István Kovacsóczy de Körtvélyfa (? – October 1634)
[Markó 2006, p. 113.] was a
Hungarian noble in the
Principality of Transylvania, who served as
Chancellor of Transylvania from 1622 to 1634. His father
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 ...
, also a Chancellor (1578–1594), was executed by
Sigismund Báthory in 1594.
Biography
His mother was his father's first wife Kata Farkas de Harina. He had two brothers and two sisters. He married Zsófia Telegdi (died 1637). They had no children. During his early career, he served as familiar of
Prince
A prince is a male ruler (ranked below a king, grand prince, and grand duke) or a male member of a monarch's or former monarch's family. ''Prince'' is also a title of nobility (often highest), often hereditary, in some European states. Th ...
Gabriel Bethlen. He functioned as Secretary in the Transylvanian Chancellery between 1616 and 1622. After the arrest of
Simon Péchi in 1621, he dealt with the daily internal political issues when the seat of the Chancellor was vacant. Finally, he was appointed Chancellor in 1622. He held the office until his death, he served under four Princes of Transylvania. He was also a member of the Royal Council.
He was the signatory of the Treaty of Vienna (1624) in the name of the Prince, which renewed the
Peace of Nikolsburg
The Peace of Nikolsburg or Peace of Mikulov, signed on 31 December 1621 in Nikolsburg, Moravia (now Mikulov in the Czech Republic), was the treaty which ended the war between Prince Gabriel Bethlen of Transylvania and Emperor Ferdinand II of the ...
. He also served as Captain General of
Háromszék (since 1625) and as
Ispán (Count; ''comes'') of
Torda County Torda County (german: Komitat Torda,Fallenbüchl 1994, p. 153. hu, Torda vármegye, la, comitatus Thordensis) was a county in Transylvania between the 11th century and 1876.
History
Kingdom of Hungary
Counties (districts formed around royal for ...
(since 1627) until his death. He was the last male member of the Kovacsóczy de Körtvélyfa family.
References
Sources
* Markó, László: A magyar állam főméltóságai Szent Istvántól napjainkig – Életrajzi Lexikon ''pp. 113-114.'' ''(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.
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1634 deaths
Hungarian politicians
Hungarian nobility
Chancellors of Transylvania
Year of birth unknown