György Csányi () was a Hungarian politician and official from the old noble

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 nota ...

. György (III) Csányi was born as the son of Ferenc (I) Csányi and his second wife Mária Akács. He had several siblings, including László II, a judge in

Vas County Vas (, ; ; or ; ) is an administrative county (Counties of Hungary, comitatus or ''vármegye'') of Hungary. It was also one of the counties of the former Kingdom of Hungary. It is part of the Centrope Project. Geography Vas County lies in weste ...

. György III married Terézia Nagy de Zalaapáti, they had four children, including Antal I, a

Hussar A hussar, ; ; ; ; . was a member of a class of light cavalry, originally from the Kingdom of Hungary during the 15th and 16th centuries. The title and distinctive dress of these horsemen were subsequently widely adopted by light cavalry ...

captain, and Márton III, who functioned as the crown prosecutor of Zala County from 1793 to 1797. He served as first vice-''ispán'' of

Zala County Zala (, ; ; ) is an administrative county (Counties of Hungary, comitatus or ''vármegye'') in south-western Hungary. It is named after the Zala River. It shares borders with Croatia (Koprivnica–Križevci County, Koprivnica–Križevci and Me� ...

from 22 January 1758 to 9 January 1760.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Csanyi, Gyorgy 18th-century Hungarian people Gyorgy