Ferenc Révay de Szklabina et Blatnicza, (1489 – 1 November 1553, Pozsony (today

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, Slovakia)) was the Palatinal Governor () in the

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, thus was ranking third to the Kings Number.

Biography

Révay was the son of László Révay and Anna Eszteleky. Ferenc Révay became the personal secretary of

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in 1521. After the

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in 1526, during the dispute over the throne, he joined Ferdinand I of the

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. Following the call of his brother, István Révay, and

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joined Ferdinand, Ferdinand seized the throne, Ferenc Révay was elected as Royal Tablemaster, and as a royal donation, he received half of the Szklabina fortress, which he took full control of in 1540. In 1532, Révay became the

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(Count; ''comes'') of

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(

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region in today's

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). He was then granted the rank of Chief Justice () and received numerous donations. He became Palatinal Governor in 1542. He was present in the

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of 1550, where he was elected as the member of the Border-Check Committee. Révay favoured science and scientists. He regularly communicated with András Gyulai and András Choron. He was an admirer of

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, and they exchanged several letters.

Sources

1489 births 1553 deaths Hungarian nobility Chief justices of Hungary

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