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Plavecký Castle
Plavecký Castle (, ) is a ruined medieval castle in the municipality of Plavecké Podhradie in the Bratislava region of south-west Slovakia. It is located on the western foothills of the Little Carpathians. History Most likely the building of the castle was an initiative of king Béla IV of Hungary. It was built shortly after the middle of the 13th century as a castle on the frontier of the Kingdom of Hungary. The castle was first mentioned in relation to the Hungarian-Czech wars in documents of Ladislaus IV of Hungary. In 1273, one of the battles against the Czech king Ottokar II of Bohemia took place right below the Plavecký castle. The oligarch, Matthew III Csák seized the castle at the end of the 13th century. A century later, in 1394, Sigismund of Luxembourg donated the castle to his loyal duke Stibor of Stiboricz. When the male line of the Stiboricz family died out, the Plavec estate came into the hands of other landlords. In 1438, these were the count Szentgyörg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plavecké Podhradie
Plavecké Podhradie () is a village and municipality in western Slovakia in the Malacky District in the Bratislava region. History In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1247 AD. Geography The village lies at an altitude of 256 metres and covers an area of 21.188 km². Population On 31 December 2011, it had a population of 686 people.http://portal.statistics.sk/files/Sekcie/sek_600/Demografia/Obyvatelstvo/tabulky/pocet_obyvatelov/2011/poc_obyv_2011_n.zip Štatistický úrad Slovenskej republiky – 31. december 2011 (ZIP 128,1 kB) Infrastructure Plavecké Podhradie lies on the street from Lozorno and Jablonica. It can be reached by train from Zohor, seasonally also by trains starting in Záhorská Ves on the border to Austria. Sights The Plavecky Castle and few caves in the Little Carpathians are located nearby. There is also old Celtic oppidum, renaissance chateau of Pállfy family and ruins of medieval monastery. Plavecky castle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Szentgyörgyi
The Szentgyörgyi, also Szentgyörgyi és Bazini, was a noble family of the Kingdom of Hungary in the 13th to 16th centuries. The ancestor of the family, Thomas descended from the ''gens'' ("clan") Hont-Pázmány and he was the head ''(ispán)'' of Nyitra County around 1208. The family was named after its two castles, Szentgyörgy (, ) and Bazin (, ), built in the 12th century. The possession of the castles ensured that the family could maintain its aristocratic status even among the anarchic conditions of the kingdom during the period between 1290 and 1320. In 1459, the members of the family became counts of the Holy Roman Empire; and afterwards, they were mentioned as counts even in documents issued by the Kings of Hungary although this title was not recognised in the kingdom at that time. See also *List of titled noble families in the Kingdom of Hungary Sources * Markó, László: ''A magyar állam főméltóságai Szent Istvántól napjainkig - Életrajzi Lexikon'' ''(''mea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Castles In Slovakia
This is a list of castles in Slovakia. This list includes palaces, citadels and manor houses. These Slovak language, Slovak words translate as follows: #''hrad'', ''hrádok'' - castle #''zámok'' - correctly: château, commonly translated as castle #''pevnosť'' - fortress, citadel #''kaštieľ'' - mansion or manor house Preserved castles Castle ruins See also * List of castles in Europe * List of castles External links List of Slovak castles at castles.skSlovak castles at slovenskehrady.sk {{Castles by country Castles in Slovakia, * Lists of castles in Europe, Slovakia Lists of buildings and structures in Slovakia, Castles Lists of castles by country, Slovakia Lists of tourist attractions in Slovakia, Castles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pálffy Family
Pálffy or Palffy is a Hungarian surname which means "son of Pál (Paul)". The family name is common in Hungary and Slovakia. Pálffy ab Erdöd noble family The most famous bearers of the name Pálffy are the members of the Austro-Hungarian noble family Pálffy ab Erdöd. Family members include: *Paul Pálffy ab Erdöd (1580/1589–1653), Palatine of Hungary, Knight of the Golden Fleece *Johann Bernhard Stephan, Graf Pálffy ab Erdöd (1664–1751), Imperial field marshal, Palatine of Hungary, Knight of the Golden Fleece *Nikolaus VI Graf Pálffy ab Erdöd (1657/67–1732), Imperial field marshal and Palatine of Hungary, Knight of the Golden Fleece *Lipót Pálffy de Erdőd (1764–1825), Major General *Ferdinand Palffy von Erdöd (1774–1840), mining engineer in the Austrian Empire and Vienna Theatre manager *Fidél Pálffy (1895–1946), Hungarian nobleman who was a leading supporter of Nazism in Hungary Other people named Pálffy Other notable people with the surname include ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis II Rákóczi
Francis II Rákóczi (, ; 27 March 1676 – 8 April 1735) was a Hungarian nobleman and leader of the Rákóczi's War of Independence against the Habsburgs in 1703–1711 as the prince () of the Estates Confederated for Liberty of the Kingdom of Hungary. He was also Prince of Transylvania, an Imperial Prince, and a member of the Order of the Golden Fleece. Today he is considered a national hero in Hungary. His name is historically also spelled Rákóczy, in , in , in , in (, ), in , in . Although the Hungarian parliament offered Rákóczi the royal crown, he refused it, choosing instead the temporary title of the "Ruling Prince of Hungary". Rákóczi intended to bear this military-sounding title only during the anti-Habsburg war of independence. By refusing the royal crown, he proclaimed to Hungary that it was not his personal ambition that drove the war of liberation against the Habsburg dynasty. Childhood He was the richest landlord in the Kingdom of Hungary and the count (' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emeric Thököly
Emeric Thököly de Késmárk (; ; ; ; 25 September 1657 13 September 1705) was a Hungarian nobleman, leader of anti-Habsburg uprisings like his father, Count István Thököly, before him. Emeric was Prince of Upper Hungary, an Ottoman vassal state, from 1682 to 1685, and briefly Prince of Transylvania during the year 1690. Having formed an alliance with the Turks, Thököly assisted the Ottoman Empire at the Battle of Vienna in 1683 and led the Turkish cavalry at the Battle of Zenta in 1697. Refusing to surrender to Habsburg Emperor Leopold I, Thököly lost his principality of Upper Hungary and finally retired to Galata, near Constantinople, with large estates granted him by Mustafa II. Early life Emeric was born in Késmárk in Royal Hungary (now Kežmarok in Slovakia) on 25 September 1657 as the fifth son of Count István Thököly and Mária Gyulaffy. His father was one of the wealthiest aristocrats in Upper Hungary (in present-day Slovakia); his mother was the gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pál Pálffy
Pál Pálffy ab Erdőd (, ; 19 January 1592 Castle of Vöröskő, Kingdom of Hungary – 26 November 1653 Pressburg, Kingdom of Hungary) was a Hungarian noble and Palatine of Hungary. Life Pál Pálffy de Erdőd, was the fourth son of Miklós Pálffy ab Erdőd and Maria von Fugger, daughter of Markus Fugger from the wealthy Fugger family.Taschenbuch für vaterländische Geschichte Band 1, Page 61. He was Geheimrat, Chamberlain, the first Perpetual count of Pozsony County and Captain of the Royal Castle (in Pressburg, today Bratislava, Slovakia). Between 1646 and 1649 he was Judge royal under Emperor Ferdinand III. In 1649 he became Palatine of Hungary and in 1650 Knight in the Order of the Golden Fleece The Distinguished Order of the Golden Fleece (, ) is a Catholic order of chivalry founded in 1430 in Brugge by Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, to celebrate his marriage to Isabella of Portugal, Duchess of Burgundy, Isabella of Portugal. T .... He married on 26 Jul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
