György Cseszneky de Milvány et Csesznek was a Hungarian aristocrat in the 16th century. Member of the

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family. In 1526 when the disastrous battle with the

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happened and Louis II died in the battlefield, György Cseszneky was the

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of the Castle of Tata. The plundering Ottoman army ransacked the area, but Cseszneky successfully defended the castle. In the struggle for the throne of Hungary between Voivode

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and Archduke Ferdinand of Habsburg, he supported Ferdinand's claim. In 1528 he and

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occupied the castle of Győr for Ferdinand of Habsburg. Queen Mary, widow of King Louis II and sister of Ferdinand, appointed him royal court judge of

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. In 1532 when the Emperor

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had sent Garcilaso de la Vega into exile to an island in the

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, Count Cseszneky was responsible for the provision of the Spanish poet. Later György became a devoted follower of

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and defender of the

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faith. King Ferdinand I bestowed upon him the Hungarian magnate title, awarded him with the right of use of red sealing wax and donated him several estates, among them: Alsóbük, Felsőpulya,

Kisbabot Kisbabot is a village in Győr-Moson-Sopron county, Hungary. In 1534 King Ferdinand I donated the village to Count György Cseszneky. In 1592 Count János Cseszneky was its lord with other Cseszneky Cseszneky is a surname of Hungarians, Hungari ...

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and

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villages.

Sources

* Jászay Pál: A magyar nemzet napjai a mohácsi vész után. Pest, 1846. * Bunyitay Vince: Egyháztörténeti emlékek a magyarországi hitújítás korából * Szávay Gyula: Győr: monográfia a város jelenkoráról a történelmi idők érintésével
Payr Sándor: A dunántúli evangélikus egyházkerület története
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