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Bernát Csányi (soldier)
Bernát Csányi (; 1630 – 1 August 1664) was a Hungarian soldier from the old noble Csányi family. Life Bernát (III) was born in 1630 as the son of György I Csányi and his second spouse Katalin Sylvester. He had two siblings, Anna and György II (fl. 1630). Their family resided in Tótfalu (today an unpopulated area in Felsőmarác Felsőmarác is a village in Vas County, Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the e ...) in Vas County (former), Vas County, where György I built a mansion, which became a seat of the family's holdings in Vas County. György belonged to the household of the powerful aristocrat Batthyány family. The young Bernát received military training at the court of the Batthyánys in Güssing, Németújvár (today Güssing, Austria). After his father's death, Bernát Csányi inherited his estate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Csányi Family
The Csányi family or Csány was a noble family in the Kingdom of Hungary, which first appeared in the early 14th century and had estates and villages mostly in Zala County (former), Zala County. History The Csányi family originated from the notable ''gens'' Hahót (genus), Hahót. According to the fourteenth-century chronicle composition, the founder of the kindred, knight Hahold I Hahót, Hahold descended from the Counts of Orlamünde, arriving to Hungary in 1163 upon the invitation of Stephen III of Hungary, Stephen III to help to defeat the rebelled Csák (genus), Csák kindred. Hahold's great-grandson Csák I Hahót, Csák I was one of the most influential members of the kindred. He built the fort of Čakovec, Csáktornya (today Čakovec, Croatia) in the late 1250s. However Ottokar II of Bohemia then the increasing powerful Kőszegi family captured the clan's all castles in the following years, causing the Buzád branch's move into Center Zala. Csák II Hahót, Csák II settle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |