Count George Zápolya de Szepes ( hr, Juraj Zapolja, hu, Szapolyai György or Zápolya György, ro, Gheorghe Zápolya, sk, Juraj Zápoľský; c. 1488 – 29 August 1526) was a Hungarian magnate, son of

Palatine A palatine or palatinus (in Latin; plural ''palatini''; cf. derivative spellings below) is a high-level official attached to imperial or royal courts in Europe since Roman times.

Stephen Zápolya Stephen Zápolya ( hu, Szapolyai István; died on 23 December 1499), was Palatine of the Kingdom of Hungary between 1492 and 1499. He married Polish princess Hedwig of Cieszyn on 11 August 1483 (his second marriage), by whom he had four children ...

and younger brother of

King King is the title given to a male monarch in a variety of contexts. The female equivalent is queen, which title is also given to the consort of a king. *In the context of prehistory, antiquity and contemporary indigenous peoples, the tit ...

John I of Hungary John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second ...

(''János Zápolya''). He served as Hereditary Lord Lieutenant (Count; ''supremus et perpetuus comes'') of

Szepes County Szepes ( sk, Spiš; la, Scepusium, pl, Spisz, german: link=no, Zips) was an administrative county of the Kingdom of Hungary, called Scepusium before the late 19th century. Its territory today lies in northeastern Slovakia, with a very small are ...

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He was relegated to the political life besides his brother. He was to engaged

Elisabeth Corvinus Elisabeth Corvinus or Elisabeth Hunyadi (21 December 1496 – Gyula, Hungary, 1508) Princess of Hungary and the last surviving member of the Hungarian Royal House of Hunyadi. Life Her father was János Corvinus, an illegitimate son of King Mat ...

, the daughter of

John Corvinus John Corvinus ( Hungarian: ''Corvin János'', Croatian: ''Ivaniš Korvin'', Romanian: ''Ioan Corvin''; 2 April 1473 – 12 October 1504) was the illegitimate son of Matthias Corvinus, King of Hungary, and his mistress, Barbara Edelpöck. Biograp ...

, in 1504, but the last surviving member of the

Hunyadi family The Hunyadi family was one of the most powerful Hungarian nobility, noble families in the Kingdom of Hungary during the 15th century. A member of the family, Matthias Corvinus, was King of Hungary from 1458 until 1490, King of Bohemia (ruli ...

died in 1508. He was commander of the Hungarian Royal Army, along with

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Pál Tomori Pál Tomori (c. 1475 – 29 August 1526) was a Catholic monk and archbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary. He defeated an Ottoman army near Sremska Mitrovica ( hu, Szávaszentdemeter-Nagyolaszi) in 1523. Pál Tomori was elected commander-in-chief (join ...

, at the

Battle of Mohács The Battle of Mohács (; hu, mohácsi csata, tr, Mohaç Muharebesi or Mohaç Savaşı) was fought on 29 August 1526 near Mohács, Kingdom of Hungary, between the forces of the Kingdom of Hungary and its allies, led by Louis II, and thos ...

, where he disappeared and presumably died. Court chaplain Miklós Tatai believed that Zápolya murdered King

Louis II of Hungary Louis II ( cs, Ludvík, hr, Ludovik , hu, Lajos, sk, Ľudovít; 1 July 1506 – 29 August 1526) was King of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia from 1516 to 1526. He was killed during the Battle of Mohács fighting the Ottomans, whose victory led to ...

, who escaped from the battle, in the house of the vicar in

Dunaszekcső Dunaszekcső (german: Seetschke, ; la, Florentina, ; sh, Sečuv, , ) is a village in Baranya County, Hungary, situated on the right bank (west side) of the River Danube. The inhabitants are ethnic Hungarian, with minorities of Danube Swabians an ...

. Historians do not accept this report as credible.

Bibliography

* Károly Kiss (ed.): ''Mohács emlékezete''. Európa Könyvkiadó, Budapest 1979. 80–81. old.

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