Imre Sulyok de Lekcse et Alsószopor (? – 25 January 1578) was a Hungarian politician in the Principality of Transylvania, who served as

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from 1576 until his death.

Biography

Sulyok was born into a Sulyok ''gens'' (clan) of

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. His parents were István Sulyok and Klára Kende. He married Borbála Keresztúry, whom he had a son and a daughter. He studied at the

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between 1562 and 1563. He served as a clerk for

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Christopher Báthory Christopher Báthory ( hu, Báthory Kristóf; 1530 – 27 May 1581) was voivode of Transylvania from 1576 to 1581. He was a younger son of Stephen Báthory of Somlyó. Christopher's career began during the reign of Queen Isabella Jagiellon, who ...

's Chancellery in 1567. He functioned as Master of Judgement from 1572 to 1574.

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Stephen Báthory Stephen Báthory ( hu, Báthory István; pl, Stefan Batory; ; 27 September 1533 – 12 December 1586) was Voivode of Transylvania (1571–1576), Prince of Transylvania (1576–1586), King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1576–1586) ...

sent Sulyok as his envoy to

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in the court of

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to thank the monarch's intervention in the promoting peace between the Prince and

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. Sulyok went to

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in 1575 and visited the

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to urge them to offer the

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for Prince Báthory. He participated in the reorganizing of the

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of the

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in that same year. Imre Sulyok was appointed Chancellor of Transylvania in the next year, replacing Ferenc Forgách, when Stephen Báthory became King of Poland and his younger brother, Christopher ruled the county as voivode. Sulyok had estates in

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. He died in office on 25 January 1578. He was succeeded by

Farkas Kovacsóczy Farkas Kovacsóczy de Körtvélyfa (c. 1540 – 11 September 1594)Markó 2006, p. 113. was a Hungarian noble in the Principality of Transylvania, who served as Chancellor of Transylvania from Summer 1578 to 28 August 1594. His son, István ...

(for voivode Christopher in Transylvania) and Márton Berzeviczy (for Stephen Báthory in Poland).

References

* Lehoczky, Tivadar: Adatok a Sulyok család történetéhez. Turul, 1886. * Markó, László: A magyar állam főméltóságai Szent Istvántól napjainkig - Életrajzi Lexikon ''p. 124.'' ''(The High Officers of the Hungarian State from Saint Stephen to the Present Days - A Biographical Encyclopedia)'' (2nd edition); Helikon Kiadó Kft., 2006, Budapest; . * Trócsányi, Zsolt: Erdély központi kormányzata 1540–1690. Budapest, Akadémiai Kiadó, 1980. pp. 181–183., p. 357. {{DEFAULTSORT:Sulyok Imre Year of birth unknown 1578 deaths Chancellors of Transylvania