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Ferenc Esterházy (1533–1604)
Ferenc Esterházy de Galántha (; 1533–1604) was a Hungarian noble, who served as Ispán, Vice-ispán (Viscount; ''vicecomes'') of Pozsony County since 1579. He was the ancestor of the wealthy and prestigious House of Esterházy. His parents were Benedek Eszterhas, Benedek Zerhas de Zerhashaz (or Eszterhas), from the kindred of Salamon, and Ilona Bessenyei de Galántha. He was the first from his family who used the title of "Galántha" (''galánthai'') when he inherited the lordship of Galanta, Galánta (today: ''Galanta, Slovakia'') from his mother. Following his father's death in 1553, he built a Renaissance architecture, Renaissance-style mansion in 1600. Another, Gothic Revival architecture, Neo-Gothic castle situated in the town built by two of his sons, Dániel Esterházy (1585–1654), Dániel and Pál Esterházy (1587–1645), Pál in 1633. Ferenc participated in the Long War (Ottoman wars), 1596 campaign against the Ottoman Empire. He served in the army under commander ...
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House Of Esterházy
A house is a single-unit residential building. It may range in complexity from a rudimentary hut to a complex structure of wood, masonry, concrete or other material, outfitted with plumbing, electrical, and heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems.Schoenauer, Norbert (2000). ''6,000 Years of Housing'' (rev. ed.) (New York: W.W. Norton & Company). Houses use a range of different roofing systems to keep precipitation such as rain from getting into the dwelling space. Houses generally have doors or locks to secure the dwelling space and protect its inhabitants and contents from burglars or other trespassers. Most conventional modern houses in Western cultures will contain one or more bedrooms and bathrooms, a kitchen or cooking area, and a living room. A house may have a separate dining room, or the eating area may be integrated into the kitchen or another room. Some large houses in North America have a recreation room. In traditional agriculture-oriented soc ...
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Miklós Pálffy (1552–1600)
Nikolaus VI Graf Pálffy von Erdőd () (1 March 1657 – 20 February 1732) was a Hungarian nobleman, Imperial Field marshal and Palatine of Hungary. Early life He was the eldest son of Count Miklós IV Pálffy von Erdőd (1619–1679) and Maria Eleonora von Harrach zu Rohrau und Thannhausen (1634–1693). János Pálffy was his younger brother. Career Like his father, he pursued a military career and joined the Habsburg Army. He participated in the Battle of Vienna and the following actions, until he became commander of the Esztergom Fortress in 1687. In 1688, he participated in the campaign against the Turks under Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria and fought in the Siege of Belgrade (1688), Battle of Batočina, Battle of Niš (1689) and Battle of Slankamen. As a reward, he became ''Schlosshauptmann von Pressburg'' (Captain of Pressburg Castle) in 1694, a Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece in 1711, Palatine of Hungary in 1713 and Field Marshal General in ...
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1604 Deaths
Events January–March * January 1 – The earliest recorded performance of William Shakespeare's play ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' takes place at Hampton Court prior to the main presentation, '' The Masque of Indian and China Knights'', which is performed by courtiers of King James. * January 14 – The Hampton Court Conference is held between James I of England, the Anglican bishops and representatives of the Puritans. Work begins on the Authorized King James Version of the Bible and revision of the Book of Common Prayer. * February 14 – King James of England denounces the Roman Catholic Church after learning from one of his spies, Sir Anthony Standen, that Queen Anne has been sent a rosary from the Pope. * February 17 – King James issues an order for all Jesuits and all Roman Catholic priests to leave his kingdom by March 19. * February 24 – At Linköping in Sweden, the Riksdag declares that Sigismund, Grand Duke of Lithuania and King ...
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1533 Births
Year 1533 (Roman numerals, MDXXXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. Events January–March * January 25 – King Henry VIII of England formally but secretly marries Anne Boleyn, who becomes his second queen consort. * January 26 – Thomas Audley, 1st Baron Audley of Walden, is appointed Lord Chancellor of England. * February 4 – The Reformation Parliament is summoned into session by King Henry VIII of England, and meets until April 7. * February 8 – (15th waxing of Tabaung 894 ME) King Min Bin of Burma begins receiving tributes from the local lords of Bengal. * February 14 – By a treaty between the German city of Münster and the Holy Roman Empire, Münster is recognized as a Lutheran city. * February 18 – The order of the Clerics Regular of Saint Paul, more commonly called the Barnabites, is given papal approval by Pope Clement VII in the brief ''Vota per quae vos''. * March 30 – Thomas Cranm ...
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Géza Pálffy
Géza Pálffy (; born 9 February 1971) is a Hungarian historian, full (university) professor. He has long been active in research of the relationship between the Habsburg monarchy and Kingdom of Hungary in the 16–17th centuries. He works as a scientist both in Hungary and around the world, and has published in several languages: English, German, Slovak, Croatian, Romanian, French, Russian, Italian, Czech, Turkish and Hungarian. Biography and career He took M. A. degrees at the Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), Faculty of Arts in History (1994) and archival studies in 1995. During his academic years he also learned Turcology and Slavistics because he was interested in the history of Ottoman Empire, and its relations with Kingdom of Hungary. He has been working at the Institute of History of Research Centre for the Humanities of Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest since his graduation. In 1999 he completed his PhD degree in History and then was awarded Doctor of Scie ...
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Zólyom County
Zvolen (; ; ) is a city in central Slovakia, situated on the confluence of Hron and Slatina River (Slovakia), Slatina rivers. It is famous for several historical and cultural attractions. It is surrounded by Poľana Protected Landscape Area, Poľana mountain from the East, by Kremnica Mountains, Kremnické vrchy from the West and by Javorie and Štiavnica Mountains, Štiavnické vrchy from the South. The population numbers approximately 40,000, which makes it the twelfth-largest city in Slovakia by population, thirteenth by size. It is the center of the Podpoľanie historical region and the seat of a county (Zvolen District). It is also an important transportation hub in Slovakia, being one of the four central train stations in Slovakia (others are Bratislava, Košice and Žilina). Etymology The name is of Slovak language, Slovak (Slavic) origin meaning "the chosen one, splendid, excellent". The Hungarian language, Hungarian ' and the German language, German ' were derived from ...
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Manor In Galanta (Galánta)
Manor may refer to: Land ownership *Manorialism or "manor system", the method of land ownership (or "tenure") in parts of medieval Europe, notably England *Lord of the manor, the owner of an agreed area of land (or "manor") under manorialism *Manor house, the main residence of the lord of the manor *Estate (land), the land (and buildings) that belong to large house, synonymous with the modern understanding of a manor. *Manor (in Colonial America), a form of tenure restricted to certain Proprietary colonies *Manor (in 17th-century Canada), the land tenure unit under the Seigneurial system of New France * In modern British colloquialism, the territory of a criminal gang Places * Manor railway station, a former railway station in Victoria, Australia * Manor, Saskatchewan, Canada * Manorcunningham, County Donegal, Ireland, a village, known locally as 'Manor' * Manor, India, a census town in Palghar District, Maharashtra * The Manor, a luxury neighborhood in Western Hanoi, Vietna ...
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Turóc County
Turóc (Hungarian language, Hungarian, historically also spelled ''Túrócz''), , /''comitatus Thurociensis'', ) was an administrative county (Comitatus (Kingdom of Hungary), comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now in north-western Slovakia, where the corresponding Slovak name Turiec is only an informal designation of the corresponding territory. Geography Turóc county shared borders with the counties of Nyitra County, Nyitra, Trencsén County, Trencsén, Árva County, Árva, Liptó County, Liptó, Zólyom County, Zólyom and Bars County, Bars, situated between the Malá Fatra, Lesser Fatra (Kis-Fátra) and Veľká Fatra, Greater Fatra (Nagy-Fátra) Mountains. The river Turiec River (Váh), Turóc flowed through the county. Its area was 1123 km2 around 1910. Capitals The capitals of the Turóc county were the Sklabiňa, Szklabinya Castle and Turócszentmárton (present-day Martin, Slovakia, Martin; Slovak name until 1950: ''Turčiansky Svätý Martin'') ...
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Tamás Esterházy (1570–1616)
Tamás Esterházy de Galántha (8 May 1570 – 1616) was a Hungarian noble, son of Vice-ispán (Viscount; ''vicecomes'') of Pozsony County Ferenc Esterházy. One of his brothers was Nikolaus, Count Esterházy who served as Palatine of Hungary. He studied at the University of Wittenberg since 3 October 1589 where he converted to Calvinism. He translated one of his teacher, Aegidius Hunnius's works into Hungarian. Cardinal Péter Pázmány, a key member and initiator of the Hungarian counter-Reformation condemned Esterházy's work and called Hunnius' publication as "evil". Tamás Esterházy died in 1616 at Galántha, ancient estate of the House of Esterházy. Works * ''Az Igaz Aniaszentegyhazrol, es ennec feieről az Christvsrol. Ismeg az Romai Anyaszent egyházról es ennec feieről, az Romai Paprol valo Articulus… Irattatott Aegidius Hunnius, az Szent irasnac Doctora és Professora altal…'' Sárvár Sárvár ( or ; ; ) is a town in Vas County, Hungary. Sárvár lies ...
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István Illésházy
Count of Illésháza (formerly Baron) István Illésházy (March 1541 - Vienna, May 5, 1609) was a Protestant nobleman, chieftain, palatine of Hungary between 1608 and 1609. Life The Illésházy family of the noble houses of Illésházy. His father's illeshazai Tamás Illésházy, the deputy lord of Pozsony county, his mother, the noble Zsófia Földes. His father's first wife was a descendant of the ancient prestigious Cséb Pogány family, Anna Csogány Pogány. He was born the fifth child in the family. He studied in Pozsony Then he became the correspondent clerk of the judge and warlord Miklós Pálffy, with whom he also served as a soldier. In 1572 he married second wife, the widow of István Derzsi Szerdahelyi, Anna, the daughter of Péter Erdődy, a Croatian ban. From 1573 he was deputy lord of Pozsony County. In 1577 he was appointed councilor of the Hungarian Royal Chamber. After the death of his second wife, in 1580 he married Kata Pálffy, the widow of the rich ...
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Palatine Of Hungary
The Palatine of Hungary ( or , , ) was the highest-ranking office in the Kingdom of Hungary from the beginning of the 11th century to 1848. Initially, Palatines were representatives of the monarchs, later (from 1723) the vice-regent (viceroy). In the early centuries of the kingdom, they were appointed by the king, and later (from 1608) were elected by the Diet of the Kingdom of Hungary. A Palatine's jurisdiction included only Hungary proper, in the Kingdom of Croatia until 1918 the ban held similar function as the highest office in the Kingdom (after the king himself), monarch's representative, commander of the royal army and viceroy (after the union of Croatia, Slavonia and Dalmatia with Hungary in 1102). Title The earliest recorded Medieval Latin form of the title was ''comes palatii'' ("count of the palace"); it was preserved in the deed of foundation of the Tihany Abbey, issued in 1055. A new variant ''(comes palatinus)'' came into use in the second half of t ...
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Battle Of Keresztes
The Battle of Keresztes (also known as the Battle of Mezőkeresztes) () took place on 24–26 October 1596. It was fought between a combined Habsburg monarchy, Habsburg-Principality of Transylvania (1571–1711), Transylvanian force and the Ottoman Empire near the village of Mezőkeresztes () in modern-day northern Hungary. The Ottomans routed the Habsburg-led army but due to their own losses were unable to Pyrrhic victory, exploit their victory. Background On 23 June 1596, the Ottoman army marched from Istanbul, Constantinopole. Commanded by Sultan Mehmed III, the army marched through Edirne, Filibe (now known as Plovdiv), Sofia, and Niš to arrive at Belgrade on 9 August. On 20 August, the army crossed the Sava, River Sava by bridge and entered the Archduchy of Austria, Austrian territory of Siren. A war council was called at Slankamen Castle, and it was decided that they would begin a Siege of Eger (1596), siege on the Hungarian fort of Eger (Erlau). The fort controlled the ...
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