János Szalárdi (23 July 1601 – 27 September 1666) was a
Hungarian historian in the
Principality of Transylvania.
He was appointed one of the conservators of the Transylvanian Archives in
Gyulafehérvár (today: ''Alba Iulia, Romania''). He served as Secretary of the Chancellery (1644–1649) during the reign of
George I Rákóczi when the position of
Chancellor
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was vacant since 1634, the death of
István Kovacsóczy. Later he was appointed Secretary for
Prince of Transylvania. He participated in the
Transylvanian Diet of 1666 which commissioned him to collection of taxes of the
Partium,
Kolozs,
Doboka and
Inner Szolnok Counties. Szalárdi died in
Fogaras (today: ''Făgăraș, Romania'').
Works
* ''The Nine Books of Chronicle Lamentations'' (edited after manuspricts by
Zsigmond Kemény in
Pest
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, 1853). Excellent reference work for the
history of Transylvania after
George II Rákóczi's unfortunate campaign of 1657.
Sources
Hungarian Biographical Lexikon
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1601 births
1666 deaths
17th-century Hungarian historians