The House of Mikes de Zabola is a Hungarian noble family of
Székely origin from the 16th century.
Notable members
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Mihály Mikes (politician) (d. 1662),
Chancellor of Transylvania
The following is the list of chancellors of Transylvania during the Principality of Transylvania.
List of chancellors
Principality of Transylvania
Habsburg rule
The Transylvanian Court Chancellery was established in 1694, according to the ' ...
(1656–1660)
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Mihály Mikes (soldier)
Count Mihály Mikes de Zabola (? – 6 January 1721, in Csesztve) was a Hungarian landowner and aristocrat in Transylvania from the prestigious Mikes family.
He served as Captain General of Háromszék (one of the geographical regions of S ...
(d. 1721), created Baron (1693) then Count (1696), became
kuruc
Kuruc (, plural ''kurucok''), also spelled kurutz, refers to a group of armed anti-Habsburg insurgents in the Kingdom of Hungary between 1671 and 1711.
Over time, the term kuruc has come to designate Hungarians who advocate strict national ind ...
after 1703
*Kelemen Mikes (1820–1849),
Honvéd general in the
Hungarian Revolution of 1848
The Hungarian Revolution of 1848 or fully Hungarian Civic Revolution and War of Independence of 1848–1849 () was one of many European Revolutions of 1848 and was closely linked to other revolutions of 1848 in the Habsburg areas. Although th ...
, killed in the Siege of Nagyszeben (Sibiu)
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Ármin Mikes
*János Mikes (1876–1945),
Bishop of Szombathely (1911–1936)
From the Zágon branch
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Kelemen Mikes
Kelemen Mikes (1690–1761) was a Transylvanian-born Hungarian political figure and essayist, noted for his rebellious activities against the Habsburg monarchy. Mikes is referred to as the "Hungarian Goethe", made famous by his '' Letters from ...
(1690–1761), essayist, scribe of
Francis II Rákóczi
Francis II Rákóczi ( hu, II. Rákóczi Ferenc, ; 27 March 1676 – 8 April 1735) was a Hungarian nobleman and leader of Rákóczi's War of Independence against the Habsburgs in 1703–11 as the prince ( hu, fejedelem) of the Estates Confedera ...
, died in exile
Manor Houses
Bodola
Nagydebrek
Marosujvár
Szászfenes
Sepsibükszad
Uzon
Uzon (russian: Узон) is a 9 by 12 km volcanic caldera located in the eastern part of Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. Together with the Geyzernaya caldera it hosts the largest geothermal field in the Kamchatka Peninsula. The calderas were ...
Zágon
See also
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External links
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Mikes Castlewebpage (English, German, Hungarian languages)
Family history* Adventures of a Hungarian Aristocrat in Greater Romani
Mikes family,
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