian, historically also spelled ''Túrócz''), , /''comitatus Thurociensis'', ) was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now in north-western Slovakia, where the corresponding Slovak name Turiec is only an informal designation of the corresponding territory. Geography Turóc county shared borders with the counties of Nyitra, Trencsén, Árva, Liptó, Zólyom and Bars, situated between the Lesser Fatra (Kis-Fátra) and Greater Fatra (Nagy-Fátra) Mountains. The river Turóc flowed through the county. Its area was 1123 km² around 1910. Capitals The capitals of the Turóc county were the Szklabinya Castle and Turócszentmárton (present-day Martin; Slovak name until 1950: ''Turčiansky Svätý Martin''); from 1772 only Turócszentmárton was the capital. History Turóc county as a Hungarian ''comitatus'' arose in the 14th century. In the aftermath of World War I, the area of the now defunct Turóc county bec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamás Esterházy (1570–1616)
Tamás Esterházy de Galántha (8 May 1570 – 1616) was a Hungarian noble, son of Vice-ispán (Viscount; ''vicecomes'') of Pozsony County Ferenc Esterházy. One of his brothers was Nikolaus, Count Esterházy who served as Palatine of Hungary. He studied at the University of Wittenberg since 3 October 1589 where he converted to Calvinism. He translated one of his teacher, Aegidius Hunnius's works into Hungarian. Cardinal Péter Pázmány, a key member and initiator of the Hungarian counter-Reformation condemned Esterházy's work and called Hunnius' publication as "evil". Tamás Esterházy died in 1616 at Galántha, ancient estate of the House of Esterházy. Works * ''Az Igaz Aniaszentegyhazrol, es ennec feieről az Christvsrol. Ismeg az Romai Anyaszent egyházról es ennec feieről, az Romai Paprol valo Articulus… Irattatott Aegidius Hunnius, az Szent irasnac Doctora és Professora altal…'' Sárvár Sárvár (german: Kotenburg or ; la, Bassiana; sl, Mala Sela) is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
István Illésházy
Count of Illésháza (formerly Baron) István Illésházy (March 1541 - Vienna, May 5, 1609) was a Protestant nobleman, chieftain, palatine of Hungary between 1608 and 1609. Life The Illésházy family of the noble houses of Illésházy. His father's illeshazai Tamás Illésházy, the deputy lord of Pozsony county, his mother, the noble Zsófia Földes. His father's first wife was a descendant of the ancient prestigious Cséb Pogány family, Anna Csogány Pogány. He was born the fifth child in the family. He studied in Pozsony Then he became the correspondent clerk of the judge and warlord Miklós Pálffy, with whom he also served as a soldier. In 1572 he married second wife, the widow of István Derzsi Szerdahelyi, Anna, the daughter of Péter Erdődy, a Croatian ban. From 1573 he was deputy lord of Pozsony County. In 1577 he was appointed councilor of the Hungarian Royal Chamber. After the death of his second wife, in 1580 he married Kata Pálffy, the widow of the rich ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palatine Of Hungary
The Palatine of Hungary ( hu, nádor or , german: Landespalatin, la, palatinus regni Hungariae) was the highest-ranking office in the Kingdom of Hungary from the beginning of the 11th century to 1848. Initially, Palatines were representatives of the King of Hungary, monarchs, later (from 1723) the vice-regent (viceroy). In the early centuries of the kingdom, they were appointed by the king, and later (from 1608) were elected by the Diet (assembly), Diet of the Kingdom of Hungary. A Palatine's jurisdiction included only Hungary proper, in the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, Kingdom of Croatia until 1918 the Ban of Croatia, ban held similar function as the highest office in the Kingdom (after the king himself), monarch's representative, commander of the royal army and viceroy (after the Croatia in union with Hungary, union of Croatia, Slavonia and Dalmatia with Hungary in 1102). Title The earliest recorded Medieval Latin form of the title was ''comes palatii'' ("count of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Keresztes
), Hungary , result = Ottoman victory, , combatant1 = Ottoman Empire , combatant2 = Transylvania Kingdom of Hungary Walloon and French mercenariesSerbian hajduks Cossacks BohemiansPolish cavalry , commander1 = , commander2 = Maximilian III Sigismund Báthory , strength1 = 80,000–100,000 men100 cannons , strength2 = 40,000–50,000 men30–300 cannons ---- 14,000 13,000 light cavalry 10,0003,000 reiters , casualties1 = unknown , casualties2 = unknown , conflict = Battle of Keresztes The Battle of Keresztes (also known as the Battle of Mezőkeresztes) ( tr, Haçova Muharebesi) took place on 24–26 October 1596. It was fought between a combined Habsburg-Transylvanian force and the Ottoman Empire near the village of Mezőkeresztes ( tr, Haçova) in modern-day northern Hungary. The Ottomans routed the Habsburg-led army but Ottoman casualties were too high for them to pursue. Background ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
